Sahih al-Bukhari 1096 (Book 19, Hadith 9)
night he also offered the prayer and too many people gathered. On the third and the fourth nights more
people gathered, but Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) did not come out to them. In the morning he said, “I saw what
you were doing and nothing but the fear that it (i.e. the prayer) might be enjoined on you, stopped me
from coming to you.” And that happened in the month of Ramadan.
“ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ الَّذِي صَنَعْتُمْ وَلَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي مِنَ الْخُرُوجِ إِلَيْكُمْ إِلاَّ أَنِّي خَشِيتُ أَنْ تُفْرَضَ عَلَيْكُمْ ”، وَذَلِكَ فِي رَمَضَانَ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1096 (Book 19, Hadith 9)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The compilation known as Sahih al-Bukhari is a paramount collection of the Sunnah and hadith of the Prophet Muhammad. Its creator, Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī, dedicated his life to this work, completing it around 847. It holds a position of immense respect as arguably the most authentic book in Sunni Islam after the Holy Quran. As a key pillar of the six canonical books (Kutub al-Sittah), its detailed 97-chapter structure houses an estimated 7,563 narrations that continue to shape Islamic theology, law, and ethics to this day.
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For more Hadith in Book 19: Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)