Chapter on the Prayer Times (Mawaqit)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 13
اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ:« لَوْلاَ أَنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَخَّرْتُ اَلْعَتَمَةَ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اَللَّيْلِ وَ أَنْتَ فِي رُخْصَةٍ إِلَى نِصْفِ اَللَّيْلِ وَهُوَ غَسَقُ اَللَّيْلِ فَإِذَا مَضَى اَلْغَسَقُ نَادَى مَلَكَانِ مَنْ رَقَدَ عَنْ صَلاَةِ اَلْمَكْتُوبَةِ بَعْدَ نِصْفِ اَللَّيْلِ فَلاَ رَقَدَتْ عَيْنَاهُ»
Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama'ah narrated from Muhammad ibn Ziyad from Harun ibn Kharijah from Abu Basir:
Abu Ja'far, peace be upon him, said: “The Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family, said: ‘Were it not that I fear burdening my nation, I would have delayed the night prayer (Isha) until a third of the night. And you are in a state of concession until midnight, and that is the darkening of the night. When the darkening has passed, two angels call out: Whoever has slept through the obligatory prayer after midnight, may his eyes never taste sleep.’"
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 280
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 162