It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Iyas Muawiyah bin Qurrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every nation has its own form of monasticism, and the monasticism of my nation is striving in the path of Allah.

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: Shall I tell you of a night that is even more virtuous than Laylat al-Qadr? It is the night of that guard who keeps watch in the path of Allah at such a place from where he fears he may not be able to return to his family.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Three persons will enter Paradise first. One is the martyr, the second is the chaste person who, despite having a family, refrains from begging, and the third is the slave who worships his Lord in the best manner and fulfills the rights of his masters. Similarly, three persons will enter Hell first: one is the unjust leader, the second is the wealthy person who does not fulfill the rights of his wealth, and the third is the arrogant poor person.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty laughs at two men, one of whom kills the other, yet both of them enter Paradise. This is how: one fights in the way of Allah and is martyred, then Allah guides the other, and he accepts Islam and fights in the way of Allah and is martyred.

Hazrat Mak’hool (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a man came to the service of the Holy Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and said,“People have fought in the way of Allah and I was left behind due to some compulsion. Please tell me of an action by which I may become equal to them.”The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم asked him,“Are you able to stand in prayer at night?”He replied,“I will do so.”The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم then asked,“Are you able to fast every day?”The man replied,“Yes! I will do so.”The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said,“Your standing in prayer at night and fasting during the day cannot be equal to their sleep.”

Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that on the day of the Battle of Yamama, I went to Hazrat Thabit bin Qais (may Allah be pleased with him). I said to him, "Do you know what has happened to the people?" He replied, "O nephew! Now I have come to know, now I have come to know."

Hazrat Awza'i (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Hazrat Usman bin Abi Sawdah (may Allah have mercy on him) once recited this verse { وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ أُولَئِکَ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ } and then said that it refers to those people who are the first to go to the mosque and the first to set out in the way of Allah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Farrah Lakhmi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When a group sets out in the way of Allah and returns without any spoils of war, then for them there is a double reward.

Hazrat Hassan bin Atiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that whoever spends the night standing guard in the way of Allah, all his sins are forgiven in the morning. Hazrat Mak’hool (may Allah have mercy on him) says that whoever stands guard the whole night, his sins are forgiven.

20489 - Al-Awza'i said, Mak'hul said: (He spent the night) (1) until morning, his sins fall away from him.