[Machine] His father asked him, "How did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray the obligatory prayers?" He said, "He used to pray the Maghrib prayer first." He said, "And he used to prefer delaying the Isha prayer which you call darkness." He said, "And he disliked sleeping before it and talking after it, in brief."  

لَهُ أَبِي كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الْمَكْتُوبَةَ؟ قَالَ «كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْهَجِيرَ» إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ وَكَانَ يَسْتَحِبُّ أَنْ يُؤَخِّرَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ الَّتِي تَدْعُونَهَا الْعَتَمَةَ قَالَ وَكَانَ يَكْرَهُ النَّوْمَ قَبْلَهَا وَالْحَدِيثَ بَعْدَهَا مُخْتَصَرٌ  

"The Prophet ﷺ delayed 'Isha' one night until part of the night had passed. Then 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, got up and called out: 'The prayer, O Messenger of Allah! The women and children have gone to sleep.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out with water dripping from his head, saying: 'This is (the best) time (for 'Isha'), were it not that this would be too difficult for my Ummah.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 532)  

أَخَّرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْعِشَاءَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَامَ عُمَرُ فَنَادَى الصَّلَاةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ رَقَدَ النِّسَاءُ وَالْوِلْدَانُ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالْمَاءُ يَقْطُرُ مِنْ رَأْسِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «إِنَّهُ لَلْوَقْتُ لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي»