The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 2) · Hadith 291 (#Ḥadīth #291)

291 - وَبِإِسْنادِهِ عَنْ عَلِيِ a.sُ قالَ: قالَالنَّبِيُ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: خَيْرُكُم مَن أَطابَ الكَلامَ، أَطعَمَ الطَّعامُ وَصَلَّى بِاللَّيل وَالنَّاسِ نِيامٌ.

31-291 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali , God’s Prophet (S) said, “The best of you are those who talk well, feed (others) and pray at night when the people sleep.”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).