CHAPTER: THE MERIT OF KEEPING WATCH IN THE WAY OF ALLAAH, THE ALMIGHTY AND EXALTED
No. 4703
It has been narrated on the authority of Salman who said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) say: Keeping watch for a day and a night is better (in point of reward) than fasting for a whole month and standing in prayer every night. If a person dies (while, performing this duty), his (meritorious) activity will continue and he will go on receiving his reward for it perpetually and will be saved from the torture of the grave.
No. 4704
This tradition has been handed down on the authority of Salman al-Khair through another chain of transmitters.