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ahmad:21209ʿAbdullāh > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ayyūb > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > ʿĀṣim > Zir

[Machine] On the night of the twenty-seventh, I said to Abu Al-Mundhir, "How did you know that?" He said, "By the verse that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed us about." So we counted and memorized it. The sign of that is when the sun rises in the morning, it appears like a cooking container with no rays until it rises.  

أحمد:٢١٢٠٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَدَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ اخْفِضْ لِي جَنَاحَكَ وَكَانَ امْرَأً فِيهِ شَرَاسَةٌ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ فَقَالَ

لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ قُلْتُ أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَنَّى عَلِمْتَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي أَخْبَرَنَا بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَدَدْنَا وَحَفِظْنَا وَآيَةُ ذَلِكَ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ فِي صَبِيحَتِهَا مِثْلَ الطَّسْتِ لَا شُعَاعَ لَهَا حَتَّىتَرْتَفِعَ