Hadith 177

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – from Ali Bin Muhammad, from Sahl, from Ali Bin Mahziyar who said, ‘I read in a letter of a man to Abu Ja’far-asws, ‘Two Cycles, those which are before Al-Fajr Salat, are these from the night Salat or from the daytime Salat? And in which time should I be praying these? ’
He-asws wrote in his-asws own handwriting: ‘Fill them in the night Salat a filling’’. [199]
(The book) ‘Al Tahzeeb’ – from Al Husayn, from Al Nazar, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Zurara, ‘From Abu Ja’far-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked him-asws about two (optional) Cycles of the Al-Fajr, ‘Is it (to be prayed) before Al-Fajr or after Al-Fajr? ’
He-asws said: ‘Before Al-Fajr. But rather these two are from the night Salat, thirteen Cycles of the night Salat’ – the Hadeeth’’. [200]
(The book) ‘Al Tahzeeb’ – from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ja’far Bin Usman, from Sama’at, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘There is no problem with the night Salat from beginning of the night to its end, except that the best of that is when it is midnight’’. [201]
(The book) ‘Al-Tahzeeb’ – from Ibn Mahboub, from Yaqoub, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ibrahim Bin Abdul Hameed, from one of our companions, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, and I think it was Is’haq Bin Ghalib who said, ‘He-asws said: ‘When the man stands from the night and he thinks that the morning has illuminated, so he prays Al-Witr Salat, then he looks, so he sees that the night is still upon him’. He-asws said: ‘He should add a Cycle to Al-Witr Salat, then he should perform the night Salat, then pray Al-Witr after that’’. [202]
And from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Ali Bin Abdul Aziz who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws, ‘I arise (for night Salat) and I fear the dawn’. He-asws said: ‘Pray Al-Witr Salat (one Cycle)’. I said, ‘I look and there is still night upon me’. He-asws said: ‘Then pray the night Salat’’. [203]
And from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Al Hajjal, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he-asws used to pray two Cycles Salat after Al-Isha, reciting one hundred Verses in them, not counting with them, and two Cycles while he-asws is seated reciting in them: Say: ‘He, Allah, is One [112: 1] (Surah Al-Tawheed), and Say: ‘O you Kafirs! ’ [109: 1] (Surah Al-Kafiroun). If you wake up from the night, then pray the night Salat and Al-Witr Salat, and if you don’t wake up until the dawn emerges, pray one Cycle, it would be (counted as) two, and count the two Cycles, the ones which you had prayed after Al-Isha was being Al-Witr (Salat)’’. [204]
(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – from Muhammad, from Ahmad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Al Khazzaz, from Muhammad who said, ‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘Ali Bin Al-Husayn-asws, whenever it was morning, said: ‘I-asws begin my‑asws day with this supplication’. When the servant does that, it would suffice from what he had forgotten during his day’’. [205]
And from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Abu Ismail Al Sarraj, from Al-Husayn Bin Al Mukhtar, from a man, ‘From Abu Ja’far-asws havi