أَخْبَرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ح و أَخْبَرَنِي يُوسُفُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ حَکِيمٍ عَنْ أُمِّ کُلْثُومِ ابْنَةِ أَبِي بَکْرٍ أَنَّهَا أَخْبَرَتْهُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَتْ أَعْتَمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ حَتَّی ذَهَبَ عَامَّةُ اللَّيْلِ وَحَتَّی نَامَ أَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَصَلَّی وَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَوَقْتُهَا لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَی أُمَّتِي
سنن نسائی · Hadith 540
It was narrated that ‘Aishah the Mother of the Believers said: “The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم delayed the prayer one night until most of the night had passed and the people in the Masjid had gone home to sleep, then he went out and prayed, and said: ‘This is indeed its (prayer) time, were it not that I would impose too much difficulty on my Ummah.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020