"(he offered such an unbearable prayer) and he said, \"should I not be a thankful slave.\"\n\nNarrated `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`As:\n\nAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) told me, \"The most beloved prayer to Allah is that of David and the most beloved\n\nfasts to Allah are those of David. He used to sleep for half of the night and then pray for one third of\n\nthe night and again sleep for its sixth part and used to fast on alternate days.\"\n\nNarrated Masruq:\n\nI asked `Aisha which deed was most loved by the Prophet. She said, \"A deed done continuously.\" I\n\nfurther asked, \"When did he used to get up (in the night for the prayer).\" She said, \"He used to get up\n\non hearing the crowing of a cock.\"\n\nNarrated Al-Ashath:\n\nHe (the Prophet (p.b.u.h) ) used to get up for the prayer on hearing the crowing of a cock.\n\nNarrated `Aisha:\n\nIn my house he (Prophet (p.b.u.h) ) never passed the last hours of the night but sleeping.\n\nNarrated Qatada:\n\nAnas bin Malik said, \"The Prophet (p.b.u.h) and Zaid bin Thabit took their Suhur together. When they\n\nfinished it, the Prophet (ﷺ) stood for the (Fajr) prayer and offered it.\" We asked Anas, \"What was the\n\ninterval between their finishing the Suhur and the starting of the morning prayer?\" Anas replied, \"It\n\nwas equal to the time taken by a person in reciting fifty verses of the Qur'an.\"\n\nNarrated Abu-Wail:\n\n`Abdullah said, \"One night I offered the Tahajjud prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) and he kept on standing till"