حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ ح و حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ وَأَبُو کَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ کَيْفَ أَنْتَ إِذَا کَانَتْ عَلَيْکَ أُمَرَائُ يُؤَخِّرُونَ الصَّلَاةَ عَنْ وَقْتِهَا أَوْ يُمِيتُونَ الصَّلَاةَ عَنْ وَقْتِهَا قَالَ قُلْتُ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي قَالَ صَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا فَإِنْ أَدْرَکْتَهَا مَعَهُمْ فَصَلِّ فَإِنَّهَا لَکَ نَافِلَةٌ وَلَمْ يَذْکُرْ خَلَفٌ عَنْ وَقْتِهَا
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 1465
Abu Barza b. Aslami is reported to have said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) delayed the night prayer till a third of the night had passed and he did not approve of sleeping before it, and talking after it, and he used to recite in the morning prayer from one hundred to sixty verses (and completed the prayer at such hours) when we recognised the faces of one another.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020