Narrated Muhammad bin `Amr: We asked Jabir bin `Abdullah about the prayers of the Prophet . He said, He used to pray Zuhr prayer at midday, the `Asr when the sun was still hot, and the Maghrib after sunset (at its stated time). The `Isha was offered early if the people gathered, and used to be delayed if their number was less; and the morning prayer was offered when it was still dark.
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: Allah's Apostle once delayed the `Isha' prayer and that was during the days when Islam still had not spread. The Prophet did not come out till `Umar informed him that the women and children had slept. Then he came out and said to the people of the mosque: None amongst the dwellers of the earth has been waiting for it (`Isha prayer) except you.
Read More..Narrated Abu Musa: My companions, who came with me in the boat and I landed at a place called Baqi [??] Buthan [??] . The Prophet was in Medina at that time. One of us used to go to the Prophet by turns every night at the time of the `Isha prayer. Once I along with my companions went to the Prophet and he was busy in some of his affairs, so the `Isha' prayer was delayed to the middle of the night He then came out and led the people (in prayer). After finishing from the prayer, he addressed the people present there saying, Be patient! Don't go away. Have the glad tiding. It is from the blessing of Allah upon you that none amongst mankind has prayed at this time save you. Or said, None except you has prayed at this time. Abu Musa added, 'So we returned happily after what we heard from Allah's Apostle .
Read More..Narrated Abu Barza: Allah's Apostle disliked to sleep before the `Isha' prayer and to talk after it.
Read More..Narrated Ibn Shihab from `Urwa: `Aisha said, Once Allah's Apostle delayed the `Isha' prayer till `Umar reminded him by saying, The prayer! The women and children have slept. Then the Prophet came out and said, 'None amongst the dwellers of the earth has been waiting for it (the prayer) except you. `Urwa said, Nowhere except in Medina the prayer used to be offered (in those days). He further said, The Prophet used to offer the `Isha' prayer in the period between the disappearance of the twilight and the end of the first third of the night.
Read More..Narrated Ibn Juraij from Nafi`: `Abdullah bin `Umar said, Once Allah's Apostle was busy (at the time of the `Isha'), so the prayer was delayed so much so that we slept and woke up and slept and woke up again. The Prophet came out and said, 'None amongst the dwellers of the earth but you have been waiting for the prayer. Ibn `Umar did not find any harm in praying it earlier or in delaying it unless he was afraid that sleep might overwhelm him and he might miss the prayer, and sometimes he used to sleep before the `Isha' prayer. Ibn Juraij said,
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