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“satan has a kind of snuff, a kind of syrup and a kind of powder. When he gets a
man to take this snuff, the man becomes badly behaved; when he administers
the syrup, the man becomes sharp and evil-tongued; when he applies the
powder, the man sleeps right through the night till morning.”
“Two cycles of prayer performed in the middle of the night are better for a man
than the world and all it contains. But for the hardship it would have caused my
Community, I would have made them compulsory.”
“There is an hour of the night when, if any Muslim asks Allah, the Almighty for
something good, He is sure to grant it to him.” Or in another version: …asks
Allah, the Almighty, for something good of this world or of the Hereafter. And that
is every night.”
According to Mughira ibn Sha‟ba, the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be
upon him, would get up to pray until his feet cracked. Someone would say to him:
“Surely Allah has forgiven you your former and latter sins?” But he replied:
“Should I not be a grateful worshipper?” What is clearly implicit here is an
man to take this snuff, the man becomes badly behaved; when he administers
the syrup, the man becomes sharp and evil-tongued; when he applies the
powder, the man sleeps right through the night till morning.”
“Two cycles of prayer performed in the middle of the night are better for a man
than the world and all it contains. But for the hardship it would have caused my
Community, I would have made them compulsory.”
“There is an hour of the night when, if any Muslim asks Allah, the Almighty for
something good, He is sure to grant it to him.” Or in another version: …asks
Allah, the Almighty, for something good of this world or of the Hereafter. And that
is every night.”
According to Mughira ibn Sha‟ba, the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be
upon him, would get up to pray until his feet cracked. Someone would say to him:
“Surely Allah has forgiven you your former and latter sins?” But he replied:
“Should I not be a grateful worshipper?” What is clearly implicit here is an