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[The Eighteenth opposition that occurs in the last ten nights]
Denouncing the one who divides the night prayer into four at the beginning of the night and four towards the end.
There is no evidence for this denial, rather the evidence refutes it, as in one of the narrations of Muslim, in the ḥadīth of Ibn ʿAbbās -may Allāh be pleased with him- in the narration of his spending the night with his aunt, Maymūnah -may Allāh be pleased with her-, where he said,
“He then stood up and prayed two rakʿahs, and prolonged the standing, bowing, and prostration in them. Then he went back and slept until he snored. Then he did that three times, six rakʿahs, each time using a miswāk (to clean his teeth), performing ablution, and reciting these verses. Then he prayed witr with three (rakʿahs).”
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 763
There came a similar narration in Al-Bukhārī numbered (117 and 697)
–Written by Shaykh Muḥammad Bājammāl -may Allāh preserve him-, Minnatur-Raḥmān (The Favor of The Bestower of Mercy) A Compilation of Common Mistakes that Occur in the Month of Ramaḍān, Chapter Fifteen – Oppositions that Occur in the Last Ten Nights
–Translated by Abū Āsiyah Mużaffar -may Allāh forgive him, his mashāyikh, his parents, his family and all the Muslims-
الانكار على من يقسم صلاه الليل اربعا اول الليل، وأربعا آخره وهذا الإنكار لا دليل عليه بل الدليل يرده كما في احدى روايات مسلم لحديث ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما في قصه مبيته عند خالته ميمونه رضي الله عنها حيث قال ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَأَطَالَ فِيهِمَا الْقِيَامَ وَالرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَنَامَ حَتَّى نَفَخَ ثُمَّ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ سِتَّ رَكَعَاتٍ كُلَّ ذَلِكَ يَسْتَاكُ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ وَيَقْرَأُ هَؤُلاَءِ الآيَاتِ ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلاَثٍ، الحديث.
