Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Ishaq narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Hamadani narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Salih b. Sa`d al-Tamimi narrated to us from his father. He said: Ahmad b. Hisham narrated to us. He said: Mansur b. Mujahid narrated to us from al-Rabi` b. Badr from Sawar b. Munib from Wahb from Ibn `Abbas. He said:

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: For Allah there is an angel named Sakha'il who brings a script from the Lord of the Worlds at every time of prayer to those who pray. When the believers awake, perform ablution, and pray Fajr, he gives them a script from Allah. It is written therein: "I am Allah the Everlasting. My male and female servants: you are in My hedge that I have made for you, and in My protection. You are under My care. By My glory, I will not let you down. Your sins up until Thuhr are forgiven." When Thuhr time comes, and they stand up, perform ablution, and pray, he brings a second script from Allah to them. It is written therein: "I am Allah the Powerful. My male and female servants: your sins have been changed into good deeds and your offenses have been forgiven. I have sweetened you with My being pleased with you in the abode of majesty." When `Asr time comes, and they stand up, perform ablution, and pray, he brings a third script from Allah to them. It is written therein: "I am Allah the Majestic. My remembrance is majestic, and My power is great. My male and female servants: I have forbidden your bodies from the Fire, I have settled you into goodly residences, and I have repelled the evil of the evildoers from you by My mercy." When Maghrib time comes, and they stand up, perform ablution, and pray, he brings a fourth script from Allah to them. It is written therein: "I am Allah the Mighty, the Grand, the Highly. My male and female servants: My angels are pleased after having ascended from you. It is a right upon Me to please you and to give you what you wish on the Day of Resurrection." When `Isha' time comes, and they stand up, perform ablution, and pray, he brings a fifth script from Allah to them. It is written therein: "Surely, I, I am Allah, there is no god besides Me, nor is there a lord like Me. My male and female servants: You have purified yourselves in your homes, you have walked to My homes, you have shivered in My remembrance, you have recognized My right, and you have fulfilled My obligations. Bear witness, O Sakha'il and the rest of My angels, that I am pleased with them." He said: So, Sakha'il calls three times every night after `Isha': "O angels of Allah! Allah has forgiven the monotheists who pray." So, there does not remain an angel in the seven heavens except that it seeks repentance on behalf of those who pray and prays that they maintain that effort. Whichever male or female servant is granted [an opportunity to pray] a night prayer, standing purified before Allah, washing thoroughly in ablution, praying for Allah with an honest intention, a peaceable heart, a body in awe, and a tearful eye, Allah will put nine rows of angels behind him - the number in each row is not known to anyone except Allah - one end of the row will be in the East, and the other in the West. He said: Once he finishes, he will be given ranks by their number. Mansur said: Whenever Rabi` b. Badr would narrate this hadith, he would say: "Where are you, O heedless one, in relation to this honour? Where are you in relation to standing in prayer tonight; and in relation to obtaining these rewards and this honour?"