Reports on how the recitation is at night

Sayyidah Umm Hani' (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I used to hear the recitation of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while I was on my roof.

Ibrahim said: People asked Alqamah: "How was the recitation of Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) in the night prayer?" He said: "He would sometimes let the family of Utbah hear his recitation as well." Ibrahim said: They were in the room in front of him, and Alqamah was among those students of Sayyiduna Abdullah who used to spend the night with him.

Alqamah said: One night I was with Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him). People asked Alqamah: "How was his recitation?" Alqamah said: "He would let even the people of the house hear it."

Muhammad bin Yahya bin Habban said: A man used to recite aloud in the tahajjud prayer. One day he was not seen, so Mu'adh said: "Where is the one who used to wake the heedless and drive away Satan?"

Abu Bakr bin Amr said: One night Amrah was our guest. I stood up to pray at night and recited in a low voice, so she said: "Why do you not recite aloud? It was the recitation of Mu'adh al-Qari and Aflah, the freed slave of Abu Ayyub, that used to wake us."

Abu Hurrah said: When al-Hasan prayed the tahajjud prayer, he recited so loudly that the people of his house could hear him.

Abu Ubaydah said: In the night prayer your recitation should reach your ears.

Alqamah said: I prayed a whole night with Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him). He recited so loudly that the people of the mosque could hear. He recited the Qur'an with tartil (measured recitation) and did not go back repeatedly over what he had read.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever lets his ears hear his recitation has not recited silently.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) rose for the tahajjud prayer, he would sometimes recite in a low voice and sometimes aloud.