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ahmad:22667 – Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > Ḥumayd > Anas > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, "Seek it in the ninth, seventh, and fifth nights, meaning the Night of Decree."  

أحمد:٢٢٦٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي تَاسِعَةٍ وَسَابِعَةٍ وَخَامِسَةٍ يَعْنِي لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ  

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ahmad:13452 – ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Suʾil Saʿīd > Laylah al-Qadr Faʾakhbaranā > Qatādah > Anas > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

[Machine] "The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said to seek it in the last ten nights, specifically in the ninth, seventh, and fifth nights."  

أحمد:١٣٤٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ سُئِلَ سَعِيدٌ عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ فَأَخْبَرَنَا عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ فِي تَاسِعَةٍ وَسَابِعَةٍ وَخَامِسَةٍ  

darimi:1824 – ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Seek lailat al-qadr in the last seven days. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1385)   

الدارمي:١٨٢٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ قَالَ

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْتَمِسُوا لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فِي السَّبْعِ الْأَوَاخِرِ»  

tabarani:11858 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muʿallá b. Asad al-ʿAmmī > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said about the night of Al-Qadr (Laylat al-Qadr): "Seek it in the ninth, the seventh, and the fifth remaining nights."  

الطبراني:١١٨٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ الْعَمِّيُّ ثنا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ قَالَ «الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي تَاسِعَةٍ تَبْقَى وَفِي سَابِعَةٍ تَبْقَى وَفِي خَامِسَةٍ تَبْقَى»