مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الصلواتBook of Prayers
من قال: من انتظر الصلاة فهو في صلاةThose Who Say That Waiting for Salah Earns the Reward of Salah
Hadith 4119
٤١١٩ - حدثنا أبو بكر قال: نا يزيد بن هارون قال: (أخبرنا) (١) حميد عن أنس ⦗٣٩٣⦘ قال: أخَّر رسول اللَّه ﷺ ذات ليلة الصلاة إلى شطر الليل، (قال) (٢): فجعل الناس يصلون و (ينكفئون) (٣)، فخرج وقد بقيت عصابة، فصلى بهم، فلما سلم أقبل (عليهم) (٤) بوجهه فقال: "إن الناس قد صلوا ورقدوا وإنكم لم تزالوا في صلاة منذ انتظرتم الصلاة"، قال: فكأني أنظر إلى (وبيص) (٥) خاتمه في يده (٦).
Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) once delayed the Isha prayer until midnight. Some people performed the prayer and started going to their homes. When the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived, a few people were still present in the mosque; he led them in prayer, and when he finished with salam, he turned his blessed face towards them and said, "People have performed the prayer and gone to sleep, but you have been in the state of prayer as long as you were waiting for it." Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says, "This scene is still before my eyes as if I can still see the shine of his blessed ring."
