Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If I did not fear hardship for my ummah, I would have commanded them to use the miswak with every prayer and to delay the ‘Isha prayer until one third or half of the night had passed. In another narration, it is stated: I would have delayed ‘Isha until one third or half of the night.