[Machine] Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said regarding the Night of Decree: "Whatever you have been able to ascertain, seek it in the last ten nights. And in which odd night do you see it?" Some of them said: 'The ninth night', some said 'The seventh night', and some said 'The fifth night' and 'The third night'. He said, "What is wrong with you, Ibn Abbas, that you do not speak?" I said, "If you wish, I will speak." He said, "I did not call you except for you to speak." So I said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Indeed, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, mentions the number 'seven' most.' He said: 'The heavens are seven, and the earths are seven.' And he said, 'Indeed, we have split the earth open, so We caused in it grains, grapes, green fodder, olives, dates, and gardens of dense shrubbery, and fruits, and herbage, and palm trees, and gardens of dense shrubbery, as sustenance for you and your livestock.' And the gardens of dense shrubbery are intertwined and each intertwined garden is a garden, and the herbage is whatever the earth has grown that people do not eat.' Umar said, 'Are you amazed that you say the same as this boy who has not reached the age of having wet dreams?' Then he said, 'Indeed, I forbade you from speaking, so when I call you along with them, speak.'"  

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ فَالْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ فَفِي أَيِّ الْوِتْرِ تَرَوْنَهَا؟ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ تَاسِعُهُ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ سَابِعُهُ وَخَامِسُهُ وَثَالِثُهُ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ لَا تَتَكَلَّمُ؟ قُلْتُ إِنْ شِئْتَ تَكَلَّمْتُ قَالَ مَا دَعَوْتُكَ إِلَّا لِتَكَلَّمَ فَقَالَ أَقُولُ بِرَأْيٍ فَقَالَ عَنْ رَأْيِكَ أَسْأَلُكَ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَكْثَرَ ذِكْرَ السَّبْعِ فَقَالَ السَّمَاوَاتِ سَبْعَ وَالْأَرْضُونَ سَبْعٌ وَقَالَ إِنَّا شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا فَأَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا فَالْحَدَائِقُ مُلْتَفُّ وَكُلُّ مُلْتَفٍّ حَدِيقَةٌ وَالْأَبُّ مَا أَنْبَتَتِ الْأَرْضُ مِمَّا لَا يَأْكُلُ النَّاسُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَعَجَزْتُمْ أَنْ تَقُولُوا مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ هَذَا الْغُلَامُ الَّذِي لَمْ تَسْتَوِ شُئُونُ رَأْسِهِ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ نَهَيْتُكَ أَنْ تَكَلَّمَ فَإِذَا دَعَوْتُكَ مَعَهُمْ فَتَكَلَّمْ  

[Machine] Have you heard the saying of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , "Try to seek it in the last ten nights, on a night which you see?" He asked, and some said it's on the first night, and some others said it's on the third night, and another said it's on the fifth night. And I remained silent, so he said, "Why are you not speaking?" So I said, "If you permit me, O Amir al-Mu'minin, I will speak." He said, "Did I not send you except to speak?" I said, "Shall I tell you my opinion?" He said, "We ask you about that." I said, "I believe that there are seven. Allah mentioned seven skies, and there are seven earths, and He created man from seven (elements), and plants emerge from the earth in seven (days)." He said, "This is what I was informed of, and I know it. Have you seen something that I don't know? What do you say about the plants that emerge from the earth in seven?" I said, "Allah says, 'We have split open the earth.' (Surah Abasa, 26), until His saying, 'And fruit and pasture (for livestock).' (Surah Abasa, 31). And pasture is what the animals eat and not humans." Umar said, "Are you amazed that this young man has spoken in a manner that his affairs have not yet gathered? By Allah, I do not see any other saying except what you have said." He said, "And he (Umar) said, 'I had ordered you not to speak until they spoke, and now I order you to speak with them.'" Ibn Idris narrated this from Abdul-Malik, from Sa'id bin Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, with a similar narration.  

أَرَأَيْتُمْ قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ أَيُّ لَيْلَةٍ تَرَوْنَهَا؟» قَالَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَيْلَةَ إِحْدَى وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَيْلَةَ ثَلَاثٍ وَقَالَ آخَرُ خَمْسٍ وَأَنَا سَاكِتٌ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ لَا تَتَكَلَّمُ؟ فَقُلْتُ إِنْ أَذِنْتَ لِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ تَكَلَّمْتُ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَا أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكَ إِلَّا لِتَتَكَلَّمَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِرَأْيِي؟ قَالَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ نَسْأَلُكَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ السَّبْعُ رَأَيْتُ اللَّهَ ذَكَرَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ وَمَنَ الْأَرَضِينَ سَبْعًا وَخَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ سَبْعٍ وَبَرَزَ نَبْتُ الْأَرْضِ مِنْ سَبْعٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ هَذَا أَخْبَرَتْنِي مَا أَعْلَمُ أَرَأَيْتَ مَا لَا أَعْلَمُ مَا قَوْلُكَ نَبْتُ الْأَرْضَ مِنٍ سَبْعٍ؟ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ {شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا} [عبس 26] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا} [عبس 31] وَالْأَبُّ نَبْتُ الْأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُهُ الدَّوَابُّ وَلَا يَأْكُلُهُ النَّاسُ قَالَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَعَجَزْتُمْ أَنْ تَقُولُوا كَمَا قَالَ هَذَا الْغُلَامُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَجْتَمِعْ شُئُونُ رَأْسِهِ بَعْدُ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ مَا أَرَى الْقَوْلَ إِلَّا كَمَا قُلْتَ قَالَ وَقَالَ قَدْ كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكَ أَنْ لَا تَتَكَلَّمَ حَتَّى يَتَكَلَّمُوا وَإِنِّي آمُرُكَ أَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ مَعَهُمْ قَالَ ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ فَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ بِمِثْلِهِ  

أَرَأَيْتُمْ قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ وِتْرًا أِيُّ لَيْلَةٍ تَرَوْنَهَا فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَيْلَةُ إِحْدَى وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَيْلَةُ ثَلَاثٍ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَيْلَةُ خَمْسٍ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ فَقَالُوا وَأَنَا سَاكِتٌ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ لَا تَكَلَّمُ؟ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّكَ أَمَرْتَنِي أَنْ لَا أَتَكَلَّمَ حَتَّى يَتَكَلَّمُوا فَقَالَ مَا أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكَ إِلَّا لِتَكَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ اللهَ يَذْكُرُ السَّبْعَ فَذَكَرَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ وَمِنَ الْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ وَخَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ سَبْعِ وَنَبْتُ الْأَرْضِ سَبْعٌ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ هَذَا أَخْبَرْتَنِي مَا أَعْلَمُ أَرَأَيْتَ مَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ قَوْلَكَ نَبْتُ الْأَرْضِ سَبْعٌ قَالَ قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ {ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا فَأَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا} [عبس 27] قَالَ فَالْحَدَائِقُ الْغُلْبُ الْحِيطَانُ مِنَ النَّخْلِ وَالشَّجَرِ {وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا} [عبس 31] قَالَ فَالْأَبُّ مَا أَنْبَتَتِ الْأَرْضُ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُهُ الدَّوَابُّ وَالْأَنْعَامُ وَلَا يَأْكُلُهُ النَّاسُ قَالَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ لِأَصْحَابِهِ أَعَجِزْتُمْ أَنْ تَقُولُوا كَمَا قَالَ هَذَا الْغُلَامُ الَّذِي لَمْ تَجْتَمِعْ شُئُونُ رَأْسِهِ إِنِّي وَاللهِ لَأَرَى الْقَوْلَ كَمَا قُلْتَ