صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب المساجد ومواضع الصلاة
The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer
باب وَقْتِ الْعِشَاءِ وَتَأْخِيرِهَا:
Chapter: The time of `Isha and delaying it
Hadith 639
This hadith is listed as number 1446 in Maktaba Shamila
وحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، وَإِسْحَاق بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ إِسْحَاق ، أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ زُهَيْرٌ : حَدَّثَنَا : جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ، قَالَ : مَكَثْنَا ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ نَنْتَظِرُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِصَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ الآخِرَةِ ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا ، حِينَ ذَهَبَ ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ ، فَلَا نَدْرِي أَشَيْءٌ شَغَلَهُ فِي أَهْلِهِ ، أَوْ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ ، فَقَالَ حِينَ خَرَجَ : " إِنَّكُمْ لَتَنْتَظِرُونَ صَلَاةً ، مَا يَنْتَظِرُهَا أَهْلُ دِينٍ غَيْرُكُمْ ، وَلَوْلَا أَنْ يَثْقُلَ عَلَى أُمَّتِي ، لَصَلَّيْتُ بِهِمْ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ " ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَ الْمُؤَذِّنَ ، فَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ وَصَلَّى " .
'Abdullah bin 'Umar (RA) reported: We waited one night in expectation of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for the last prayer of the night, and he came out to us when a third of the night had passed even after that. We do not know whether he had been occupied with family business or something else. When he came out he said: You are waiting for prayer, for which the followers of no other religion wait, except you. Were it not a burden for my Ummah, I would have led them (in the 'Isha' prayer) at this hour. He then ordered the Mu'adhdhin (to call for prayer) and then stood up for prayer and observed prayer.
