The enduring good deeds.
The virtue of the night prayer.
On the authority of Salim,
from his father, Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said:
During the lifetime of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), whenever a person had a dream,
he would narrate it to the Prophet (peace be upon him).
So I wished to see a dream that I could relate to the Prophet (peace be upon him).
I was a young, unmarried man,
and I used to sleep in the mosque during the lifetime of the Prophet (peace be upon him).
Then I saw in a dream as if two angels seized me and took me to the Fire.
It was built up like a cased well,
and it had two horns like the horns of a well.
In it, I also saw people whom I recognized.
So I began to say, "I seek refuge in Allah from the Fire!
I seek refuge in Allah from the Fire!"
Then another angel met them,
and he said to me, "Do not be afraid."
I later narrated this dream to Hafsah,
and Hafsah related it to the Prophet (peace be upon him).
Thereupon he said:
"What an excellent man 'Abdullah would be,
if only he prayed at night."
Salim said:
After that, 'Abdullah would sleep only a little at night.
Related by al-Bukhari.