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 1172
اُردوEn
عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ الشَّكُونِيِّ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ عَنْ مُعَاذٍ قَالَ: رَقَبْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ فَاحْتَبَسَ حَتَّى ظَنَنَّا أَنْ لَنْ يَخْرُجَ وَالْقَائِلُ مِنَّا يَقُولُ: قَدْ صَلَّى وَلَنْ يَخْرُجَ، فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! ظَنَنَّا أَنَّكَ لَنْ تَخْرُجَ وَالْقَائِلُ مِنَّا يَقُولُ: قَدْ صَلَّى وَلَنْ يَخْرُجَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((اعْتِمُوا بِهَٰذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ فَقَدْ فُضِّلْتُمْ بِهَا عَلَى سَائِرِ الْأُمَمِ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّهَا أُمَّةٌ قَبْلَكُمْ))
Asim bin Humaid Shakuni, who was among the companions of Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him), narrates that Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said: One day we were waiting for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for the 'Isha prayer, but he delayed, until we began to think that he would not come out at all, and some of us said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) has already performed this prayer and will not come out now. Meanwhile, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived, and we said: O Messenger of Allah! We had begun to think that you would not come out at all, and some among us started saying that you had already performed the prayer and would not come out. Upon hearing this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Perform this prayer late, for indeed, through it you have been given superiority over all other nations; no nation before you has performed this prayer.
