English translation
570. Narrated Nafi’: ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Umar رضي الله عنهما said, “Once Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ was busy (at the time of the ‘Ishā’), so the prayer was delayed so much so that we slept and woke up and slept and woke up again. The Prophet ﷺ came out and said, ‘None amongst the dwellers of the earth but you have been waiting for Aṣ-Ṣalāt (the prayer).’” Ibn ‘Umar did not find any harm in offering it earlier or in delaying it, unless he was afraid that sleep might overwhelm him and he might miss the prayer, and sometimes he used to sleep before the ‘Ishā’ prayer.