السَّهَر

STAYING AWAKE AT NIGHT

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2– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There is no need to stay up at night past the last `Aisha’ prayer except in the case of two people: the person performing prayers, and the traveller.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, p. 179, no. 5]

3– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Staying awake at night is the garden of those who yearn
[for Allah].’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, p. 666]

4– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Staying awake at night engaged in acts of obedience to Allah is the springtime of the friends of Allah and the garden of the good-fortuned.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5613]

5– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The best of worship is for the eyes to remain awake engaged in the remembrance of Allah, Glory be to Him.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3149]

6– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'So be conscious of your duty to Allah, O servants of Allah, with the caution of a wise man whose heart is preoccupied with reflection
[about the Hereafter], whose body the fear
[of Allah] has afflicted with pain, and whose engagement in the night prayer has turned his already short sleep into wakefulness.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 83]

7– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'He who remains awake on the eve of `Aid al-fitr and on the eve of the 15th of Sha`aban, his heart will not die on the Day when hearts shall die.’
[Thawab al-A`amal, v. 1, p. 102, no. 2]

8– Imam al-Rida (AS) narrated, 'The Commander of the Faithful (AS) did not used to sleep at all on three nights: the 23rd night of the month of Ramazan, the eve of `Aid al-fitr, and the eve of the 15th of Sha`aban. And these are the nights when sustenance is allotted, and prescribed times of death and all that is to happen in that year is decreed.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 97, p. 88, no. 15]