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Sahih Muslim 638a

Aishah. the wife of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), reported: The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) deferred one night the Isya prayer. And this is called Atama.…

Ibn Shihab az-Zuhrinarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
6names in the chain
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وَحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ سَوَّادٍ الْعَامِرِيُّ، وَحَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَا: أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، أَنَّ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ أَعْتَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْلَةً مِنَ اللَّيَالِي بِصَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ وَهِيَ الَّتِي تُدْعَى الْعَتَمَةَ فَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ نَامَ النِّسَاءُ وَالصِّبْيَانُ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لأَهْلِ الْمَسْجِدِ حِينَ خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ «مَا يَنْتَظِرُهَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ غَيْرُكُمْ».

وَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَفْشُوَ الإِسْلَامُ فِي النَّاسِ. زَادَ حَرْمَلَةُ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ وَذُكِرَ لِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «وَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَنْزُرُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ». وَذَاكَ حِينَ صَاحَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ

Aishah. the wife of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), reported: The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) deferred one night the Isya prayer. And this is called Atama. And the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not come out till Umar ibn al-Khattab told (him) that the women and children had gone to sleep.

So the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) came out towards them and said to the people of the mosque: None except you from the people of the earth waits for it (for the night prayer at this late hour), and it was before Islam had spread amongst people. And in the narration transmitted by Ibn Shihab the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) is reported to have said: It is not meant that you should compel the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) for prayer.

And (this he said) when Umar ibn al-Khattab called (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) in a loud voice.

اور یہی روایت مجھ ( امام مسلم ) کو سوید بن سعید نے علی بن مسہر سے اور انہو ں نے اعمش سے مذکورہ بالا سند کے ساتھ بیان کی ۔ اس میں إن رسول اللهﷺ ( یقیناً رسول اللہ ﷺنے ) کے بجائےرأيت رسول الله ﷺ ( میں نے رسول اللہ ﷺ کو دیکھا ) کے الفاظ ہیں ۔

Sahih Muslim 638a, Book 5, The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer, Hadith 276. 1 min read

What it means

In this Hadīth, the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) pointed out the best time for performing the ‘Ishā' Prayer, which is the last part of the first third of the night. However, he did not perform it constantly at this time out of mercy towards his Ummah and fearing that he would thus make things too difficult for them.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Amr ibn SawwadTold us, Fourth generation, died 245 AH
  3. 3Harmalah ibn YahyaWith, Fourth generation, died 243 AH
  4. 4Abdullah ibn WahbInformed us, Third generation, died 197 AH
  5. 5Yunus ibn Yazid al-AyliInformed me, Third generation, died 152 AH
  6. 6Ibn Shihab az-ZuhriThat, Successor, died 123 AH

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