We waited for the Prophet ﷺ for the night prayer, and he delayed it so long that some thought he would not come out at all, while others among us said he had already prayed. While we were in this state, the Prophet ﷺ came out, and they said to him what they had been saying.He said to them, "Pray this prayer late, for you have been favored with it over all other nations. No nation before you has prayed it."
حدثنا عمرو بن عثمان الحمصي حدثنا أبي حدثنا حريز عن راشد بن سعد عن عاصم بن حميد السكوني أنه سمع
أبقينا النبي ﷺ في صلاة العتمة فأخر حتى ظن الظان أنه ليس بخارج والقائل منا يقول صلى فإنا لكذلك حتى خرج النبي ﷺ فقالوا له كما قالوا فقال لهم أعتموا بهذه الصلاة فإنكم قد فضلتم بها على سائر الأمم ولم تصلها أمة قبلكم
[Its isnad is sahih] Ahmad narrated it: 5/237, from the hadith of Hurayz bin Uthman, through him.