صحيح ابن خزيمه
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah
جماع أبواب صلاة التطوع بالليلChapters on Night Voluntary Prayers
(495) بَابُ اسْتِحْبَابِ الدُّعَاءِ فِي نِصْفِ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرِ رَجَاءَ الْإِجَابَةِThe chapter on the recommendation to supplicate in the last half of the night, hoping for a response
Hadith 1147
حَدَّثَنَا بَحْرُ بْنُ نَصْرِ بْنِ سَابَقٍ الْخَوْلانِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو يَحْيَى وَهُوَ سُلَيْمُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ ، وَضَمْرَةُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ، وَأَبُو طَلْحَةَ هُوَ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيِّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَنْبَسَةَ ، قَالَ : أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ نَازِلٌ بِعُكَاظَ ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ ، وَقَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ! فَهَلْ مِنْ دَعْوَةٍ أَقْرَبُ مِنْ أُخْرَى ، أَوْ سَاعَةٍ ؟ قَالَ : " نَعَمْ ، إِنَّ أَقْرَبَ مَا يَكُونُ الرَّبُّ مِنَ الْعَبْدِ جَوْفَ اللَّيْلِ الآخِرِ ، فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَكُونَ مِمَّنْ يَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ فِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ فَكُنْ "
Sayyiduna Amr bin Abasah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I presented myself before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when he was sitting in the market of ‘Ukaz. Then he narrated the complete hadith. He says: I asked, “O Messenger of Allah, is there any supplication that is closer to acceptance than another, or is there any moment that is closer to acceptance than another?” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Yes, indeed, in the middle of the last (half) part of the night, the Lord, Blessed and Exalted, is very close to His servant. Therefore, if you have the ability to be among those who remember Allah at that hour, then be among them.”
