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The Apostle of Allah ﷺ one night delayed (observing the 'Isya' prayer) till a great part of the night was over and the people in the mosque had gone to sleep. He (the Holy Prophet) then came out and observed prayer and said: This is the proper time for it; were it not that I would impose a burden on my people (I would normally pray at this time). In the hadith transmitters by 'Abd al-Razzaq (the words are):" Were it not that it would impose burden on my people."  

مسلم:٦٣٨cحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ ح قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ح قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالاَ

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَأَلْفَاظُهُمْ مُتَقَارِبَةٌ قَالُوا جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أُمِّ كُلْثُومٍ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَنَّهَا أَخْبَرَتْهُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ أَعْتَمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ عَامَّةُ اللَّيْلِ وَحَتَّى نَامَ أَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَصَلَّى فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَوَقْتُهَا لَوْلاَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي وَفِي حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ لَوْلاَ أَنْ يَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي  


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ahmad:25172ʿAbd al-Razzāq And Muḥammad b. Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > al-Mughīrah b. Ḥakīm > Um Kulthūm b. Abū Bakr > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet ﷺ delayed the prayer one night until most of the night had passed and the people in the Masjid had gone home to sleep, then he went out and prayed, and said: 'This is indeed its (prayer) time, were it not that I would impose too much difficulty on my Ummah.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 536)   

أحمد:٢٥١٧٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ قَالَا أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أُمِّ كُلْثُومٍ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَنَّهَا أَخْبَرَتْهُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

أَعْتَمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ عَامَّةُاللَّيْلِ وَحَتَّى نَامَ أَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ وَقَالَ ابْنُ بَكْرٍ رَقَدَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَصَلَّى فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَوَقْتُهَا لَوْلَا أَنْ يَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي وَقَالَ ابْنُ بَكْرٍ أَنْ أَشُقَّ  

darimi:1250Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > al-Mughīrah b. Ḥakīm > Um Kulthūm b. Abū Bakr > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ secluded himself one night until most of the night had passed and the people of the mosque had gone to sleep. Then he went out and prayed it and said, "It is its time, but I did not want to make it difficult for my Ummah."  

الدارمي:١٢٥٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ أَنَّ أُمَّ كُلْثُومٍ بِنْتَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَخْبَرَتْهُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

أَعْتَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ عَامَّةُ اللَّيْلِ وَرَقَدَ أَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ فَخَرَجَ فَصَلَّاهَا فَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ لَوَقْتُهَا لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي»  

bayhaqi:2117Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Ṣādiq b. Abū al-Fawāris > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣaghānī > Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yaḥyá b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār al-Sukkarī > Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Aḥmad b. Manṣūr al-Ramādī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > Mughīrah b. Ḥakīm > Um Kulthūm b. Abū Bakr > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stayed awake one night until most of the night had passed and even the people of the mosque had fallen asleep. Then he came out to them and prayed with them. He said, "It is the appropriate time for this prayer, but I refrained from it so as not to make it difficult for my ummah." This hadith is mentioned in the narration of 'Abd al-Razzaq and in the narration of Haggag from 'Aisha, the mother of the believers. She said, "He did not specifically mention the night prayer, but it is implied."  

البيهقي:٢١١٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو صَادِقِ بْنُ أَبِي الْفَوَارِسِ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ ثنا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ السُّكَّرِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الرَّمَادِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي مُغِيرَةُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أُمِّ كُلْثُومٍ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَخْبَرَتْهُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

أَعْتَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ بِالْعَشَاءِ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ عَامَّةُ اللَّيْلِ وَحَتَّى نَامَ أَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ قَالَتْ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ وَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَوَقْتُهَا لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ وَفِي حَدِيثِ حَجَّاجٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ بِالْعَشَاءِ وَالْبَاقِي بِمَعْنَاهُ سَوَاءٌ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ وَعَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ