DELAYING isha/esha Prayer

[piXie]

Answer: It is obligatory upon every Muslim to pray salaatul Isha and other than this (the other salawaat) with the congregation and it is not permissible to delay it and to busy oneself with work. This is because praying in congregation is an obligatory matter. So it is not permissible for anyone to oppose the congregation except with an excuse that has been legislated; like illness and what leads to it.

Only for men.

 

[Pk_#2]

Only for men.

Oh pinKie, when did you start praying in congregation?

You tell me.

 

[piXie]

Oh piXie, when did you start praying in congregation?

You tell me.

No I'm confused because the above part I quoted applies only to men, not every Muslim..

 

[Pk_#2]

No I'm confused because the above part I quoted applies only to men, not every Muslim..

Oh I just realised now, doh! Must be a mistake, chillaxation.

 

[sur]

Answer:......and it is not permissible to delay it and to busy oneself with work(read 2nd hadees i'm posting).

This shows how uneducated our so-called scholars are:-
Sahah Bukhari (SB):10, Hadith Number 516.
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Narated By Abu Al-Minhal : Abu Barza said, "The Prophet used to offer the Fajr (prayer) when one could recognize the person sitting by him (after the prayer) and he used to recite between 60 to 100 Ayat (verses) of the Qur'an. He used to offer the Zuhr prayer as soon as the sun declined (at noon) and the 'Asr at a time when a man might go and return from the farthest place in Medina and find the sun still hot. (The sub-narrator forgot what was said about the Maghrib). He did not mind delaying the 'Isha prayer to one third of the night or the middle of the night."

wow.. .. but delaying is not right then i guess..?

read above hadees & following. It is OK to delay. & get our sins wiped off just before we go to sleep.

Well this brother told me you can read it late, saying that the prophet (pbuh) used to perform it late and sleep with his wudu, but i didn't recieve any dhaleel for it.

brother was right.

SB:10:542.
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Narated By Abu Musa : My companions, who came with me in the boat and I landed at a place called Baqi Buthan. The Prophet was in Medina at that time. One of us used to go to the Prophet by turns every night at the time of the Isha prayer. Once I along with my companions went to the Prophet and he was busy in some of his affairs(compare to what so called scholar said), so the 'Isha' prayer was delayed to the middle of the night He then came out and led the people (in prayer). After finishing from the prayer, he addressed the people present there saying, "Be patient! Don't go away. Have the glad tiding. It is from the blessing of Allah upon you that none amongst mankind has prayed at this time save you." Or said, "None except you has prayed at this time." Abu Muisa added, 'So we returned happily after what we heard from Alllah's Apostle."



Abu Dawood:1:46
Narated By Abu Hurairah : The Prophet (pbuh) said: Were it not that I might overburden the believers, I would order them to delay the night ('isha) prayer and use the tooth-stick at the time of every prayer.


Abu Dawood:1:199
Narated By 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar : One night the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) was busy and he delayed the night ('isha') prayer so much so that we dosed in the mosque. We awoke, then dozed, and again awoke and again dozed. He (the Prophet) then came upon us and said : There is none except you who is waiting for prayer.

 

[sur]

From "Delaying" it doesn't mean that we should deliberately try to stay up just to delay Isha.

Rather it means that try to take Isha as close to bed-time as possible. So that we would have fewer sins in our record when we go to sleep.

Sahih Muslim:4:1410
In the hadith narrated of the authority of Abd Huraira the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) is reported to have said: While in the hadith narrated by Bakr (the words are like this): He heard the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) as saying: just see, can anything of his filthiness remain (on the body of) any one of you if there were a river at his door in which he washed himself five times daily? They, said: Nothing of his filthiness will remain (on his body). He said: That is like the five prayers by which Allah obliterates sins.