No doubt that it is Shait?n who insinuated into these S?fis such a Bid‘ah by decorating for them the act of inventing new worship in religion. And since the only way through which Sal?t is performed is by totally following [the prophet’s ( - ) manner], the well-versed Im?ms considered this extra prostration as Bid‘ah.
[51] Chatting after ‘Ish?’ Sal?t:
Ab? Barzah ( - رضي الله عنه -) said that ‘The prophet ( - ) used to hate sleeping before [performing] ‘Ish?’ Sal?t and chatting after it’. (1)
Abdull?h Ibn Mas‘?d ( - رضي الله عنه -) narrated that the prophet ( - ) said: ‘No one should stay awake late at night after performing ‘Ish?’ Sal?t except a traveler and a praying person’. (2)
According to the aforementioned ah?d?th, spending the time after performing ‘Ish?’ Sal?t in chatting is detested unless for discussing something needed.
This ruling rests on several rationales:
The first: Not to abandon Qiy?mul Lail.
Ibn Khuzaimah said: ‘I strongly believe that he ( - ) detested that one wastes one’s time chatting [after performing ‘Ish?’ Sal?t] because doing so prevents one from performing Qiy?mul Lail for one will surely oversleep and will not wake up on time and if one does, one will not be active enough to perform Qiy?mul Lail. (3)
The second: If one spends the first hours of the night chatting, then sleeps deeply, one would miss the Fajr Sal?t (4) or at least miss
(1) Narrated by Al-Bukh?r? in his “Sah?h” (no. 568), Muslim in his “Sah?h” (no. 647), Ahmad in “Al-Musnad” (vol. 4 / pp. 420, 423, 424) and Ibn Ab? Shaibah in “Al-Musannaf” (vol. 2 / p. 280) and many others.
(2) Narrated by: Ahmad in “Al-Musnad” (vol. 1 / pp. 444, 421, 463 and 375), At-Tay?lis? in “Al-Musnad” (vol. 1 / p. 73), Al-Baihaq? in “As-Sunnan Al-Kubr?” (vol. 1 / p. 452), Ab? Nu‘aim in “Al-Hilyah” (vol. 4 / p. 198) and Al-Marwaz? in “Ta‘th?m Qadrus Sal?t” (no. 109). The had?th is authentic.
(3) “Sah?h Ibn Kuzaimah” (vol. 2 / p. 292).
(4) “Fathul B?r?” (vol. 2 / p. 49).