Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to me: Abu 'Awanah narrated to us, from Abu Bishr, from Humayd ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Himyari, from Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The most excellent fast after Ramadan is the month of Allah, al-Muharram, and the most excellent prayer after the obligatory prayer is the night prayer."