It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) delayed A;-'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 ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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.'"

It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri said: "The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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.'"

Humaid said: "Anas was asked: 'Did the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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 ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) turned his face toward us and said: 'You are still in a state of prayer so long as you 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."

Sahl As-Sa'idi, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say: 'Whoever is in the Masjid waiting for the prayer, he is in a state of prayer.'"

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "I went out to At-Tur and met Ka'b. He and I spent a day together, when I narrated things to him from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and he narrated things to me from the Tawrah. I said to him: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: The best day on which the sun rises is Friday. On this day, Adam was created, on this day he was sent down, on it his repentance was accepted, on this day he died, and on this day the Hour will begin. There is no living creature on Earth that does not listen out from Friday morning until the sun rises, fearing the onset of the Hour, except the son of Adam. On (Friday) there is an hour in which, if a believer prays and asks Allah for something, He will give it to him. Ka'b said: Is that one day in every year? I said: No, it is every Friday.' Then Ka'b read in the Tawrah and said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) spoke the truth; it is every Friday. Then I went out and met Basrah bin Abi Basrah Al-Ghifari. He said: From where have you come? I said: From At-Tur. He said: If I had met you before you went there, you would not have gone. I said to him: Why? He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say: Do not travel especially to visit any masjid except three: Al Masjid Al-Haram (in Makkah), my masjid (in Al-Madinah) and the Masjid of Bait Al-Maqdis (in Jerusalem). Then I met 'Abdullah bin Salam and said: 'If you had only seen me, I went to At-Tur and met Ka'b, and he and I spent the day together, when I narrated things to him from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and he narrated things to me from the Tawrah. I said to him: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: The best day on which the sun rises is Friday. On this day, Adam was created, on this day he was sent down, on this day his repentance was accepted, on this day he died, and on this day the Hour will begin. There is no living creature on Earth that does not listen out from Friday morning until the sun rises, fearing the onset of the Hour, except the son of Adam. On (Friday) there is an hour in which, if a believer prays and asks Allah for something, He will give it to him. Ka'b said: That is one day in every year. 'Abdullah bin Salam said: Ka'b is not telling the truth. I said: Then Ka'b read (in the Tawrah) and said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) spoke the truth; it is every Friday. 'Abdullah said: Ka'b spoke the truth; I know when that time is. I said: O my brother, tell me about it. He said: It is the last hour of Friday, before the sun sets. I said: Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say: If a believer prays, but that is not a time for prayer. He said: Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say: Whoever prays and sits waiting for the (next) prayer, is in a state of prayer until the next prayer comes? I said: Of course. He said: That is what it is."