I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked, "Messenger of Allah, who has accepted Islam with you?"He replied, "A free man and a slave."I asked, "Is there any hour closer to Allah than another?"He said, "Yes, the latter portion of the night. So pray as much as you wish until you pray the dawn prayer, then stop until the sun rises and remains" — Ayub said, "remains like a shield" — "until it spreads. Then pray as much as you wish until the post stands upon its own shadow, then stop until the sun passes the meridian, for Hell is stoked at midday. Then pray as much as you wish until you pray the afternoon prayer, then stop until the sun sets, for it sets between the two horns of Satan and rises between the two horns of Satan."
أخبرني الحسن بن إسمعيل بن سليمان وأيوب بن محمد قالا حدثنا حجاج بن محمد قال أيوب حدثنا وقال حسن أخبرني شعبة عن يعلى بن عطاء عن يزيد بن طلق عن عبد الرحمن بن البيلماني
أتيت رسول الله ﷺ فقلت يا رسول الله من أسلم معك قال حر وعبد قلت هل من ساعة أقرب إلى الله عز وجل من أخرى قال نعم جوف الليل الآخر فصل ما بدا لك حتى تصلي الصبح ثم انته حتى تطلع الشمس وما دامت وقال أيوب فما دامت كأنها حجفة حتى تنتشر ثم صل ما بدا لك حتى يقوم العمود على ظله ثم انته حتى تزول الشمس فإن جهنم تسجر نصف النهار ثم صل ما بدا لك حتى تصلي العصر ثم انته حتى تغرب الشمس فإنها تغرب بين قرني شيطان وتطلع بين قرني شيطان
[Its chain is daif] Ibn Majah narrated it in Iqamat al-Salawat, chapter on what has been said about the hours in which prayer is disliked, hadith no. 1251, and hadith no. 1364, from the hadith of Shubah, and it is also in al-Kubra, hadith no. 1560.Ibn al-Bailamani is daif, and part of the hadith has a corroborating witness in Muslim, hadith no. 832, in Salat al-Musafirin, chapter on the conversion of Amr bin Abasa and others to Islam.