PAT FUCKIN MCAFEE <| sep |> me to tanks <| sep |> Dude , that ' s the most desirable time to do the night prayerTahajjud as it ' s during the last third of the night . The Messenger of Allah sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam may Allah exalt his mention in another Hadeeth , said The closest one can be to Allaah The Almighty , is during the last third of the night . If one can remember Allah The Almighty , at this time let him do so . AtTirmithi , AnNasaa ' i and AlHaaqimOur Lord glorified and exalted be He descends each night to the earth ' s sky when there remains the final third of the night , and He says ' Who is saying a prayer to Me that I may answer it ? Who is asking something of Me that I may give it him ? Who is asking forgiveness of Me that I may forgive him ? ' Bukhari also by Muslim , Malik , atTirmidhi and Abu Dawud . And of course , in general , any prayer after Ishaa and before Fajr is considered night prayer . An informative s o u r c e t o p e r f o r m t a h a j j u d t h e nightvigilprayerRegarding whether stuff is Sunnah , in my experience it ' s best to get someone to cite the hadiths for proof . The hadiths often convey the rewards received from doing the Sunnah too . So is there a hadith where there ' s a specific reference to owning a cat and getting rewards ? Or is there a hadith for using the miswak ? The latter most definitely yes , so it does count as Sunnah . ' Aa ' ishah may Allaah be pleased with her who said The Messenger of Allaah peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him said , ' Siwaak cleanses the mouth and pleases the Lord . ' Reported by alBukhaari in his Saheeh , 2274 , and by Ahmad , 647 , and alNisaa ' i , 150 . Its isnaad is saheeh , see alIrwa ' 1105 . Abu Hurayrah may Allaah be pleased with him , who reported that the Prophet peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him said Were it not for the fact that I did not want to make things too hard for my ummah , I would have commanded them to use the siwaak at every time of prayer . Reported by alBukhaari , 2299 and Muslim , 1151 .