وَأَفْضَلُ الصَّلاَةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ
and the most excellent prayer after what is prescribed is prayer during the night.
Sahih Muslim 1163a · Source checked
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Source
Sahih Muslim 1163a
Book 13, Hadith 261
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What It Means: Reading in Context
This excerpt is the second clause of a narration reported by Abu Huraira. The preceding clause commends fasting in Muharram after Ramadan; the selected clause speaks about prayer after the prescribed prayers. It praises night prayer without replacing the obligatory prayers. This entry comes from Sahih Muslim 1163a. The displayed text is an excerpt, not the complete narration. Follow the source link to read the narrator, full wording and in-book reference together. A hadith number identifies the source used here; numbering systems can differ between editions. Being able to inspect a source is important when a short statement is shared outside its original setting. The accompanying reflection is an editorial prompt for everyday conduct. It is not part of the hadith and does not replace explanation from qualified scholarship. Avoid extending a short reminder into a religious ruling that the entry itself does not establish.
REFLECTION · EDITORIAL
Make room for a manageable voluntary prayer at night while caring for your obligatory prayers.
This reflection is not Qur’an, hadith or an authoritative tafsir.