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In Muslim's Saheeh, from Salmaan al-Faarisi, the Prophet of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wa salam 'The guarding (Ribaat) of a night and day in the path of Allah is greater than the fasting and praying of a month; and whoever dies whilst in Ribaat, dies a Mujaahid, and he is given his from paradise and is protected from the two tribulators (the angels who come at death)'

And in the Sunan, from 'Uthmaan, the Messenger of Allah sallallahu 'alayhi wa salam said: 'The guarding of a day in the path of Allah, is greater than one thousand days in other than it of places,' and this was said by 'Uthmaan on the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wa salam, and it is said he narrated this to spread this Sunnah.

Abu Hurayrah said 'To do Ribaat for a night in the path of Allah is more beloved to me than to pray on Laylat al-Qadr at the Black Stone'.