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nasai-kubra:3389Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > ʿUyaynah > Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman from my father > Qāl Abū Bakrah Mā

[Machine] Abu Bakr said, "I only seek it (Laylat al-Qadr) in the last ten nights after hearing something from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I heard him say, 'Seek it in the last ten nights, on the ninth, seventh, or fifth night that remains.' He also mentioned the third or the last night."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٣٨٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُيَيْنَةُ هُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ

قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ مَا أَنَا بِمُلْتَمِسُهَا إِلَّا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ بَعْدَ شَيْءٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ فِي تِسْعٍ أَوْ سَبْعٍ يَبْقِينَ» وَذَكَرَ أَيْضًا الْخَمْسَ قَالَ أَوْ ثَلَاثٍ أَوْ آخِرِ لَيْلَةٍ  


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ahmad:20404Yaḥyá > 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:٢٠٤٠٤حَدَّثَنَا 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