ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ أَوْهَمَ عَالِمًا مِنَ النَّاسِ أَنَّ النَّوْمَ لَا يُوجِبُ الْوُضُوءَ عَلَى النَّائِمِ فِي بَعْضِ الْأَحْوَالِ
[Machine] I said to Ata', "At what time do you prefer that I pray Al-‘Atamah (the optional prayer at night) as an imam or alone?" He replied, "I heard Ibn 'Abbas saying that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform Al-'Atamah until the people went to sleep, and then they would wake up and perform it, and then sleep again and then wake up. 'Umar said, 'Prayer, prayer.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out, as if I can see him now, with water dripping from his head, wiping his hands over his head, and he said, 'If it were not that it would be hard on my Ummah (nation), I would have commanded them to perform it.'"
قُلْتُ لِعَطَاءٍ أَيُّ حِينٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ لِلْعَتَمَةِ إِمَّا إِمَامًا وَإِمَّا خَلْوًا؟ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ اعْتَمَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْعَتَمَةِ حَتَّى رَقَدَ النَّاسُ وَاسْتَيْقَظُوا وَرَقَدُوا وَاسْتَيْقَظُوا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ الصَّلَاةَ الصَّلَاةَ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ الْآنَ تَقْطُرُ رَأْسُهُ مَاءً وَاضِعًا يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَقَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ أَنْ يُصَلُّوا هَكَذَا»