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ahmad:24233Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to retreat in seclusion during the last ten nights and would say, "Seek Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Power) in the last ten nights."  

أحمد:٢٤٢٣٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَعْتَكِفُ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ وَيَقُولُ الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ يَعْنِي لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Ṭabarānī
bukhari:2020Muḥammad > ʿAbdah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to practice Iʿtikaf in the last ten nights of Ramadan and used to say, "Look for the Night of Qadr in the last ten nights of the month of Ramadan."  

البخاري:٢٠٢٠حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُجَاوِرُ فِي الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ وَيَقُولُ تَحَرَّوْا لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فِي الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ  

tabarani:16009Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb al-Jarmī from his father > Khālah al-Faltān b. ʿĀṣim

[Machine] He informed him that he saw the Prophet ﷺ and that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "As for the Night of Qadr, seek it in the last ten odd nights [of Ramadan]."  

الطبراني:١٦٠٠٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ الْجَرْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ خَالَهُ الفَلْتَانَ بْنَ عَاصِمٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَمَّا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ فَالْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ وِتْرًا»