حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأُمَوِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ ابْنِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ عَنْ جَدَّةٍ لَهُ وَكَانَتْ سُرِّيَّةً لِعَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَتْ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كُنْتُ رَجُلًا نَئُومًا وَكُنْتُ إِذَا صَلَّيْتُ الْمَغْرِبَ وَعَلَيَّ ثِيَابِي نِمْتُ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ فَأَنَامُ قَبْلَ الْعِشَاءِ فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَرَخَّصَ لِي
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 892
Ibn Abu Laila narrated from lbn al-Asbahani from his grand-mother, who was a concubine of 'Ali that she said: 'Ali (RA) said: I was a man who fell asleep easily, and when I had prayed Maghrib , and was covered with my garment, I would sleep, then - Yahya bin Sa'eed said: I would sleep before 'Isha - I asked the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) about that and he granted me a concession.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020