9. Performing many voluntary prayers: This is particularly beneficial during the last third of the night in which the gates of the heavens are opened and the supplications are responded to. The prophet peace be upon him said, “Allah waits until one half or two-thirds of the night has passed and He says, ‘My slaves, shall ask from no one except Me. Whoever asks from Me, I shall respond to him. Whoever asks Me for something, I will give it to him. Whoever asks for my forgiveness, I shall forgive him. And this continues until the dawn” (Sahih Al-Jami).

Similarly, performing the Sunnan prayers, is also a way of gaining Allah’s pleasure and reward. These Sunnan prayers are two rakats before the dawn obligatory prayer, four before the noon obligatory prayer and four after it, two after the sunset prayer and two after the night prayer and the witr prayer.

8. Having good manners and character: The prophet peace be upon him said, “The most beloved of you to me and the closest of you to me in the Hereafter are those of you who have the best manners; the most hated of you to me and farthest from me in the Hereafter are those of you who have the worst manners, those who speak and do not even care about what they are saying” (Sahih Al-Jami), and he also said, “The person of good manners will get the same reward as the person who prays during the night and fasts during the day” (Sahih Al-Jami).

7. Bringing up pious children and training them to have good Islamic character: The prophet peace be upon him said, “A man will be raised some degrees in Paradise and he will say, ‘For what reason am I receiving this ?’ He will be told, ‘Because of your son asking forgiveness for you’”

6. Marrying religious women: The prophet peace be upon him said, “A woman is married for her religion, wealth or beauty; marry the religious women and you will prosper”. He also said, “A thankful heart, a tongue that remembers Allah and a pious wife that helps you in your worldly and religious matters, is better than what the people are amassing” (Sahih Al-Jami)

5- Supplications to Allah: It’s the best act of worship as the Prophet peace be upon him said, “The most virtuous act of worship is supplication” (Sahih Al-Jami). It’s very important to be certain that Allah will answer your supplication, the Prophet peace be upon him said: “There is no Muslim on this earth who supplicates to Allah except that Allah will give him what he asked or He will remove some evil from him, as long as he does not supplicate for something evil or as long as he does not supplicate for cutting of the ties of kinship and as long as he does not become impatient and say, ‘I supplicated and supplicated and I was not responded to’”

4- Enjoining good and eradicating evil: Allah revealed in the Quran, {Those of the children of Israel who went astray were cursed by the tongue of David, and of Jesus, son of Mary. That was because they rebelled and used to transgress. They restrained not one another from the wickedness they did. Verily, evil was that they used to do} (Al-Maida:78)

This is one of the obligatory duties that many people fail to perform today. Due to this reason, sins are being committed openly and without shame and no one is saying anything about them. The prophet peace be upon him said, “If the people see an evil deed and they do not change it, then Allah may inflict them all with a punishment”.

Allah says in the Quran: “And the believers, men and women, are protecting friends of one another, they enjoin the right and forbid the wrong .. “