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[AI] Ubayy said regarding the Night of Decree: “By God, I truly know which it is.” Shuʿbah said: “And the most certain of my knowledge is that it is the night which the Messenger of God ﷺ commanded us to stand in prayer during; it is the twenty-seventh night.”

Shuʿbah only doubted this wording: “It is the night which the Messenger of God ﷺ commanded us concerning.” He said: “And a companion of mine narrated it to me from him.”

مسلم:٧٦٢e – وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَةَ بْنَ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ أُبَيٌّ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ: وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُهَا. قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: وَأَكْبَرُ عِلْمِي هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِقِيَامِهَا، هِيَ لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ.

وَإِنَّمَا شَكَّ شُعْبَةُ فِي هَذَا الْحَرْفِ: هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَنَا بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ. قَالَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي بِهَا صَاحِبٌ لِي عَنْهُ.

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Ubayy’s certainty that Laylat al-Qadr is the twenty-seventh night

muslim:762b – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdah b. Abū Lubābah > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > Ubay b. Kaʿb

Ubayy ˹b. Ka‘b˺ said regarding the Night of Decree: “By Allah, I know which it is, and most of my certainty is that it is the night which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to stand in prayer during; it is the twenty-seventh night.”

Shu‘bah only doubted this wording: “It is the night which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us regarding.” He said: “And a companion of mine narrated it to me from him.”

مسلم:٧٦٢b – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَةَ بْنَ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ

قَالَ أُبَيٌّ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ: وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُهَا، وَأَكْثَرُ عِلْمِي هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِقِيَامِهَا، هِيَ لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ.

وَإِنَّمَا شَكَّ شُعْبَةُ فِي هَذَا الْحَرْفِ: هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَنَا بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ. قَالَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي بِهَا صَاحِبٌ لِي عَنْهُ.

ahmad:21195 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdah b. Abū Lubābah > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > Ubay

[AI] Ubayy said: By Allah, I know which night the Night of Decree is. Shu‘bah said: Most of my knowledge is that it is the night which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to stand in prayer during; it is the twenty-seventh night. Shu‘bah only doubted about this wording: “It is the night which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us…” And a companion of mine related it to me from him.

أحمد:٢١١٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَةَ بْنَ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ قَالَ

قَالَ أُبَيٌّ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُهَا قَالَ شُعْبَةُ وَأَكْثَرُ عِلْمِي هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِقِيَامِهَا هِيَ لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَإِنَّمَا شَكَّ شُعْبَةُ فِي هَذَا الْحَرْفِ هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي صَاحِبٌ لِي بِهَا عَنْهُ