Abu Musa reported: I and my companions who had sailed along with me in the boat landed with me in the valley of Buthan while the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was staying in Madinah. A party of people amongst them went to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) every night at the time of the 'Isha' prayer turn by turn. Abu Musa said: (One night) we (I and my companions) went to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and he was occupied in some matter till there was a delay in prayer so much so that it was the middle of the night. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) then came out and led them (Musa's companions) in prayer. And when he had observed his prayer he said to the audience present: Take it easy, I am going to give you information and glad tidings that it is the blessing of Allah upon you for there is none among the people, except you, who prays at this hour (of the night), or he said: None except you observed prayer at this (late) hour. He (i. e. the narrator) said: I am not sure which of these two sentences he actually uttered. Abu Musa, said: We came back happy for what we heard from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) .

Ibn Juraij reported: I said to Ata': Which time do you deem fit for me to say the 'Isha' 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 ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) one night delayed the 'Isha' prayer till the people went to sleep. They woke up and again went to sleep and again woke up. Then 'Umar bin Khattab stood up and said (loudly) "Prayer." Ata' further reported that Ibn 'Abbas said: The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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 ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) placed his hand upon his head as Ibn Abbas (RA) 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 beard. It (the hand) neither held nor caught anything but this is how (it moved). I said to Ata': Was it mentioned to you (by Ibn Abbas (RA)) how long did the Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) delay it (the prayer) during that night? 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 ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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 ('Isha') at the middle hours neither too early nor too late.

Jabir bin ahadeeth reported that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) postponed the last 'Isha' prayer.

Jabir bin ahadeeth reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to observe prayers like your prayers, but he would delay the prayer after nightfall to a little after the time you observed it, and he would shorten the prayer.

'Abdullah bin 'Umar reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: Let the bedouin not gain upper hand over you in regard to the name of your prayer. See the night prayer should be called 'Isha' and the bedouins call it Atama (because) they milk their camels late.

Ibn 'Umar said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Let the bedouin not gain upper hand over you in regard to the name of your prayer, i. e. night prayer, for it is mentioned 'Isha' in the Book of Allah (i. e. the Qur'an). (The bedouin call it 'Atama because) they make delay in milling their she-camels.

'A'isha reported: The believing women used to pray the morning prayer with the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and then return wrapped in their mantles. No one could recognise them.

'A'isha, the wife of the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , reported: The believing women observed the morning prayer with the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) wrapped in their mantles. They then went back to their houses and were unrecognisable, because of the Messenger of Allah's ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) praying in the darkness before dawn.

'A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to observe the morning prayer, and the women would go back wrapped in their mantles being unrecognisable because of the darkness before dawn. (Ishaq bin Musa) al-Ansari (one of the transmitters in this chain of narration) narrated "wrapped" (only) in his narration. (No mention was made of mantles.)

Muhammad bin 'Amr bin al-Hasan bin 'All reported: When Hajjaj came to Madinah we asked Jabir bin 'Abdullah (RA) (about the timings of prayer as observed by the Holy Prophet). He said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to pray afternoon prayer in the midday heat; the afternoon prayer when the sun was bright; the evening prayer when the sun had completely set; and as for the night prayer, he sometimes delayed and sometimes (observed it) at earlier hours. When he found them (his Companions) assembled (at earlier hours) he (prayed) early, and when he saw them coming late, he delayed the (prayer), and the morning prayer the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) observed in the darkness before dawn.