Hadith 570

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودٌ يَعْنِي ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ ، " أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شُغِلَ عَنْهَا لَيْلَةً فَأَخَّرَهَا حَتَّى رَقَدْنَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ، ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظْنَا ، ثُمَّ رَقَدْنَا ، ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظْنَا ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ يَنْتَظِرُ الصَّلَاةَ غَيْرُكُمْ ، وَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ لَا يُبَالِي أَقَدَّمَهَا أَمْ أَخَّرَهَا ، إِذَا كَانَ لَا يَخْشَى أَنْ يَغْلِبَهُ النَّوْمُ عَنْ وَقْتِهَا ، وَكَانَ يَرْقُدُ قَبْلَهَا " ، قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ : قُلْتُ لِعَطَاءٍ :
Narrated Ibn Juraij from Nafi`: `Abdullah bin `Umar said, "Once Allah's Apostle was busy (at the time of the `Isha'), so the prayer was delayed so much so that we slept and woke up and slept and woke up again. The Prophet came out and said, 'None amongst the dwellers of the earth but you have been waiting for the prayer." Ibn `Umar did not find any harm in praying it earlier or in delaying it unless he was afraid that sleep might overwhelm him and he might miss the prayer, and sometimes he used to sleep before the `Isha' prayer. Ibn Juraij said, "
Hadith Reference Sahih Bukhari / The Book of The Times of As-Salat (The Prayers) and Its Superiority / Hadith: 570
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