ذِكْرُ إِرَادَةِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ تَأْخِيرَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allahﷺ came out to his companions one night while they were waiting for the evening prayer. He said, "People have prayed and gone to sleep, while you are waiting for it. Indeed, you are in a prayer that you have been waiting for." Then he said, "If it were not for the hardship on the weak or the fatigue of the elderly, I would have delayed this prayer until later in the night."  

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ وَهُمْ يَنْتَظِرُونَ الْعِشَاءَ فَقَالَ «صَلَّى النَّاسُ وَرَقَدُوا وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْتَظِرُونَهَا أَمَا إِنَّكُمْ فِي صَلَاةٍ مَا انْتَظَرْتُمُوهَا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَوْلَا ضَعْفُ الضَّعِيفِ أَوْ كِبَرُ الْكَبِيرِ لَأَخَّرْتُ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ إِلَى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ»