Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 397
✧ The recommendation of delaying the night prayer when a person does not fear falling asleep before it
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[ح] وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ، مَرَّةً، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، وَعَمْرٍو، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَخَّرَ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَخَرَجَ عُمَرُ، فَقَالَ: الصَّلَاةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ رَقَدَ النِّسَاءُ وَالْوِلْدَانُ، فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالْمَاءُ يَقْطُرُ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ وَهُوَ يَمْسَحُهُ عَنْ شِقَّيْهِ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ أَنْ يُصَلُّوا هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ. وَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا: إِنَّهُ الْوَقْتُ لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي.
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Chain of narrators
- ʿAbd al-Jabbār Marrah
- Sufyān
- Ibn Jurayj
- ʿAṭāʾ
- Ibn ʿAbbās and ʿAmrw
- ʿAṭāʾ
- Ibn ʿAbbās
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ delayed the night prayer one night, so Umar went out and said: The prayer, O Messenger of God, the women and children have slept. The Messenger of God ﷺ came out with water dripping from his head, and he was wiping it from his sides, saying: Were it not that I would burden my community, I would command them to pray at this hour. One of the two said: It is the time, were it not that I would burden my community.
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Narrators
- One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), virtuous, but he often narrated with omission of the Companion (irsāl); it is said that he changed (taghayyara) at the end of his life, though this was not frequent in himd. 112 AH, or 114 AH, or 115 AH, or 116 AH, or 117 AHعَطَاءٍثقة فقيه ، فاضل لكنه كثير الإرسال ، وقيل : إنه تغير بآخره ، ولم يكثر ذلك منهعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), excellent (fāḍil); he used to commit concealment (tadlīs) and to narrate with omission of the Companion (irsāl).d. 149 AH or 150 AH or 151 AH or 160 AHابْنِ جُرَيْجٍثقة فقيه فاضل ، وكان يدلس ويرسلعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an imam and a proof (ḥujjah), except that his memory changed towards the end of his life; he sometimes practiced concealment (tadlīs), but only from trustworthy narrators.d. 197 AH or 198 AHسُفْيَانُثقة حافظ فقيه , إمام حجة إلا أنه تغير حفظه بأخرة , وكان ربما دلس لكن عن الثقاتحدثنا
- no harm in him (lā baʾs bih)d. 248 AHعَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِلا بأس بهحدثنا
- d. 311 AHابن خزيمة
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