[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