And it was narrated to me by Harmalah ibn Yahya: Abdullah ibn Wahb informed us: Yunus ibn Yazid informed me, from Ibn Shihab, who said: Urwah ibn al-Zubayr informed me that Aisha informed him that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, went out in the middle of the night and prayed in the mosque, and some men prayed with his prayer. In the morning, the people began talking about that, so more of them gathered. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, went out on the second night, and they prayed with his prayer. In the morning, the people mentioned that, and the number of people in the mosque increased on the third night. He went out, and they prayed with his prayer. Then when it was the fourth night, the mosque was unable to accommodate its people, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, did not go out to them. Some men among them began saying, "The prayer!" But the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, did not go out to them until he came out for the dawn prayer. When he had finished the dawn prayer, he turned to the people, then bore witness and said: "To proceed: indeed, your affair last night was not hidden from me, but I feared that the night prayer would be made obligatory upon you, and you would be unable to perform it."