Is the Hadith "The best prayer is that with the longest standing" a general one that includes prayers of both day and night, or is it specific to the night, given the Hadith "The best prayer after the obligatory one is the night prayer," such that the best for day prayers would be an abundance of prostrations with lightness?
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The preference for prolonging the standing () in the about preferring prayer with prolonged supplication (qunut) does not contradict the preference for prayer time in another hadith, as they do not address the same subject. Scholars have differed on which is better: some prefer lengthy standing, others prefer numerous bowing (ruku‘) and prostrations (), and some believe both are equal. Others have elaborated, stating that lengthy standing is better for night prayers, while numerous bowing and prostrations are better for day prayers.
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