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abudawud:1378Sulaymān b. Ḥarb And Musaddad al-Maʿná > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿĀṣim > Zir > Lʾuba b. Kaʿb

I said to Ubayy b. Ka'b: Tell me about lailat al-qadr, O Abu al-Mundhir, for our companion (Ibn Mas'ud) was questioned about it, and he said: Anyone who gets up for prayer every night all the year round will hit upon it (i.e. lailat al-qadr). He replied: May Allah have mercy on Abu 'Abd al-Rahman. By Allah, he knew that it was in Ramadan, (Musaddad's version goes) but he disliked that the people should content themselves (with that night alone); or he liked that the people should not content themselves (with the night alone). According to the agreed version: By Allah, it is the twenty-seventh night of Ramadan, without any reservation. I said: How did you know that, Abu al-Mundhir? He replied: By the indication (or sign) of which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed us. I asked Zirr: What is the sign ? He replied: The sun rises like a vessel of water in the morning following that night; it has no rays until it rises high up.  

أبو داود:١٣٧٨حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَمُسَدَّدٌ الْمَعْنَى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ

أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ فَإِنَّ صَاحِبَنَا سُئِلَ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ مَنْ يَقُمِ الْحَوْلَ يُصِبْهَا فَقَالَ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهَا فِي رَمَضَانَ زَادَ مُسَدَّدٌ وَلَكِنْ كَرِهَ أَنْ يَتَّكِلُوا أَوْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ لاَ يَتَّكِلُوا ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهَا لَفِي رَمَضَانَ لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ لاَ يَسْتَثْنِي قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَنَّى عَلِمْتَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ بِالآيَةِ الَّتِي أَخْبَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ لِزِرٍّ مَا الآيَةُ قَالَ تُصْبِحُ الشَّمْسُ صَبِيحَةَ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ مِثْلَ الطَّسْتِ لَيْسَ لَهَا شُعَاعٌ حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ  


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ahmad:21194Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim > Zir > Liʾubay

[Machine] May Allah have mercy on Abu Abdul Rahman, he knew that it was in Ramadan, indeed it is on the 27th night. But he pretended to be unaware in order for people not to rely on it. By the One who revealed the Book upon Muhammad, indeed it is on the 27th night of Ramadan. I said, "O Abu Al-Mundhir, how did you come to know?" He said, "By the verse that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed us of." So we counted and memorized. By Allah, it is indeed a special night. I asked Zir, "What is the verse?" He said, "Verily, the sun rises, dispersing its rays."  

أحمد:٢١١٩٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنِي عَاصِمٌ عَنْ زِرٍّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأُبَيٍّ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ فَإِنَّ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ كَانَ يَقُولُ مَنْ يَقُمِ الْحَوْلَ يُصِبْهَا قَالَ

يَرْحَمُ اللهُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهَا فِي رَمَضَانَ فَإِنَّهَا لِسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَلَكِنَّهُ عَمَّى عَلَى النَّاسِ لِكَيْ لَا يَتَّكِلُوا فَوَالَّذِي أَنْزَلَ الْكِتَابَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ إِنَّهَا فِيرَمَضَانَ لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ وَأَنَّى عَلِمْتَهَا؟ قَالَ بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي أَنْبَأَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَدَدْنَا وَحَفِظْنَا فَوَاللهِ إِنَّهَا لَهِيَ مَا يُسْتَثْنَى قُلْتُ لِزِرٍّ مَا الْآيَةُ؟ قَالَ إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ تَطْلُعُ غَدَاةَ إِذٍ كَأَنَّهَا طَسْتٌ لَيْسَ لَهَا شُعَاعٌ  

ahmad:21197ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Muqaddamī And Khalaf b. Hishām al-Bazzār Waʿubayd Allāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿĀṣim > Zir > ʾubay b. Kaʿb Abū al-Mundhir Akhbirnī > Laylah al-Qadr

[Machine] May Allah have mercy on Abu Abdullah. By Allah, he knew that it was in Ramadan, but he preferred not to rely on it. Indeed, it is the night of the twenty-seventh. I said, O Abu al-Mundhir, how did you know that? He said, through the verse that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told us: "On the morning of the Night of Decree, the sun rises without rays, as if it were a basin, until it rises up," and this is the wording of the Hadith of al-Muqaddamiyyin.  

أحمد:٢١١٩٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ وَخَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ الْبَزَّارُ وَعُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ زِرٍّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ فَإِنَّ صَاحِبَنَا يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَانَ إِذَا سُئِلَ عَنْهَا قَالَ مَنْ يَقُمِ الْحَوْلَ يُصِبْهَا فَقَالَ

يَرْحَمُ اللهُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَمَا وَاللهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهَا فِي رَمَضَانَ وَلَكِنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ لَا يَتَّكِلُوا وَإِنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ لَمْ يَسْتَثْنِ قُلْتُ أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَنَّى عَلِمْتَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَبِيحَةَ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ تَطْلُعُ الشَّمْسُ لَا شُعَاعَ لَهَاكَأَنَّهَا طَسْتٌ حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ وَهَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الْمُقَدَّمِيِّ  

tabarani:9580Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > ʿĀṣim > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > Abū al-Mundhir / Ubay b. Kaʿb Akhbirnī > Laylah al-Qadr Faʾin Ibn Um ʿAbd > Man Yuqim al-Ḥawl Yuṣibhā > Yarḥam Allāh Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman Laqad ʿAlim

[Machine] "May Allah have mercy on Abu Abdurrahman. He knew that it was in Ramadan, but he pretended not to know so that people would not speak. The one who revealed the book on Muhammad, ﷺ , said, 'Indeed, it is in Ramadan, and indeed it is the night of the twenty-seventh.' I asked Abu Al-Mundhir, 'How did you know that?' He replied, 'From the verse that the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , informed us of. Indeed, we have seen and memorized it, and by Allah, it is notable and not excluded.' I asked Zirr, 'What is the verse?' He said, 'The sun will rise on that day, as if it were a disk with no rays.'"  

الطبراني:٩٥٨٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ يَعْنِي أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ فَإِنَّ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ يَقُولُ مَنْ يُقِمِ الْحَوْلَ يُصِبْهَا قَالَ

«يَرْحَمُ اللهُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهَا فِي رَمَضَانَ وَلَكِنَّهُ عَمَّى عَلَى النَّاسِ حَتَّى لَا يَتَكَلَّمُوا وَالَّذِي أَنْزَلَ الْكِتَابَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ» إِنَّهَا لَفِي رَمَضَانَ وَإِنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ قُلْتُ أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَنَّى عَلِمْتَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ «بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي أَخْبَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَدْ رَأَيْنَا وَحَفِظْنَا فَوَاللهِ إِنَّهَا لَهِيَ لَا يَسْتَثْنِي» قُلْتُ لِزِرٍّ وَمَا الْآيَةُ؟ قَالَ «تَطْلُعُ الشَّمْسُ غَدَاتَئِذٍ كَأَنَّهَا طَسْتٌ لَيْسَ لَهَا شُعَاعٌ»  

tabarani:9581ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl And ʿĀrim Abū al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿĀṣim > Zir > Liʾubay b. Kaʿb Abū al-Mundhir Akhbirnī > Laylah al-Qadr Faʾin Ṣāḥibanā Ibn Masʿūd Suʾil ʿAnhā > Man Yuqim al-Ḥawl Yuṣibhā

I said to Ubayy b. Ka'b: Tell me about lailat al-qadr, O Abu al-Mundhir, for our companion (Ibn Mas'ud) was questioned about it, and he said: Anyone who gets up for prayer every night all the year round will hit upon it (i.e. lailat al-qadr). He replied: May Allah have mercy on Abu 'Abd al-Rahman. By Allah, he knew that it was in Ramadan, (Musaddad's version goes) but he disliked that the people should content themselves (with that night alone); or he liked that the people should not content themselves (with the night alone). According to the agreed version: By Allah, it is the twenty-seventh night of Ramadan, without any reservation. I said: How did you know that, Abu al-Mundhir? He replied: By the indication (or sign) of which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed us. I asked Zirr: What is the sign ? He replied: The sun rises like a vessel of water in the morning following that night; it has no rays until it rises high up. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1378)   

الطبراني:٩٥٨١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ وَعَارِمٌ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ قَالَا ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ فَإِنَّ صَاحِبَنَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ سُئِلَ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ مَنْ يُقِمِ الْحَوْلَ يُصِبْهَا قَالَ

«رَحِمَ اللهُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَمَا وَاللهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهَا فِي رَمَضَانَ وَلَكِنَّهُ كَرِهَ أَنْ يَتَّكِلُوا أَوْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ لَا يَتَّكِلُوا وَاللهِ إِنَّهَا لَفِي رَمَضَانَ وَإِنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ يَحْلِفُ وَلَا يَسْتَثْنِي» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَنَّى عَلِمْتَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ «بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي أَخْبَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ» قَالَ حَمَّادٌ فَقُلْتُ لِعَاصِمٍ مَا الْآيَةُ؟ قَالَ «تُصْبِحُ الشَّمْسُ صَبِيحَةَ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ لَيْسَ لَهَا شُعَاعُ مِثْلَ الطَّسْتِ حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ»  

tabarani:9582Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Zir > Liʾubay Akhbirnī > Laylah al-Qadr Faʾin ʿAbdullāh > Man Yuqim al-Ḥawl Yuṣibhā > Yarḥam Allāh Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman Innah Liyaʿlam

[Machine] Tell me about the Night of Decree," for Abdullah said, "Whoever stands (in prayer) for it, he will be showered with its blessings." He said, "May Allah have mercy on Abu 'Abdur-Rahman. He knows that it is in Ramadan, but he stayed quiet in order not to burden the people. By Allah, it is on the twenty-seventh night." So I said to Abu Al-Mundhir, "How do you know that?" He said, "Through the verse by which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed us. So we counted it and memorized it." Asim said, "I asked Zir, 'What is that verse?' He said, 'The rising of the white sun (a little intense light) which appears like the tumb (the full moon) and lasts until it rises." I kept asking him about it repeatedly and he answered me the same way.  

الطبراني:٩٥٨٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ زِرٍّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأُبَيِّ

أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ فَإِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ يَقُولُ مَنْ يُقِمِ الْحَوْلَ يُصِبْهَا قَالَ «يَرْحَمُ اللهُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّهُ لِيَعْلَمُ أَنَّهَا فِي رَمَضَانَ وَلَكِنْ عَمَّى عَلَى النَّاسِ حَتَّى لَا يَتَّكِلُوا وَاللهِ إِنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ» فَقُلْتُ أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَنَّى عَلِمْتَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ «بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي أَنْبَأَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَدَدْنَا وَحَفِظْنَا أَنَّهَا لَهِيَ» قَالَ عَاصِمٌ قُلْتُ لِزِرٍّ مَا تِلْكَ الْآيَةُ؟ قَالَ «طُلُوعُ الشَّمْسِ بَيْضَاءَ كَالطَّسْتِ لَيْسَ لَهَا شُعَاعٌ حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ» قَالَ فَرَمَقْتُهَا مِرَارًا كَذَلِكَ  

suyuti:22-20bZir > Qult Lʾub b. Kaʿb Akhbrny > Laylah al-Qadr Yā Abū al-Mundhir Fʾn Ṣāḥib.ā Ibn Masʿūd Suʾil > Hā > Man Yaqum al-Ḥawl Yuṣibhā > Raḥim Allāh Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman And al-Lh Laqad ʿAlim > Fiá Ramaḍān Wlakin Karih > Yattakilūā Wa-al-Lh
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السيوطي:٢٢-٢٠b

"عَنْ زِرٍّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لأُبىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ: أَخْبرني عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ فإنَّ صَاحِبنَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ سُئِلَ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ: مَنْ يَقُمِ الْحَوْلَ يُصِبْهَا، فَقَالَ: رَحِمَ الله أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَالله لَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّها فِى رَمَضَانَ ولَكِنْ كَرِهَ أَنْ يَتَّكِلُوا، والله إِنَّها لَفِى رَمَضَانَ لَيْلَةَ سَبْعٍ وَعشرينَ، قُلْتُ: أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ! أَنَّى عَلِمْتَ ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ: بالآيَةِ التَّي أَخْبَرَنَا رَسُولُ الله ﷺ قُلتُ لَهُ: مَا الآيَةُ؟ قَالَ: تُصْبحُ الشَّمْسُ صَبيحةَ تِلْكً الَّليْلَةِ مِثْلَ الطَّسْتِ لَيْسَ لَهَا شُعَاعٌ حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ".  

[حم] أحمد [م] مسلم والحميدى، [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي [ن] النسائي وابن خزيمة، وابن الجارود، وأبو عوانة، والطحاوى، [حب] ابن حبّان [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان [قط] الدارقطنى في السنن في الأفراد