Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 38166 — Reports from al-Shabi

Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami said: Every morning the angel comes to each of you with a white record of deeds, so let him dictate good into it. When the sun has risen, let him get up for his need, and when he has prayed Asr, let him dictate good into it. For when there is good at the beginning and end of the record, it is hoped that the good of these two parts will suffice for the part in between.