Those who permitted sleeping before it

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) would sometimes fall asleep before Isha.

Abu Husayn said: Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) used to sleep before Isha.

Abu Husayn said: Abu Wa'il and the students of Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to sleep before Isha.

Ibrahim said: In Ramadan, al-Aswad would break his fast only after praying, and he used to sleep between Maghrib and Isha.

Ayyub said: I asked Nafi': "Did Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) sleep before the Isha prayer?" He said: "He would sleep, but he would appoint someone to wake him."

Hisham said: Urwah used to sleep before Isha.

Mujahid said: Ali al-Azdi used to complete a recitation of the whole Qur'an every night in Ramadan, and he used to sleep between Maghrib and Isha.

Al-Hakam said: The early generations used to sleep for a while before the Isha prayer.

Waqa' said: In Ramadan, Sa'id bin Jubayr would sleep before the Isha prayer and then get up.

Hisham said: Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) used to sleep before the Isha prayer.