Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 692
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ، قَالَ سُئِلَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ هَلِ اتَّخَذَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ خَاتَمًا قَالَ نَعَمْ أَخَّرَ لَيْلَةً الْعِشَاءَ الآخِرَةَ إِلَى قَرِيبٍ مِنْ شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ " إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ صَلَّوْا وَنَامُوا وَإِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَزَالُوا فِي صَلاَةٍ مَا انْتَظَرْتُمُ الصَّلاَةَ " . قَالَ أَنَسٌ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى وَبِيصِ خَاتَمِهِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Khalid ibn al-Harith narrated to us: Humayd narrated to us, saying: Anas ibn Malik was asked, ‘Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wear a ring?’ He said, ‘Yes. One night he delayed the later 'Isha prayer until close to the middle of the night. When he had prayed, he turned to us and said: “The people have prayed and gone to sleep, while you will remain in prayer as long as you wait for the prayer.”’ Anas said: ‘It is as though I can see the gleam of his ring.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source calls the prayer al-'isha al-akhira (‘the later evening prayer’); rendered ‘later 'Isha prayer’. The gleam (wabis) refers to the ring's shine.