Hadiths on Voluntary Prayer

Authentic hadith I saw the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) praying and making a sound like the rumbling of a mill because of weeping Authentic hadith One night, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) performed Qiyām while reciting a single verse from the Qur'an Authentic hadith The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray two light Rak‘ahs after the break of dawn Authentic The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) did not ever leave four before Zhuhr and two Rak‘ahs before morning Authentic Whoever regularly observes four Rak‘ahs before Zhuhr and four after it, Allah will make him forbidden to Hellfire Good hadith May Allah have mercy on whoever offers four Rak‘ahs before the ‘Asr prayer Authentic hadith Offer two Rak‘ahs before Maghrib Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray two light Rak‘ahs before the Fajr prayer, after the Muezzin would fi Authentic hadith When anyone of you prays two Rak‘ahs before the dawn prayer, he should lie on his right side Authentic A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was on the pulpit: What do you say about the night prayer? He (ﷺ) said: "Two by two Authentic hadith (Voluntary) prayer in both the day and night is performed two by two Authentic hadith The most excellent fast after Ramadan is Allah's month, Muharram, and the most excellent prayer after what is prescribed is prayer during the night Authentic hadith The Witr is due, so whoever wants to pray the Witr as seven (units of prayer), let him do so; whoever wants to pray the Witr as five, let him do so; w Authentic hadith Witr is not incumbent like the status of the obligatory prayers, but it is a Sunnah that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be up Good hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer during the month of Ramadan, offering eight Rak‘ahs as well as t Authentic hadith Indeed, Allah, the Almighty,, has added a prayer for you, so offer it in the period between ‘Ishā' prayer and Fajr prayer; (it is) the Witr, (it is) t Authentic hadith O ‘Ā'ishah, indeed, my eyes sleep but my heart does not sleep Authentic hadith The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer thirteen Rak‘ah in the night prayer including Witr, plus two (voluntary) Rak‘a Authentic hadith O ‘Abdullāh, do not be like so-and-so. He used to offer Qiyām al-Layl and then abandoned it Authentic hadith O people of the Qur'an, perform the Witr Prayer for, verily, Allah is Witr (single) and loves what is Witr (single, odd) Authentic hadith There should not be two Witr prayers during one night Authentic hadith Perform Witr prayer before the morning Authentic hadith The one who has not prayed the Witr prayer before dawn, then there is no Witr for him Authentic hadith If anyone sleeps before praying Witr or forgets it, let him pray it once he remembers it Authentic hadith If anyone fears that he will not wake up at the end of the night, let him offer Witr prayer at the beginning of the night; and anyone expects to wake Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer the Duha Prayer as four Rak‘ahs and sometimes as much more as Allah Authentic hadith Did the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) pray the Duha prayer? She said: No, unless he came back from being away Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) would give up a deed, even though he liked to perform it, for fear that people wo Authentic hadith The prayer of the oft-returning to Allah is when weaned camels are bitten by excessive heat Authentic hadith O people, pray at your homes, for a person’s best prayer is the one he performs at his home except the obligatory prayer Authentic hadith O Allah, place light in my heart, light in my sight, light in my hearing, light on my right, light on my left, light above me, light below me, light i Authentic hadith I saw you pray towards a direction other than the Qiblah! He said: Had I not seen the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) Authentic I memorized from the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) ten Rak‘ahs (units of prayer) Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer voluntary prayer on the back of his riding beast (camel), whatever Authentic The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to teach us Istikhārah (guidance-seeking prayer) in all matters, as he would Authentic The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) did not observe a voluntary prayer more regularly than the two Rak‘ahs of Fajr Authentic hadith I stayed overnight in the house of my aunt Maymūnah. When the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) stood to perform Prayer at night, Authentic hadith Wake up ‘Āʾishah and pray Witr Authentic hadith Make haste to perform the Witr prayer before the morning Authentic hadith When one of you stands up for offering voluntary prayer at night and finds it difficult to recite the Qur'an accurately, and he is unaware of what he Authentic hadith We used to prepare for the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) his tooth-stick and the water he used for making ablution. Authentic Whoever performs Qiyām (night prayer) in the Night of Decree, out of faith and in pursuit of reward, his past sins will be forgiven Authentic hadith What an excellent man ‘Abdullāh is if only he observes the night prayer Authentic hadith The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to sleep at the beginning of the night and rise at its end to pray Authentic hadith When the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) missed prayer at night because of sickness or otherwise, he would pray twelv Authentic hadith The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to stand in prayer at night until the skin of his feet would crack Authentic hadith At every part of the night, the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) prayed Witr: at its beginning, middle, and end. Final Authentic hadith The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) Abu Bakr, and ‘Umar used to offer the Eid prayers before delivering the sermon Authentic hadith Whoever sleeps and fails to recite his nightly portion, or part of it, and then recites it between the Fajr prayer and the Zhuhr prayer, it will be re Authentic O people, spread the greeting of peace, feed others, maintain kinship ties, and pray at night when people are asleep, and you will enter Paradise in p Authentic hadith When one of you feels drowsy during prayer, let him lie down till drowsiness goes away from him Authentic hadith You should pray as long as you have the energy to do so. If you feel tired, then lie down Authentic hadith Do (good) deeds according to your capacity, for by Allah, Allah never grows weary (of giving rewards) unless you grow weary (of doing good deeds), and Authentic hadith Whenever we stopped somewhere (during a journey) for rest, we would not offer (voluntary) prayer until we have unloaded the luggage from the mounts' b Authentic When anyone of you enters the mosque, let him offer two Rak‘ahs before he sits down Authentic There is a prayer between every two Adhāns; there is a prayer between every two Adhāns." The third time, he said: "for whoever wills Authentic O Bilāl, tell me of the most rewarding deed you have done in Islam Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us to bring out the young girls and the girls who stay home on the two Ei Authentic hadith O Allah, to You I submit, in You I believe, upon You I rely, by Your help I contend with my foes, and to You I refer for judgment. So, forgive me the Authentic hadith Whenever we stopped at a place for rest, we would not offer any (voluntary) prayer until we unloaded the luggage from the riding animals