[Machine] He said regarding the night of Al-Qadr (the Night of Decree), "Whoever stands for it, casting off sleep, will be rewarded." So I set out until I arrived at Uthman ibn Affan and I wanted to meet the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from the Emigrants and the Helpers. Asim narrated to me that Uqbah ibn Ka'b and Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf used to stand for prayer when the sun set and perform two units of prayer before Maghrib. So I said to Ubay, who had a harsh demeanor, "Lower your wing over us, may Allah have mercy on you, because I am only enjoying myself with you. "He said, "Do you want to leave out any verse from the Qur'an without asking me about it?" He said, "And I had a companion who spoke the truth, so I said, 'O Abu Mundhir, tell me about the Night of Decree.' For Ibn Mas'ud says, 'Whoever stands for it, casting off sleep, will be rewarded.' " He said, "By Allah, Abdullah knew that it is in Ramadan, but he concealed it from the people so that they would not rely on it. By Allah, who sent down the Book upon Muhammad ﷺ, it is indeed in Ramadan, and it is the night of the twenty-seventh." So I said, "O Abu Mundhir, how do you know that?" He said, "Through the verse that Muhammad ﷺ informed us of." So we counted and memorized it, and by Allah, it is a sign that is not excepted." He said, "So I said, 'And what is the verse?' He said, 'It rises when the sun rises, it has no rays until it rises and becomes white and ascends.'"  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ مَنْ يَقُمِ الْحَوْلَ يُصِبْهَا فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ وَأَرَدْتُ لُقِيَّ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ قَالَ عَاصِمٌ فَحَدَّثَنِي أَنَّهُ لَزِمَ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ فَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُمَا كَانَا يَقُومَانِ حِينَ تَغْرُبُ الشَّمْسُ فَيَرْكَعَانِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِأُبَيٍّ وَكَانَتْ فِيهِ شَرَاسَةٌ اخْفِضْ لَنَا جَنَاحَكَ رَحِمَكَ اللهُ فَإِنِّي إِنَّمَا أَتَمَتَّعُ مِنْكَ تَمَتُّعًا فَقَالَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ لَا تَدَعَ آيَةً فِي الْقُرْآنِ إِلَّا سَأَلْتَنِي عَنْهَا قَالَ وَكَانَ لِي صَاحِبَ صِدْقٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ فَإِنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ مَنْ يَقُمِ الْحَوْلَ يُصِبْهَا فَقَالَ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمَعَبْدُ اللهِ أَنَّهَا فِي رَمَضَانَ وَلَكِنَّهُ عَمَّى عَلَى النَّاسِ لِكَيْلَا يَتَّكِلُوا وَاللهِ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ الْكِتَابَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ إِنَّهَا لَفِي رَمَضَانَ وَإِنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَنَّى عَلِمْتَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي أَنْبَأَنَا بِهَا مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ فَعَدَدْنَا وَحَفِظْنَا فَوَاللهِ إِنَّهَا لَهِيَ مَا يُسْتَثْنَى قَالَ فَقُلْتُ وَمَا الْآيَةُ؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا تَطْلُعُ حِينَ تَطْلُعُ لَيْسَ لَهَا شُعَاعٌ حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ وَكَانَ عَاصِمٌ لَيْلَتَئِذٍ مِنَ السَّحَرِ لَا يَطْعَمُ طَعَامًا حَتَّى إِذَا صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ صَعِدَ عَلَى الصَّوْمَعَةِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى الشَّمْسِ حِينَ تَطْلُعُ لَا شُعَاعَ لَهَا حَتَّى تَبْيَضَّ وَتَرْتَفِعَ