أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْمَکِّيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَطَائٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَعَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَطَائٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ أَخَّرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعِشَائَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ حَتَّی ذَهَبَ مِنْ اللَّيْلِ فَقَامَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَنَادَی الصَّلَاةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَقَدَ النِّسَائُ وَالْوِلْدَانُ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالْمَائُ يَقْطُرُ مِنْ رَأْسِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ الْوَقْتُ لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَی أُمَّتِي
سنن نسائی · Hadith 536
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas said: “The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم delayed ‘Isha’ one night until part of the night had passed. Then ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, got up and called out: ‘The prayer, Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم! The women and children have gone to sleep.’ Then the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم came out with water dripping from his head, saying: ‘This is (the best) time (for ‘Isha’), were it not that this would be too difficult for my Ummah.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020