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[Machine] Wait for the prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the mosque. We slept and woke up three times, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us and prayed the Isha prayer and said, "If it was not difficult for the people, I would have commanded them to delay this prayer until this hour." We looked and it was the middle of the night.  

الطبراني:١١٣٥٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ النَّسَائِيُّ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ ثنا عَوْنُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الصَّائِغِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

انْتَظَرُوا الصَّلَاةَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَرَقَدُوا ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظْنَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ وَقَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى النَّاسِ لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ أَنْ يُؤَخِّرُوا هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ إِلَى هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ» فَنَظَرْنَا فَإِذَا هُوَ شَطْرُ اللَّيْلِ