Muhammad ibn Isma‘il, from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan, from Safwan ibn Yahya, from Mansur ibn Hazim, from Aban ibn Taghlib, who said: (Aban ibn Taghlib) said: “I went out with Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, between Mecca and Medina. Imam عليه السلام would say: ‘As for you, you are young men who delay (the prayer), but as for me, I am an old man who hastens (the night prayer).’ So Imam عليه السلام used to perform the night prayer (salat al-layl) at the beginning of the night.”