Hadith #582
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ مَعَ الْوُضُوءِ وَلَأَخَّرْتُ الْعِشَاءَ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ أَوْ نِصْفِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِذَا مَضَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ أَوْ نِصْفُ اللَّيْلِ نَزَلَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا جَلَّ وَعَزَّ فَقَالَ هَلْ مِنْ سَائِلٍ فَأُعْطِيَهُ هَلْ مِنْ مُسْتَغْفِرٍ فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ هَلْ مِنْ تَائِبٍ فَأ
َتُوبَ عَلَيْهِ هَلْ مِنْ دَاعٍ فَأُجِيبَهُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ وَقَالَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَنْزِلُ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ إِلَى سَمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا وَقَالَ فِيهِ حَتَّى يَطْلُعَ الْفَجْرُ
Isnad Chain
English Translation
Yahya narrated to us, he said: 'Ubaydullah informed me from Sa'id, from Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه), from the Prophet ﷺ who said: "Were it not that I would cause difficulty for my ummah, I would have commanded them to use the siwak with wudu, and I would have delayed 'Isha to the third or half of the night. When the third — or half — of the night has passed, He (Allah) descends to the lowest heaven, Exalted and Majestic, and says: 'Is there anyone asking so that I may give him? Is there anyone seeking forgiveness so that I may forgive him? Is there anyone repenting so that I may accept his repentance? Is there anyone supplicating so that I may answer him?'" Ibn Numayr also narrated from 'Ubaydullah, from Sa'id al-Maqburi, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Were it not that I would cause difficulty..." and he mentioned the same meaning, adding: "Allah (عز وجل) descends every night to the lowest heaven" and in it: "until the dawn breaks."
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 20, Hadith 582
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 9220
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-45610