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nasai-kubra:1529 – Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥasan > Ḥajjāj > 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)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٥٢٩ – أَخْبَرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أُمِّ كُلْثُومٍ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَنَّهَا أَخْبَرَتْهُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

أَعْتَمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَيْلَةً حَتَّى ذَهَبَ عَامَّةُ اللَّيْلِ وَحَتَّى نَامَ أَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَصَلَّى ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّهُ لَوَقْتُهَا لَوْلَا أَنْ يَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي»  

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nasai:536 – [Chain 1] Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥasan > Ḥajjāj > Qāl Ibn Jurayj [Chain 2] Yūsuf b. Saʿīd > Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > al-Mughīrah b. Ḥakīm > Um Kulthūm Āb.ah 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.'"  

النسائي:٥٣٦ – أَخْبَرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنِي يُوسُفُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أُمِّ كُلْثُومٍ ابْنَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَنَّهَا أَخْبَرَتْهُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَتْ

أَعْتَمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ عَامَّةُ اللَّيْلِ وَحَتَّى نَامَ أَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَصَلَّى وَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَوَقْتُهَا لَوْلاَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي  

ahmad:25172 – ʿAbd 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:٢٥١٧٢ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

suyuti:673-286b –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٦٧٣-٢٨٦b –

"اهتم رَسُول اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَة حَتَّى ذَهَب عَامَّة اللَّيْل، وَحَتَّى نام أَهْل الْمسَجْد، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَصَلَّى فَقَالَ: إِنَّه لِوَقْتِهَا لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي".  

[عب] عبد الرازق