Narrated Anas bin Malik (RA): Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) never proceeded (for the prayer) on the Day of `Id-ul-Fitr unless he had eaten some dates. Anas also narrated: The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to eat odd number of dates.
Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 13, Hadith 5
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Zirr (RA) said: “I said to Ubayy bin Ka’b: ‘O Abu Al-Mundhir (RA)! How do you know that it is the night of the twenty-seventh?’ He said: ‘Rather, the Messenger of Allah informed us that it is a night (after which) the sun rises without rays, so we counted and...
Narrated Abu Salama (RA): I asked Abu Sa`id, and he was a friend of mine, (about the Night of Qadr) and he said, “We practiced I`tikaf (seclusion in the mosque) in the middle third of the month of Ramadan with the Prophet (peace be upon him). In the morning of the 20th of Ramadan...
Narrated Aisha (RA): With the start of the last ten days of Ramadan, the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to tighten his waist belt (i.e. work hard) and used to pray all the night, and used to keep his family awake for the prayers.
Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 32, Hadith 11
Aishah (RA) narrated:” The Messenger of Allah would struggle (to perform Salat more) during the last ten (nights) more than he would struggle in the rest of it.”
Jami`at-Tirmidhi, Book 8, Hadith 115
