*Chapter: Regarding His (ﷺ) Guidance In Qiyam Al-Lail (The Night Prayer)* Abu Dawūd and An-Nasa’i mentioned in the Hadeeth of Ubayy Ibn Ka’b (رضي الله عنه) that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) used to recite in Witr: *“Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High”[1] and: “Say: ‘Oh, you disbelievers’”[2] and: “Say: ‘He is Allāh, One’”[3] and after he had made the Tasleem, he would say:* سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ “Subhanal-Malikul-Quddūs” “Glorified be the King, the Most Holy”, three times, prolonging his voice in the third repetition and raising it. He would recite the Sūrah in a slow and pleasant manner, so much so that it would be longer than normal. And what is intended by the Qur’ān is to reflect upon it, to try to comprehend it, to act upon it, to recite it and to memorize it in order to attain its meanings, as one of the Salaf[4] said: _“The Qur’ān was revealed in order that it be acted upon, so act upon its recitation.” Shu’bah said: “Abu Jamrah told us: ‘I said to the son of Al-‘Abbās (رضي الله عنهما): I am a person who recites very quickly and I might recite the Qur’ān once or twice in a night.” Ibn ‘Abbās (رضي الله عنهما) said: “Reciting one Sūrah is more pleasing to me than what you do; so if you must recite, do so in a manner by which your ears may hear the recitation and your heart may retain it.”_ _Ibraheem said: *“‘Alqamah recited to ‘Abdullah and he said: “Recite slowly and pleasantly, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, for it is the beauty of the Qur’ān.”’_* _And ‘Abdullah (Ibn Mas‘ūd رضي الله عنه) said: “Do not babble like the babbling of poetry when reciting the Qur’ān and do not let the words tumble out the way dry dates fall from the bunch when it is shaken; and stop at its miracles and move the hearts thereby and do not let the object of anyone of you be the end of the Sūrah.” And he said: “If you heard Allāh’s Words ‘Oh, you who believe!’, then listen to it, for it is some act of goodness which you are being commanded to do or some evil deed from which you are being turned away.”_ _ʿAbdur-Rahman Ibn Abi Laila said: “A woman came to me while I was reciting Sūrah Hūd and she said to me: “Oh, ‘Abdur-Rahman! Is this the way you recite Sūrah Hūd? By Allāh, I have been reciting it for six months and I have not yet completed the recitation of it.”_ *Sometimes, the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) would recite the Qur’ān silently during the night prayers and sometimes, he would recite it aloud; and sometimes, he would prolong his standing and sometimes, he would make it short. He would offer voluntary prayer during the night and during the day on his riding beast when traveling, whichever way he was facing and he would bow and prostrate on it by inclining his head, making his prostration lower than his bowing.* ✿————✦————✿ [1] Sūrah Al-A‘la 87:1 [2] Sūrah Al-Kāfirūn 109:1 [3] Sūrah Al-Ikhlās 112:1 [4] Salaf: The righteous early generations of Muslims, in particular, the Companions . Source: Provisions For The Hereafter P.59-60 By Imam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah | Summarized by: Imam Muḥammad ibn Abdul Wahhab At-Tamimi | https://salafibookstore.com/product/provisions-for-the-hereafter/