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Narrated Mu'adh ibn Jabal: We waited for the Prophet (ﷺ) to offer the night prayer. He delayed until people thought that he would not come out and some of us said that he had offered the prayer. At the moment when we were in this condition the Prophet (ﷺ) came out. People said to him as they were already saying. He said: Observe this prayer when it is dark, for by it you have been made superior to all the peoples, no people having observed it before you

حدثنا عمرو بن عثمان الحمصي، حدثنا ابي، حدثنا حريز، عن راشد بن سعد، عن عاصم بن حميد السكوني، انه سمع معاذ بن جبل، يقول ارتقبنا النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في صلاة العتمة فاخر حتى ظن الظان انه ليس بخارج والقايل منا يقول صلى فانا لكذلك حتى خرج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالوا له كما قالوا فقال لهم " اعتموا بهذه الصلاة فانكم قد فضلتم بها على ساير الامم ولم تصلها امة قبلكم