Qatadah: the Munaafiq and praying at night...

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Qatadah bin Da’aamah[1] (Allah have mercy on him) said:

The Munaafiq is not able to stand during the night.

az-Zuhd of Ibn Mubarak, pg. 93

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[1] He is the Haafith of his time, an authority in Tafseer and Hadeeth. He met and narrated from Anas bin Maalik and Abdullah bin Sarjis (may Allah be pleased with them) and from Sa’eed bin Musayyab, ‘Ikrimah, al-Hasan al-Basri, ‘Ata bin Abee Rabaah and others. Sufyan ath-Thawri (Allah have mercy on them all) said about him, “The world has not seen a scholar like Qataadah.”

Sa'eed bin Jubayr used to rest before al-'Isha in Ramadhan...

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Sa'eed bin Jubayr (Allah have mercy on him)[1] used to use the time before Isha prayers to rest during Ramadhan. Then he used to stand the length of the night.

Musannaf Ibn Abee Shaybah, 7199

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[1] He heard from Aisha, Abu Hurayrah, Ibn Abbas and others from the Companions (Allah be pleased with them all). Ibn Abbas appointed him to give Fatwa whilst in the Companions were still alive.

Aisha (رضي الله عنها): If I knew it was Laylah al-Qadr

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Aisha (may Allah Pleased with her) said:

If I knew it was Laylah al-Qadr, I would supplicate to Allah within it for security (العفاية).

Musannaf Ibn Abee Shaybah, 31148