God knows believers cannot always meditate through the night and allows for illness, travel, and striving, so they read what they can of the Quran, observe the contact prayers, and give the obligatory charity.1, 2, 3, 4
The night begins at sunset, so praying the sunset and night prayers, remembering God before sleep, and rising for the dawn prayer already covers a good portion of the night.1, 2, 3, 4
The righteous rarely sleep the whole night, implore forgiveness at dawn, and set aside a portion of their money for the needy and deprived.1, 2
The Quran prescribes fasting a specific number of days and does not call for extra fasting, while it does encourage extra prayer at night; extra fasting for other reasons is just dieting.1, 2, 3
The Quran describes the true servants of the Most Gracious as those who answer the ignorant with peace and spend the night worshiping their Lord.1, 2, 3
Among the Jews and Christians there are righteous people who recite God's scripture through the night and fall prostrate, and Dr. Khalifa says he has met such people.1, 2, 3, 4