حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَامٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ يَحْيَی بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي مِنْ اللَّيْلِ فِي حُجْرَتِهِ وَجِدَارُ الْحُجْرَةِ قَصِيرٌ فَرَأَی النَّاسُ شَخْصَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَامَ أُنَاسٌ يُصَلُّونَ بِصَلَاتِهِ فَأَصْبَحُوا فَتَحَدَّثُوا بِذَلِکَ فَقَامَ اللَّيْلَةَ الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَامَ مَعَهُ أُنَاسٌ يُصَلُّونَ بِصَلَاتِهِ صَنَعُوا ذَلِکَ لَيْلَتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا حَتَّی إِذَا کَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِکَ جَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ ذَکَرَ ذَلِکَ النَّاسُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي خَشِيتُ أَنْ تُکْتَبَ عَلَيْکُمْ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 729
Narrated `Aisha: Allah's Apostle used to pray in his room at night. As the wall of the room was LOW, the people saw him and some of them stood up to follow him in the prayer. In the morning they spread the news. The following night the Prophet stood for the prayer and the people followed him. This went on for two or three nights. Thereupon Allah's Apostle did not stand for the prayer the following night, and did not come out. In the morning, the people asked him about it. He replied, that he way afraid that the night prayer might become compulsory.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020