We waited for the Prophet ﷺ to offer the night prayer. He delayed until people thought that he would not come out and some of us said that he had offered the prayer. At the moment when we were in this condition the Prophet ﷺ came out. People said to him as they were already saying. He said: Observe this prayer when it is dark, for by it you have been made superior to all the peoples, no people having observed it before you.  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ يَقُولُ ارْتَقَبْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي صَلاَةِ الْعَتَمَةِ فَأَخَّرَ حَتَّى ظَنَّ الظَّانُّ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِخَارِجٍ وَالْقَائِلُ مِنَّا يَقُولُ صَلَّى فَإِنَّا لَكَذَلِكَ حَتَّى خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا لَهُ كَمَا قَالُوا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ أَعْتِمُوا بِهَذِهِ الصَّلاَةِ فَإِنَّكُمْ قَدْ فُضِّلْتُمْ بِهَا عَلَى سَائِرِ الأُمَمِ وَلَمْ تُصَلِّهَا أُمَّةٌ قَبْلَكُمْ  

[Machine] We came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with the Isha prayer, and he delayed it for us until someone said: "He has prayed and did not come out, and few people said that he will come out." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out and said, "Take this prayer as a means of darkness, for you have been given preference with it over the rest of the nations, and no one before you has prayed it."  

أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِصَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ فَأَبْطَأَ عَلَيْنَا حَتَّى قَالَ قَائِلٌ صَلَّى وَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ وَالْقَلِيلُ يَقُولُ يَخْرُجُ فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَعْتِمُوا بِهَذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ فَقَدْ فُضِّلْتُمْ بِهَا عَلَى سَائِرِ الْأُمَمِ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّهَا أَحَدٌ قَبْلَكُمْ»  

[Machine] "We came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for the night prayer of 'Isha', and he delayed it until the people thought that he had already prayed and left. Then he came out and someone said to him, 'O Messenger of Allah, I thought you had prayed and did not see you leave.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Perform this prayer, for you have been given precedence over the previous nations by it, and no one before you has observed it.'"  

أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لِصَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ لَيْلَةً فَأَخَّرَ بِهَا حَتَّى ظَنَّ الظَّانُّ أَنْ قَدْ صَلَّى وَلَيْسَ بِخَارِجٍ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ خَرَجَ بَعْدُ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَقَدْ ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّكَ صَلَّيْتَ وَلَسْتَ بِخَارِجٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَعْتِمُوا بِهَذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّكُمْ قَدْ فُضِّلْتُمْ بِهَا عَلَى سَائِرِ الْأُمَمِ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّهَا أَحَدٌ قَبْلَكُمْ»  

[Machine] We stayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for the night prayer until he delayed it to the extent that people thought he had already prayed or that he would not come out. Then he came out and someone said to him, "O Prophet of Allah, we thought that you had already prayed or that you would not come out." The Prophet ﷺ said to us, "Perform this prayer. Indeed, you have been favored with it over the other nations, and no previous nation has performed it."  

بَقِيَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِصَلَاةِ الْعَتَمَةِ لَيْلَةً فَتَأَخَّرَ بِهَا حَتَّى ظَنَّ الظَّانُّ أَنْ قَدْ صَلَّى أَوْ لَيْسَ بِخَارِجٍ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ خَرَجَ بَعْدُ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ لَقَدْ ظَنَنَّا أَنَّكَ قَدْ صَلَّيْتَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ أَوْ لَسْتَ بِخَارِجٍ فَقَالَ لَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَعْتِمُوا بِهَذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّكُمْ قَدْ فُضِّلْتُمْ بِهَا عَلَى سَائِرِ الْأُمَمِ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّهَا أُمَّةٌ قَبْلَكُمْ