The Book of Virtues

Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "May Allah have mercy on a man who performs four Rak'ah before the 'Asr prayer." <b>[Abu Dawud and At- Tirmidhi]</b>.

'Ali bin Abu Talib (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to perform two Rak'ah before the 'Asr prayer. <b>[Abu Dawud]</b>.

'Abdullah bin Mughaffal (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Perform two Rak'ah before Maghrib prayer." He (ﷺ) repeated it twice; when repeating it for the third time he added: "He who may so wish." <b>[Al- Bukhari]</b>.

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

I saw the principal Companions of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) rushing to the pillars (of the mosque) to perform two Rak'ah prayers behind them before the Maghrib prayer. <b>[Al-Bukhari]</b>.

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

In the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), we used to perform two Rak'ah (optional prayer) after sunset before the Maghrib prayer. It was asked: "Did Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) perform them?" He replied: "He saw us performing it, but he neither ordered us to perform them nor did he forbid us from doing so." <b>[Muslim]</b>.

Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

When we were in Al-Madinah, the moment the Mu'adhdhin finished the Adhan of the Maghrib prayer, the people hastened to the pillars of the mosque and performed two Rak'ah prayer behind them. A stranger coming into the mosque would think that the obligatory prayer had already been performed because of the number of people performing them. <b>[Muslim]</b>.

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him)reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you performs the Friday prayer, he should perform four Rak'ah (Sunnah) after it." <b>[Muslim]</b>.

Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) would not perform any Salat (in the mosque) after the Friday prayer till he had returned to his house. He would then perform two Rak'ah there. <b>[Muslim]</b>.

Zaid bin Thabit (May Allah be pleased with him)reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O people! perform your (voluntary) Salat (prayers) in your homes because the best Salat of a man is the one he performs at home, except the obligatory Salat." <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.

Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Observe part of the <b>[Nawafil (voluntary)]</b> Salat (prayers) in your homes. Do not turn your homes into graves." <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.

Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him)reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "When you have finished your (Fard) Salat (prayer) in the mosque, you should observe some of your (Sunnah and Nawafil) Salat at home; Allah will bless your homes because of your Salat (in your homes)." <b>[Muslim]</b>

'Umar bin 'Ata reported that Nafi' bin Jubair sent him to Sa'ib bin Ukht Namir to ask him about something that Mu'awiyah had seen him doing in Salat (prayer). He said:

"Yes, I performed the Friday prayer along with him in the enclosure (Maqsurah), and when the Imam concluded the Salat with Taslim, I stood up in my place and performed the Sunnah prayer. When Mu'awiyah went home, he sent for me (and when I came) he said: "Never do again what you have done. When you have observed the Friday prayer, you must not start another Sunnah prayer till you have spoken to some one or have shifted your place; because the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered us not to follow up the congregational Salat with any other Salat until we have talked (to some one) or moved from the place." <b>[Muslim]</b>.

'Ali (bin Abu Talib) (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Witr prayer is not obligatory as the prescribed Salat (prayers), but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed it as his regular practice (Sunnah). He (ﷺ) said, "Allah is Witr (single, odd) and loves what is Witr. So perform Witr prayer. O followers of Qur'an, observe Witr (prayer)." <b>[At-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud]</b>.

'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed Witr prayer in every part of night at the beginning, middle and at the last part. He (ﷺ), however, would finish his Witr prayer before dawn. <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.

Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Make Witr prayer the last of your Salat at night." <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.

Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Perform Witr prayer before dawn." <b>[Muslim]</b>.

'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to perform his voluntary prayer at night (i.e., Tahajjud prayer) while she was sleeping in front of him; and when the Witr prayer was yet to be observed, he would awaken her to perform her Witr prayer. <b>[Muslim]</b>.

Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Hasten to perform the Witr prayer before dawn." <b>[Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi]</b>.

Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him)reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who apprehends that he may not get up in the later part of the night, should observe the Witr prayer in the first part of it; and he who is certain to get up in the last part of it, he should observe Witr at the end of the night, because Salat at the end of the night is attended (by the angels), and that is better." <b>[Muslim]</b>.

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

My Khalil (the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)) directed me to fast three days of each month, and to observe two Rak'ah Duha (optional prayer) at forenoon, and to perform the Witr prayer before going to bed. <b>[Al- Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.