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What Has Been Related About Delaying The Last 'Ishā' Prayer[3]

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Darussalam · Volume 1

2. The Chapters On Ṣalāt (As Narrated) From Allāh's Messenger ﷺ

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الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 209

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167. Abū Hurairah narrated that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said: "If it were not that it would be a hardship on my Ummah, then I would have ordered you to delay 'Ishā' until the third of the night, or its half." (Ṣaḥīḥ) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Jābir bin Samurah, Jābir bin ‘Abdullāh, Abū Barzah, Ibn ‘Abbās, Abū Sa‘eed [Al-Khudrī], Zaid bin Khālīd, and Ibn ‘Umar. Abū ‘Eisā said: The Hadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth. This is the view that was chosen by most of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, the Tābi‘īn, [and others]: They held the view that the ‘Ishā’ prayer should be delayed. And this is the saying of Aḥmad and Ishāq.

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١٦٧ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌هَنَّادٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ ‌عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ، عَنْ ‌سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ أَنْ يُؤَخِّرُوا الْعِشَاءَ» إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ أَوْ نِصْفِهِ. وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، وَجَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، وَأَبِي بَرْزَةَ، وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ، وَزَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، وَابْنِ عُمَرَ. حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَهُوَ الَّذِي اخْتَارَهُ أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالتَّابِعِينَ: رَأَوْا تَأْخِيرَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ، وَبِهِ يَقُولُ أَحْمَدُ، وَإِسْحَاقُ.

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Footnotes

  1. 1

    [1] As Abū Bishr did in no. 165.

  2. 2

    [2] That is, no. 165 which he reported from Abū Bishr.

  3. 3

    [3] That is, the later of the two night prayers: 'Ishā'.

Commentary

Delaying ‘Ishā’ (night prayer) from at least the first third of the night and until the middle of the night at most is virtuous.