أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ حِمْيَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَبْلَةَ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَأَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ أَعْتَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْلَةً بِالْعَتَمَةِ فَنَادَاهُ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ نَامَ النِّسَائُ وَالصِّبْيَانُ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ مَا يَنْتَظِرُهَا غَيْرُکُمْ وَلَمْ يَکُنْ يُصَلِّي يَوْمَئِذٍ إِلَّا بِالْمَدِينَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ صَلُّوهَا فِيمَا بَيْنَ أَنْ يَغِيبَ الشَّفَقُ إِلَی ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ وَاللَّفْظُ لِابْنِ حِمْيَرٍ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 539
It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم delayed Al-‘Atamah one night, and ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, called out to him: ‘The women and children have gone to sleep.’ The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم came out and said: ‘No one is waiting for it except you.’ At that time no prayer was offered except in Al-Madinah. Then he said: ‘Pray it between the time when the twilight disappears and when one- third of the night has passed.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020