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The Book of Virtues

كتاب الفضائل

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The Excellence of As-Salat (The Prayer)

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Hadith 212
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ENGLISH

'Abdullah bin 'Amr (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The Salat which is dearest to Allah is that of (Prophet) Dawud; and As-Saum (the fasting) which is dearest to Allah is that of (Prophet) Dawud. He used to sleep half the night, get up to perform Salat for one-third of it, then sleep through the remaining one-sixth of it; and he used to observe Saum on alternative days." <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.

ARABIC

‏أحب الصلاة إلى الله صلاة داود، وأحب الصيام إلى الله صيام داود، كان ينام نصف الليل ويقوم ثلثه وينام سدسه ويصوم يومًا ويفطر يومًا‏