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"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in Maghrib prayer, then he did not come out to us until half the night had passed. Then he came out and led them in prayer, then he said: 'The people have prayed and gone to sleep, but you are still in a state of prayer so long as you are waiting for the prayer. Were it not for the weakness of the weak and, the sickness of the sick, I would have commanded that this prayer be delayed until halfway through the night.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 538)   

السيوطي:٥٩٧٦a

"إِنَّ النَّاسَ قد صَلَّوْا ونامُوا، وأَنتم لمْ تَزَالوا في صلاة ما انتظرتم الصلاةَ، ولولا ضعفُ الضعيفِ، وسَقَمُ السقيم، لأَمرتُ بهذهِ الصلاةِ أَن تُؤَخَّر إِلى شَطْر الليل ".  

[ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة عن أَبى سعيد

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
nasai:538ʿImrān b. Mūsá > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Dāwud > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in Maghrib prayer, then he did not come out to us until half the night had passed. Then he came out and led them in prayer, then he said: 'The people have prayed and gone to sleep, but you are still in a state of prayer so long as you are waiting for the prayer. Were it not for the weakness of the weak and, the sickness of the sick, I would have commanded that this prayer be delayed until halfway through the night.'"  

النسائي:٥٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلاَةَ الْمَغْرِبِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِلَيْنَا حَتَّى ذَهَبَ شَطْرُ اللَّيْلِ فَخَرَجَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ صَلُّوا وَنَامُوا وَأَنْتُمْ لَمْ تَزَالُوا فِي صَلاَةٍ مَا انْتَظَرْتُمُ الصَّلاَةَ وَلَوْلاَ ضَعْفُ الضَّعِيفِ وَسُقْمُ السَّقِيمِ لأَمَرْتُ بِهَذِهِ الصَّلاَةِ أَنْ تُؤَخَّرَ إِلَى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ  

abudawud:422Musaddad > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

We observed the prayer after nightfall with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he did not come out till about half the night had passed. He then said: Take your places. We then took our places. Then he said: The people have prayed and gone to bed, but you are still engaged in prayer as long as you wait for the prayer. Were it not for the weakness of the weak and for the sickness of the sick. I would delay this prayer till half the night had gone.  

أبو داود:٤٢٢حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلاَةَ الْعَتَمَةِ فَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ حَتَّى مَضَى نَحْوٌ مِنْ شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ خُذُوا مَقَاعِدَكُمْ فَأَخَذْنَا مَقَاعِدَنَا فَقَالَ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ صَلَّوْا وَأَخَذُوا مَضَاجِعَهُمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَزَالُوا فِي صَلاَةٍ مَا انْتَظَرْتُمُ الصَّلاَةَ وَلَوْلاَ ضَعْفُ الضَّعِيفِ وَسَقَمُ السَّقِيمِ لأَخَّرْتُ هَذِهِ الصَّلاَةَ إِلَى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ  

ibnmajah:693ʿImrān b. Mūsá al-Laythī > ʿAbd al-Wārith b. Saʿīd > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd

"The Messenger of Allah led us for the Maghrib prayer. Then he did not come out until half the night had passed. Then he came out and led them in prayer, then he said: "The people have prayed and gone to sleep, but you are still in a state of prayer so long as you are waiting for the (next) prayer. Were it not for the weak and the sick, I wanted to delay this prayer until the middle of the night.'"  

ابن ماجة:٦٩٣حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى اللَّيْثِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلاَةَ الْمَغْرِبِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ شَطْرُ اللَّيْلِ فَخَرَجَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ صَلَّوْا وَنَامُوا وَأَنْتُمْ لَمْ تَزَالُوا فِي صَلاَةٍ مَا انْتَظَرْتُمُ الصَّلاَةَ وَلَوْلاَ الضَّعِيفُ وَالسَّقِيمُ أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أُؤَخِّرَ هَذِهِ الصَّلاَةَ إِلَى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ  

nasai-kubra:1532ʿImrān b. Mūsá > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Dāwud > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in Maghrib prayer, then he did not come out to us until half the night had passed. Then he came out and led them in prayer, then he said: 'The people have prayed and gone to sleep, but you are still in a state of prayer so long as you are waiting for the prayer. Were it not for the weakness of the weak and, the sickness of the sick, I would have commanded that this prayer be delayed until halfway through the night.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 538)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٥٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْمَغْرِبِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَخْرُجٍ إِلَيْنَا حَتَّى ذَهَبَ شَطْرُ اللَّيْلِ فَخَرَجَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ صَلَّوْا وَنَامُوا وَأَنْتُمْ لَمْ تَزَالُوا فِي صَلَاةٍ مَا انْتَظَرْتُمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَلَوْلَا ضَعْفُ الضَّعِيفِ وَسَقَمُ السَّقِيمِ لَأَمَرْتُ بِهَذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ أَنْ تُؤَخَّرُ إِلَى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ»  

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السيوطي:١٣٦٥٩a

"خُذُوا مَقَاعِدَكُمْ؛ فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ صَلَّوا وَأَخذوا مضاجِعَهم، وَإِنَّكُمْ لم تَزَالُوا فِى صَلَاة ما انْتَظَرْتُم الصَّلَاة؛ وَلَوْلَا ضَعْفُ الضَّعِيفِ وَسُقْم السَّقِيمِ، وَحَاجَةُ ذِى الحاجةِ لأَخَّرْتُ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ إِلَى شَطرِ اللَّيْلِ".  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود عن أَبى سعيد
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السيوطي:٢٣٧٥٠a

"نَامَ النَّاسُ وَرَقَدُوا وَأَنتُمْ تَنْتَظرُونَ الصَّلاةَ، أَمَا إِنَّكُمْ في صَلاةٍ مَا انْتَظَرْتُمُوهَا، وَلَوْلا ضعفُ الضَّعِيفِ، وَكِبَرُ الكَبِيرِ لأَخَّرْتُ هَذِهِ الصَّلاةَ إِلَى شَطرِ اللَّيلِ".  

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