ذِكْرُ إِبَاحَةِ تَأْخِيرِ الْمَرْءِ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ عَنْ أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا
[Machine] I said to Ataa, "At what time do you prefer that I pray the night prayer, either in congregation or individually?" He said, "I heard Ibn Abbas saying that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would pray the night prayer when people had gone to bed and awakened, and gone to bed and awakened. Then Umar called for the prayer, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out, and it was as if I can see him now with water dripping from his head, placing his hands on his head, and he said, 'If it were not too difficult for my Ummah, I would have commanded them to pray like this.'"
قُلْتُ لِعَطَاءٍ أَيُّ حِينٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ الْعَتَمَةَ إِمَّا إِمَامًا أَوْ خِلْوًا فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ أَعْتَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْعَتَمَةَ حِينَ رَقَدَ النَّاسُ وَاسْتَيْقَظُوا وَرَقَدُوا وَاسْتَيْقَظُوا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ الصَّلَاةَ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ الْآنَ يَقْطُرُ رَأْسُهُ مَاءً وَاضِعًا يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَقَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ أَنْ يُصَلُّوا هَكَذَا»