الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الصلاةBook of Prayer
بَابُ اسْتِحْبَابِ تَأْخِيرِهَا إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ أَوْ نِصْفِهِChapter on the Recommendation of Delaying It to a Third or Half of the Night
Hadith 1170
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: انْتَظَرْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْلَةً بِصَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ نَحْوٌ مِنْ شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ، قَالَ: فَجَاءَ فَصَلَّى بِنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ: ((خُذُوا مَقَاعِدَكُمْ فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ أَخَذُوا مَضَاجِعَهُمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَزَالُوا فِي صَلَاةٍ مُنْذُ انْتَظَرْتُمُوهَا، وَلَوْلَا ضَعْفُ الضَّعِيفِ وَسُقْمُ السَّقِيمِ وَحَاجَةُ ذِي الْحَاجَةِ لَأَخَّرْتُ هَٰذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ إِلَى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: We waited for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) one night for the 'Isha prayer, until about half the night had passed. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came and led us in prayer and said: Remain seated in your places, for indeed (the people of other mosques) have performed this prayer and gone to sleep, while you, from the time you have been waiting for this prayer, have been in prayer itself. And if it were not for the weakness of the weak, the illness of the sick, and the need of the needy, I would have delayed this prayer until half the night.
