سنن أبي داود

Hadith 1383

Book 6: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Ramadan

كتاب تفريع أبواب شهر رمضان

Chapter 3

Chapter: Regarding Whoever Said That It Is The Twenty First Night.

باب فِيمَنْ قَالَ لَيْلَةُ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ

English narration

Narrated by أبو سعيد الخدري

Narrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: The Prophet ﷺ said: Seek it (laylat al-Qadr) in the last ten days of Ramadan. Seek it on the ninth, seventh and fifth night. I (Abu Nadrah) said: You know counting better than us, Abu Saeed. He said: Yes. I asked: What do you mean by the ninth, seventh and fifth night? He said: When the twenty-first night passes, the night which follows it is the night; when the twenty-third night passes, the night which follows it is the seventh; when the twenty-fifth passes, the night which follows it is the fifth. Abu Dawud said: I do not know whether anything remained hidden from me or not.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى ، أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : "

الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ ، وَالْتَمِسُوهَا فِي التَّاسِعَةِ ، وَالسَّابِعَةِ ، وَالْخَامِسَةِ

" . قَالَ : قُلْتُ : يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ ، إِنَّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِالْعَدَدِ مِنَّا ، قَالَ : أَجَلْ ، قُلْتُ : مَا التَّاسِعَةُ وَالسَّابِعَةُ وَالْخَامِسَةُ ؟ قَالَ : إِذَا مَضَتْ وَاحِدَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ فَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا التَّاسِعَةُ ، وَإِذَا مَضَى ثَلَاثٌ وَعِشْرُونَ فَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا السَّابِعَةُ ، وَإِذَا مَضَى خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ فَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا الْخَامِسَةُ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : لَا أَدْرِي أَخَفِيَ عَلَيَّ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ أَمْ لَا .

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 1383In-book: Book 6, Hadith 1383

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