“A man stood up in front of Al-Hasan bin Ali, after he pledged to Mu’awiyah, so he said: ‘You have made fools of the believers.’ – or: ‘O you who has made fools of the believers’ – So he said: ‘Do not scold me so, may Allah have mercy upon you, for indeed the Prophet had a dream in which he saw Banu Umayyah upon his Minbar. That distressed him, so (the following) was revealed: Verily We have granted you Al-Kauthar (O Muhammad) meaning a river in Paradise, and (the following) was revealed: ‘Verily We have sent it down on the Night of Al-Qadr. And what will make you know what the Night of Al-Qadr is? The Night of Al-Qadr is better than a thousand months, in which Banu Umayyah rules after you O Muhammad.” Al-Qasim said: “So we counted them, and found that they were one-thousand months, not a day more nor less.”  

سَوَّدْتَ وُجُوهَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَوْ يَا مُسَوِّدَ وُجُوهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ لاَ تُؤَنِّبْنِي رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُرِيَ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ فَسَاءَهُ ذَلِكَ فَنَزَلَتْ ( إنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ ) يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَعْنِي نَهْرًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَنَزَلَتْ ( إنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ * وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ * لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ ) يَمْلِكُهَا بَعْدَكَ بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ الْقَاسِمُ فَعَدَدْنَاهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ أَلْفُ شَهْرٍ لاَ يَزِيدُ يَوْمٌ وَلاَ يَنْقُصُ  

[Machine] Al-Hassan said, "Do not blame me, may Allah have mercy on you. For indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw the Banu Umayyah delivering sermons, one after another, on his pulpit, and that displeased him. So, the verse of the Qur'an was revealed: 'Indeed, We have granted you, [O Muhammad], al-Kawthar. So pray to your Lord and sacrifice [to Him alone]. Indeed, your enemy is the one cut off.' And the verse was revealed: 'Indeed, We sent it down during the Night of Decree. And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree? The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months. The angels and the Spirit descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter. Peace it is until the emergence of dawn.' And the descendants of Umayyah can never equal or decrease [the status of these verses]." This is an authentic narration, and the one who said this to al-Hassan ibn Ali was Sufyan ibn al-Layl, the companion of his father.  

الْحَسَنُ «لَا تُؤَنِّبْنِي رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ رَأَى بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ يَخْطُبُونَ عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ رَجُلًا رَجُلًا فَسَاءَهُ ذَلِكَ فَنَزَلَتْ إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ نَهَرٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَنَزَلَتْ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ تَمْلِكُهَا بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ فَحَسْبُنَا ذَلِكَ فَإِذَا هُوَ لَا يَزِيدُ وَلَا يَنْقُصُ» هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ وَهَذَا الْقَائِلُ لِلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ هُوَ سُفْيَانُ بْنُ اللَّيْلِ صَاحِبُ أَبِيهِ  

[Machine] "Do not blame me, may Allah have mercy on you. Surely the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had shown me the Banu Umayyah delivering sermons on his pulpit one by one, and this disturbed him. Then this verse was revealed: 'Indeed, We have granted you, [O Muhammad], al-Kawthar. A river in Paradise.' And this verse was also revealed: 'Indeed, We sent it down during the Night of Decree. And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree? The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.' Banu Umayyah claimed ownership of this, and Al-Qasim said, 'We thought it was only a thousand, without increase or decrease.'"  

لَا تُؤَنِّبْنِي رَحِمَكَ اللهُ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ أُرِيَ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ يَخْطُبُونَ عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ رَجُلًا فَرَجُلًا فَسَاءَهُ ذَلِكَ فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ} نَهَرٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَنَزَلَتْ {إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ} تَمْلِكُهُ بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ قَالَ الْقَاسِمُ «فَحَسَبْنَا ذَلِكَ فَإِذَا هُوَ أَلْفٌ لَا يَزِيدُ وَلَا يَنْقُصُ»