أَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ
Transliteration
Afdalu-s-salati ba'da-l-faridati salatu-l-layl.
Translation
The best prayer after the obligatory is the night prayer.
Narrated by Abu Hurayrah·Sahih Muslim 1163
Hadith for · prayer
The best prayer after the fard
Saturday, October 30, 2010
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