[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delayed the isha prayer until the night grew late. Then he went out to the mosque and found that the people were asleep, and only a few were present. He became angered, such anger that I never saw him display before. He said, "If a man invites the people to a meal of meat or two meals of barley porridge, they would answer his call, yet they remain negligent when it comes to this prayer. I had thought of asking someone to lead the people in prayer and then set fire to their houses with them inside."
أَخَّرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ حَتَّى تَهَوَّرَ اللَّيْلُ فَذَهَبَ ثُلُثُهُ أَوْ قَرَابَتُهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِذَا النَّاسُ عِزُونَ وَإِذَا هُمْ قَلِيلٌ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ غَضَبًا مَا أَعْلَمُ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُهُ غَضِبَ غَضَبًا قَطُّ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا دَعَا النَّاسَ إِلَى عَرْقٍ أَوْ مِرْمَاتَيْنِ أَتَوْهُ لِذَلِكَ وَلَمْ يَتَخَلَّفُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَلَّفُونَ عَنْ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ آمُرَ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ وَأَتَّتَبَّعَهَذِهِ الدُّورَ الَّتِي تَخَلَّفَ أَهْلُوهَا عَنْ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ فَأُضْرِمَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ بِالنِّيرَانِ