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422. Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī narrated: "We (were waiting to) pray 'Ishā' with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, but he did not come out until around half the night had passed. He said: 'Take your places,' so we took our places. Then he said: 'The people have already prayed and gone to bed, but you will continue (to be counted) as being in the state of prayer as long as you are waiting for the prayer. Were it not for the weakness of the weak, and the sickness of the sick, I would have delayed this prayer until half the night.'" (Sahih)
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Commentary
Based upon these, and similar narrations, it is considered recommended by most of the scholars that the 'Ishā' prayer be offered at a later time within its valid time, provided that it is not a burden upon the people, as indicated in number 422. The congregational 'Ishā' prayer should be held at a time that is
suitable for the majority of the attendees to come, and it should not be regularly delayed if doing so will make it difficult upon the people, as also explained in these narrations.
