I was present at the gathering of Banu Salamah, and I was the youngest of them. They (the people) said: Who will ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for us about Laylat al-Qadr? That was the twenty-first of Ramadan. I went out and said the sunset prayer along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I then stood at the door of his house. He passed by me and said: Come in. I entered (the house) and dinner was brought for him. I was prevented from taking food as it was scanty. When he finished his dinner, he said to me: Give me my shoes. He then stood up and I also stood up with him. He said: Perhaps you have some business with me. I said: Yes. Some people of Banu Salamah have sent me to you to ask you about Laylat al-Qadr. He asked: Which night: Is it tonight? I said: Twenty-second. He said: This is the very night. He then withdrew and said: Or the following night, referring to the twenty-third night.  

كُنْتُ فِي مَجْلِسِ بَنِي سَلِمَةَ وَأَنَا أَصْغَرُهُمْ فَقَالُوا مَنْ يَسْأَلُ لَنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَذَلِكَ صَبِيحَةَ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فَخَرَجْتُ فَوَافَيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلاَةَ الْمَغْرِبِ ثُمَّ قُمْتُ بِبَابِ بَيْتِهِ فَمَرَّ بِي فَقَالَ ادْخُلْ فَدَخَلْتُ فَأُتِيَ بِعَشَائِهِ فَرَآنِي أَكُفُّ عَنْهُ مِنْ قِلَّتِهِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ نَاوِلْنِي نَعْلِي فَقَامَ وَقُمْتُ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ كَأَنَّ لَكَ حَاجَةً قُلْتُ أَجَلْ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ رَهْطٌ مِنْ بَنِي سَلِمَةَ يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ فَقَالَ كَمِ اللَّيْلَةُ فَقُلْتُ اثْنَتَانِ وَعِشْرُونَ قَالَ هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ أَوِ الْقَابِلَةُ يُرِيدُ لَيْلَةَ ثَلاَثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ  

[Machine] A group of the Ansar (supporters) said: "Who is the man whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent?" Abdullah said, "I am." They said, "Then go and ask him when Laylat Al-Qadr (The Night of Decree) will be." So, I left until I reached the end of the sunset at some of the doorways of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then, the Prophet ﷺ went out to perform the Maghrib prayer and I prayed with him. He went out and I went out with him until he entered his house, and I was with him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then made a Du'a (supplication) for a tear-drop, asking for Allah's aid, until I witnessed myself being mentioned by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ due to his scarcity of food. When he finished, he called for his sandal and said, "I think you have a need." I said, "Indeed, O Messenger of Allah, so-and-so and so-and-so have sent me to ask you about the Night of Decree." He said, "It is tonight." And that night was the twenty-second night of Ramadan. Then he said, "What night is it?" I said, "The twenty-second night." He said, "No, rather it is the next night, the twenty-third."  

أَنَّ نَفَرًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَالُوا مَنْ رَجُلٌ نَبْعَثُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا قَالُوا فَاذْهَبْ فَسَلْهُ لَنَا مَتَى لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ؟ فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى وَافِيتُ غُرُوبَ الشَّمْسِ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَبْيَاتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ يُصَلِّي بِالْمَغْرِبِ فَصَلَّى وَخَرَجَ فَخَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِقَطْرَةٍ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أُنَيْسٍ فَرَأَيْتُنِي وَأَنَا أُدْعَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ قِلَّةِ طَعَامِهِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ دَعَا بِنَعْلِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنِّي أَظُنُّ أَنَّ لَكَ حَاجَةً» قُلْتُ أَجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ يَسْأَلُونَكَ مَتَى لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ؟ قَالَ «اللَّيْلَةُ» وَتِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةُ لَيْلَةُ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَا اللَّيْلَةُ؟» قُلْتُ لَيْلَةُ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ قَالَ «لَا بَلِ اللَّيْلَةُ الْمُقْبِلَةُ لَيْلَةُ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ»