صحيح البخاري
Sahih Bukhari
كتاب مواقيت الصلاة
The Book of The Times of As-Salat (The Prayers) and Its Superiority
بَابُ فَضْلِ الْعِشَاءِ:
(22) Chapter. Superiority of the lsha prayer.
Hadith 566
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ ، قَالَتْ : " أَعْتَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْلَةً بِالْعِشَاءِ ، وَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَفْشُوَ الْإِسْلَامُ ، فَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ ، حَتَّى قَالَ عُمَرُ : نَامَ النِّسَاءُ وَالصِّبْيَانُ فَخَرَجَ ، فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِ الْمَسْجِدِ : مَا يَنْتَظِرُهَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ غَيْرَكُمْ " .
Narrated `Aisha: Allah's Apostle once delayed the `Isha' prayer and that was during the days when Islam still had not spread. The Prophet did not come out till `Umar informed him that the women and children had slept. Then he came out and said to the people of the mosque: "None amongst the dwellers of the earth has been waiting for it (`Isha prayer) except you."
