(Imām Bukhārī narrates): Yahya bin Bukair narrated the hadeeth to us, he said: Laith narrated the hadeeth to us, from Uqail, from Ibn Shihab, he said: Urwah informed me that Hazrat Ayesha informed him that
one night, at midnight, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ went out towards the mosque, then a few people prayed with his prayer, then in the morning they spoke about this (in front of the people), (then on the second night) many of them gathered, so they prayed with him, then in the morning the people spoke about this, then on the third night the people of the mosque became many, then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ went out and the people prayed with his prayer. When the fourth night came, the mosque was unable to hold its people, until the Prophet ﷺ went out for the morning prayer. When he had performed the Fajr prayer, he turned towards the people, he recited the kalimah of shahadah, then said: "Amma ba'd" (i.e., after the testimony of tawheed and risalat), your situation is not hidden from me (i.e., your eagerness for the prayer), but I fear that this prayer will be made obligatory upon you, then you will become unable to perform it.
Yunus has corroborated this hadeeth. Yahya bin Bukair has been corroborated by Yunus.
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، أَخْبَرَتْهُ
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَرَجَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ جَوْف اللَّيْلِ، فَصَلَّى فِي المَسْجِدِ، فَصَلَّى رِجَالٌ بِصَلاَتِهِ، فَأَصْبَحَ النَّاسُ، فَتَحَدَّثُوا، فَاجْتَمَعَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْهُمْ، فَصَلَّوْا مَعَه، فأَصْبَحَ النَّاسُ، فَتَحَدَّثُوا، فَكَثُرَ أَهْلُ المَسْجِدِ مِنَ اللَّيْلَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ، فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَصَلَّوْا بِصَلاَتِهِ، فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ اللَّيْلة الرَّابِعَةُ عَجَزَ المَسْجِدُ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ حَتَّى خَرَجَ لِصَلاَةِ الصُّبْحِ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى الفَجْرَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ، فَتَشَهَّدَ، ثُمّ قَالَ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَخْفَ علَيَّ مَكَانُكُمْ، لَكِنِّي خَشِيتُ أَنْ تُفْرَض عَليْكُمْ، فَتَعْجِزُوا عَنْهَا
Reference: Sahih Al Bukhari 924