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"Anas was asked: 'Did the Prophet (saw) use a ring?' He said: 'Yes. One night he delayed the later Isha prayer, until almost halfway through the night. When he prayed the Prophet (saw) turned his face toward us and said: 'You are still in a state of prayer so long as you are waiting for it.'" Anas said: 'It is as if I can see the luster of his ring.' According to the narration of Ali - that is, Ibn Hujr - "until halfway through the night." (Sahih)

"The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: 'When any one of you gets up after (sleeping) at night, let him not put his hand into the vessel until he has poured water on it two or three times, for none of you knows where his hand spent the night.'" (Sahih)

"The Prophet (saw) 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)

that Ibn Umar gave the call to prayer on a cold and windy night, and he said: "Pray where you are, for the Prophet (saw) used to order the Muadhdhin, if it was a cold and rainy night, to say: 'Pray in your dwellings.'" (Sahih)

"The Messenger of Allah (saw) led us in Maghrib prayer, then he did not come out to us until half the night had passed. Then he came out and led them in prayer, then he said: 'The people have prayed and gone to sleep, but you are still in a state of prayer so long as you are waiting for the prayer. Were it not for the weakness of the weak and, the sickness of the sick, I would have commanded that this prayer be delayed until halfway through the night.'" (Sahih)

"We stayed in the Masjid one night waiting for the Messenger of Allah (saw) to pray Isha. He came out to us when one-third of the night or more had passed, and he said when he came out: 'You are waiting for a prayer for which the followers of no other religion are waiting. Were it not that I would impose too much difficulty on my Ummah, I would have led them in the prayer at this time.' Then he commanded the Muadhdhin to say the Iqamah and he prayed."

that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: "Angels come to you in succession by night and day, and they meet at Fajr prayer and Asr prayer. Then those who spent the night among you ascend, and He (Allah) will ask them, although He knows best: 'In what condition did you leave My slaves.' They will say: 'We left them when they were praying and we came to them when they were praying.'" (Sahih)

that he asked Aisha in which part of the night would the Messenger of Allah (saw) perform Ghusl? She said: "Sometimes he performed Ghusl at the beginning of the night and sometimes he performed Ghusl at the end." I said: "Praise be to Allah Who has made the matter flexible." (Sahih)

"The Messenger of Allah (saw) 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 (saw) 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.'" (Sahih)

"The Prophet (saw) delayed Isha one night until part of the night had passed. Then Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, got up and called out: 'The prayer, O Messenger of Allah! The women and children have gone to sleep.' Then the Messenger of Allah (saw) came out with water dripping from his head, saying: 'This is (the best) time (for Isha), were it not that this would be too difficult for my Ummah.'" (Sahih)