Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan said: “We have already explained the interpretation regarding the likes of these narrations, and in summary, the time for the night prayer is after midnight until the rising of the dawn. As for what has been narrated regarding the concession to perform it at the beginning of the night, it is only for the traveler, the sick person, and the one who knows that if he does not pray at the beginning of the night, he will be preoccupied and will not be able to make it up. As for when all other excuses are removed, it is not permissible, as we have explained.” What further confirms this is also what was narrated: