Shahih Muslim - 1015

Dan telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Rafi'] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abdurrazaq] telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Ibnu Juraij] katanya; Aku katakan kepada ['Atha`]; "Kapan waktu yang paling engkau sukai agar aku shalat isya` bersamamu, yang diistilahkan orang-orang dengan shalat 'atamah itu, dan aku dan kamu hanya berdua? Jawab 'Atha`; Aku pernah mendengar Ibnu Abbas mengatakan; "Suatu malam Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam hendak mengerjakan shalat isya`." [Ibnu Abbas] berkata; Hingga para sahabat ketiduran dan terbangun, kemudian ketiduran dan terbangun. Umar bin Khatthab kemudian berdiri dan berkata; "Shalat!" Ath` berkata; Ibn Abbas melanjutkan; Tidak beberapa lama Nabiyulah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam muncul, seolah-olah aku melihatnya kepalanya meneteskan air dan beliau letakkan tangannya diatas sebelah kepalanya, beliau bersabda: "Kalaulah tidak memberatkan umatku, niscaya aku akan menyuruh mereka supaya mendirikan shalat (seperti waktu sekarang)." Ibnu Juraij berkata; aku bertanya kepada 'Atha`; "Lalu bagaimana Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam meletakkan tangannya diatas kepalanya sebagaimana diberitakan Ibn Abbas?" 'Atha` lalu merenggangkan sedikit antara jari-jarinya, kemudian ia letakkan ujung-ujung jarinya diatas tanduk kepala, kemudian ia tarik dan ditelusurkan ke arah kepala hingga jempolnya menyentuh ujung telinga yang menghadap wajah, kemudian beliau telusurkan kearah bagian atas pipinya dan arah jenggotnya, dia melakukan dengan tidak terlalu pelan dan tidak pula terlalu cepat." Saya tanyakan kepada 'Atha`; "Berapa kali diceritakan kepadamu bahwa Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam mengakhirkan shalat isya` hingga larut malam?" Jawab 'Atha` "Saya tidak tahu." Atha` berkata; Oleh karena itu, aku lebih suka melakukan shalat isya` secara sendirian ketika waktu sudah larut, sebagaimana dilakukan Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam di suatu malamnya, sekalipun itu memberatkanmu, baik kau lakukan sendiri atau bersama orang-orang (jamaah), maka lakukanlah secara ideal, tidak terlalu pelan dan tidak terlalu cepat." (HR. Muslim: 1015)

Ibn Juraij reported: I said to Ata': Which time do you deem fit for me to say the 'Isya' prayer, -as an Imam or alone, -that time which is called by people 'Atama? He said: I heard Ibn 'Abbas saying: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) one night delayed the 'Isya' prayer till the people went to sleep. They woke up and again went to sleep and again woke up. Then 'Umar b. Khattab stood up and said (loudly)" Prayer." Ata' further reported that Ibn 'Abbas said: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) came out, and as if I am still seeing him with water trickling from his head, and with his hand placed on one side of the head, and he said: Were it not hard for my Ummah, I would have ordered them to observe this prayer like this (i. e. at late hours). I inquired from 'Ata' how the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) placed his hand upon his head as Ibn Abbas had informed. So Ata' spread his fingers a little and then placed the ends of his fingers on the side of his head. He then moved them like this over his head till the thumb touched that part of the ear which is near the face and then it (went) to the earlock and the part of the heard. It (the bind) neither held nor caught anything but this is how (it moved oil). I said to Ata': Was it mentioned to you (by Ibn Abbas) how long did the Apostle (may peace be upon him) delay it (the prayer) during that eight? He said: I do not know (I cannot give you the exact time). Ali' said: I love that I should say prayer, whether as an Imam or alone at delayed hours as the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) said that night, but if It is hard upon you in your individual capacity or upon people in the congregation and you are their Imam, then say prayer ('Isya') at the middle hours neither too early nor too late. (Muslim: 1015)