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hakim:1598 – Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Abū al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Ismāʿīl b. ʿUlayyah > ʿUyaynah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Dhakart Laylah al-Qadr ʿInd Abū Bakrah > Mā > Biṭālibihā

[Machine] I mentioned the Night of Decree to Abu Bakrah and he said, "I only seek it in the last ten nights, either in the ninth, seventh, fifth, or in the last night." He used to pray in the last ten nights the entire year, and when the last ten nights started, he would strive even more.  

الحاكم:١٥٩٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ عُيَيْنَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

ذَكَرْتُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ فَقَالَ «مَا أَنَا بِطَالِبِهَا إِلَّا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ فِي تِسْعٍ أَوْ فِي سَبْعٍ يَبْقَيْنَ أَوْ خَمْسٍ يَبْقَيْنَ أَوْ فِي ثَلَاثٍ يَبْقَيْنَ أَوْ فِي آخِرِ لَيْلَةٍ» فَكَانَ لَا يُصَلِّي فِي الْعِشْرِينَ إِلَّا صَلَاتَهُ سَائِرَ السَّنَةِ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ الْعَشْرُ اجْتَهَدَ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ»

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tirmidhi:794 – Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > ʿUyaynah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from my father > Dhukirat Laylah al-Qadr ʿInd Abū Bakrah > Mā

"My father narrated to me: 'The Night of Al-Qadr was mentioned in the presence of Abu Bakrah, so he said: "I do not search for it due to something that I heard from the Messenger of Allah, except for during the last ten (nights); for indeed I heard him say: 'Search for it when nine remain, or; when seven remain, or; when five remain, or; during the last three nights.'" He (Uyainah) said: "During the twenty (nights) of Ramadan, Abu Bakrah used to perform Salat just as he performed Salat during the rest of the year. But when the (last) ten began, he would struggle (performing more Salat during the night)."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٧٩٤ – حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُيَيْنَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ

ذُكِرَتْ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ فَقَالَ مَا أَنَا بِمُلْتَمِسِهَا لِشَيْءٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلاَّ فِي الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي تِسْعٍ يَبْقَيْنَ أَوْ فِي سَبْعٍ يَبْقَيْنَ أَوْ فِي خَمْسٍ يَبْقَيْنَ أَوْ فِي ثَلاَثٍ أَوْ آخِرِ لَيْلَةٍ قَالَ وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ يُصَلِّي فِي الْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ كَصَلاَتِهِ فِي سَائِرِ السَّنَةِ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ الْعَشْرُ اجْتَهَدَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:20404 – Yaḥyá > ʿUyaynah from my father > Dhakart Laylah al-Qadr ʿInd Abū Bakarah > Mā

[Machine] I mentioned the Night of Decree to Abu Bakrah, and he said, "I only seek it in the last ten nights, after something I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . I heard him say, 'Seek it in the last ten nights, either on the twenty-ninth or the twenty-seventh or the twenty-fifth or the twenty-third or the last night.'"  

أحمد:٢٠٤٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ

ذَكَرْتُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ فَقَالَ مَا أَنَا بِطَالِبِهَا إِلَّا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ بَعْدَ شَيْءٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ تِسْعٍ يَبْقَيْنَ أَوْ سَبْعٍ يَبْقَيْنَ أَوْ خَمْسٍ يَبْقَيْنَ أَوْ ثَلَاثٍ يَبْقَيْنَ أَوْ آخِرِ لَيْلَةٍ  

ahmad:20417 – Yazīd b. Hārūn > ʿUyaynah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Dhakart Laylah al-Qadr ʿInd Abū Bakarah > Mā > Bimultamisihā Baʿdamā

"My father narrated to me: 'The Night of Al-Qadr was mentioned in the presence of Abu Bakrah, so he said: "I do not search for it due to something that I heard from the Messenger of Allah, except for during the last ten (nights); for indeed I heard him say: 'Search for it when nine remain, or; when seven remain, or; when five remain, or; during the last three nights.'" He (Uyainah) said: "During the twenty (nights) of Ramadan, Abu Bakrah used to perform Salat just as he performed Salat during the rest of the year. But when the (last) ten began, he would struggle (performing more Salat during the night)." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 794)   

أحمد:٢٠٤١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا عُيَيْنَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

ذَكَرْتُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ فَقَالَ مَا أَنَا بِمُلْتَمِسِهَا بَعْدَمَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا فِي عَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ فِي الْوِتْرِمِنْهُ قَالَ فَكَانَ أَبُو بَكَرَةَ يُصَلِّي فِي الْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ كَصَلَاتِهِ فِي سَائِرِ السَّنَةِ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ الْعَشْرُ اجْتَهَدَ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ إِنَّمَا هِيَ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنَ الْوِتْرِ مِمَّا بَقِيَ مِنَ الْعَشْرِ لَا فِي الْوِتْرِ مِمَّا يَمْضِي مِنْهَا

ibnhibban:3686 – Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Muʾammal b. Hishām > Ismāʿīl b. ʿUlayyah > ʿUyaynah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Dhukirat Laylah al-Qadr ʿInd Abū Bakrah > Mā

"My father narrated to me: 'The Night of Al-Qadr was mentioned in the presence of Abu Bakrah, so he said: "I do not search for it due to something that I heard from the Messenger of Allah, except for during the last ten (nights); for indeed I heard him say: 'Search for it when nine remain, or; when seven remain, or; when five remain, or; during the last three nights.'" He (Uyainah) said: "During the twenty (nights) of Ramadan, Abu Bakrah used to perform Salat just as he performed Salat during the rest of the year. But when the (last) ten began, he would struggle (performing more Salat during the night)." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 794)   

ابن حبّان:٣٦٨٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ عُيَيْنَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

ذُكِرَتْ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ فَقَالَ مَا أَنَا بِطَالِبِهَا إِلَّا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ بَعْدَ حَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ فِي سَبْعٍ يَبْقَيْنَ أَوْ خَمْسٍ يَبْقَيْنَ أَوْ ثَلَاثٍ يَبْقَيْنَ أَوْ فِي آخِرِ لَيْلَةٍ» فَكَانَ لَا يُصَلِّي فِي الْعِشْرِينَ إِلَّا كَصَلَاتِهِ فِي سَائِرِ السَّنَةِ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ الْعَشْرُ اجْتَهَدَ