Hadith 177

And from Al-Husayn Bin Ali Bin Bilal who said, ‘I wrote to him-asws regarding the time of the night Salat. He-asws wrote: ‘At midnight, and it is it’s midpoint, is better. If it is missed, then it’s beginning and it’s end is allowed’’. [217]
(The book) ‘Al Faqeeh’, and ‘Al Kafi’ – in ‘Al Saheeh’, from Muawiya Bin Wahb, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said to him-asws, ‘A man from your-asws friends, from their righteous ones, complained to me of what he faced from the sleep, and he said, ‘I want to stand to the Salat at night, but the sleep overcomes me until it is morning’’. Up to his-asws words: ‘And he is not allowed regarding the optional Salats at beginning of the night’. And said: ‘The fulfilling (Qaza) at daytime is better’’. [218]
(The book) ‘Al Kafi’, and ‘Al Tahzeeb’ – From Ismail Bin Jabir, or Ibn Sinan who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws, ‘I stand at end of the night and I fear the morning’. He-asws said: ‘Recite (Surah) ‘Al-Hamd’ and hasten, hasten! ’’[219]
And in ‘Al Saheeh’ (Al Tahzeeb and Al Kafi) – from Muhammad Bin Muslim, ‘From Abu Ja’far-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked him-asws about the man standing from end of the night and he is fearful of the morning coming up suddenly, should he begin with (praying) ‘Al-Witr’ Salat? ’ – the Hadeeth’’. [220]
(The book) ‘Al Tahzeeb’ – In ‘Al Saheeh’, from Sa’ad Bin Sa’ad who said, ‘I asked Al-Reza-asws about the man who happens to be in his house and he is praying Salat, and he sees that night is upon him. Then another (man) enters from the door. He says, ‘It is morning’. Should he repeat Al-Witr Salat or not, or repeat anything from his Salat? ’
He-asws said: ‘He should repeat if he had prayed it in the morning’’. [221]
(The book) ‘Al Faqeeh’ –
‘He said, ‘Abu Ja’far-asws said: ‘The time of the night Salat is what is between the night up to its end’’. [222]
(The book) ‘Al Tahzeeb’ – from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far-asws about the first time of the two Cycles of Al-Fajr. He-asws said: ‘A sixth of the night remaining’’. [223]
In ‘Al Saheeh’ (Al Tahzeeb) – from Hammad who said, ‘Abu Abdullah-asws said to me: ‘Sometimes I-asws pray these two (cycles) and night is still upon me-asws If I-asws were to stand and the dawn has not emerged, I-asws repeat these’’. [224]
(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – In the ‘Trusted (Hadeeth)’, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘It is not praise-worthy if the man were to stand from end of the night, so he prays his Salat in one strike, then he goes and sleeps’’. [225]
(The book) ‘Al Tahzeeb’ – From Ismail Bin Sa’ad who said, ‘I asked Al-Reza-asws about times of Al-Witr Salat. He-asws said: ‘The most beloved of these to me-asws is the first (true) dawn’. And I asked him-asws about the best timing of the night Salat. He-asws said: ‘The remaining third (of the night)’’. [226]
(The book) ‘Al Faqeeh’ – from Bureyd, ‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘The best fulfilment (Qaza) of the night Salat is in the time of end of the night which you lost, and there isn’t any problem with the day