Authored by: Imran Ayub Lahori
❀ It is Recommended to Delay the Isha Prayer
❶ It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
“لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ أَنْ يُؤَخِّرُوا الْعِشَاءَ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ أَوْ نِصْفِهِ“
“If it were not that I might impose hardship on my Ummah, I would have commanded them to delay the Isha prayer to one third or half of the night.”
[Sahih: Sahih Tirmidhi: 141, Kitab al-Salah: Bab Ma Ja’a fi Ta’khir Salat al-Isha al-Akhirah; Tirmidhi: 167; Ahmad: 2/250; Ibn Majah: 691; Hakim: 1/146; Bayhaqi: 1/36]
❷ It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Sa’id Khudri رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
“وَلَوْلَا ضَعْفُ الضَّعِيفِ وَسَقَمُ السَّقِيمِ وَحَاجَةُ ذِي الْحَاجَةِ، لَأَخَّرْتُ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ إِلَى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ“
“If it were not for the weakness of the weak, the sickness of the sick, and the needs of those who have needs, I would have delayed this prayer (Isha) until the middle of the night.”
[Sahih: Sahih Abu Dawud: 407, Kitab al-Salah: Bab fi Waqt al-Isha al-Akhirah; Abu Dawud: 422; Ibn Majah: 693; Nasa’i: 1/268; Ibn Khuzaymah: 345; Ahmad: 3/5]
