of Ja'far); Abu Sufyan, Ja'far, Muhammad, and Abu al-Hayyaj (the sons of al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib); and Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfa.

The third time: Maghrib, four persons of supererogatory [prayer]. They are: Thawban (the client of the Messenger), Khuzayma ibn Thabit, Abu al-Haytham Malik ibn al-Tayyihan al-Ash-hali, and Abu Sa'id al-Khudri.

The fourth time: the Last Isha, and the persons of its supererogatory [prayer] are two. They are: Zaynab al-Hawla' al-Attara and Amat Allah the daughter of Khalid ibn Sinan al-Absi.

The Shaf': two [units], their persons are Asad ibn Husayn and Imran his brother.

The Witr: one [unit], and its person is Ubada ibn Bashir al-Samit.

And the Night Prayer (Salat al-Layl): eight units, and their persons are the uncles of the Mim—unto him be submission—and his father Abdullah; they are: Abu Talib, Hamza, al-Harith, al-Zubayr, al-Hajl, al-Muqawwim, and al-Ghaydaq.

As for the fifth time: its supererogatory [prayer] is two units, and its two persons are Sa'd ibn Malik al-Ansari and Nu'ayman al-Ansari.

These are the stations of the supererogatory prayers, and no one shall enter the heavenly kingdom who is ignorant of their stations and the