Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَنَسٌ هَلْ اتَّخَذَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَاتَمًا قَالَ نَعَمْ أَخَّرَ لَيْلَةً صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ إِلَى قُرْبٍ مِنْ شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ قَدْ صَلَّوْا وَنَامُوا وَلَمْ تَزَالُوا فِي صَلَاةٍ مَا انْتَظَرْتُمُوهَا قَالَ أَنَسٌ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ الْآنَ إِلَى وَبِيصِ خَاتَمِهِ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Abdullah narrated to us: Humayd narrated to us, who said: Anas was asked, "Did the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, take a signet ring?" He said: "Yes. One night he delayed the last night prayer until close to the middle of the night. When he had prayed, he turned his face toward us and said: 'The people have prayed and gone to sleep, while you have remained in prayer as long as you have been waiting for it.'" Anas said: "It is as if I am now looking at the gleam of his ring."