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The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us: Seek it (laylat al-Qadr) on the seventeenth night of Ramadan, and on the twenty first night, and on the twenty-third night. He then kept silence. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1384)

السيوطي:٣٤١٧a –

"اطلبُوا ليلَةَ سبْعَ عشرة مِنْ رمضانَ، وليلةَ إحدى وعشرين، وليلةَ ثلاثٍ وعشرينَ".

[د] أبو داود [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن ابن مسعود

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abudawud:1384 – Ḥakīm b. Sayf al-Raqqī > ʿUbaydullāh / Ibn ʿAmr > Zayd / Ibn Abū Unaysah > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father > Ibn Masʿūd

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us: Seek it (laylat al-Qadr) on the seventeenth night of Ramadan, and on the twenty first night, and on the twenty-third night. He then kept silence.

أبو داود:١٣٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا حَكِيمُ بْنُ سَيْفٍ الرَّقِّيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ قَالَ

لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اطْلُبُوهَا لَيْلَةَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ وَلَيْلَةَ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ وَلَيْلَةَ ثَلاَثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ ثُمَّ سَكَتَ

bayhaqi:8543 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Ḥakīm b. Sayf al-Raqqī > ʿUbaydullāh / Ibn ʿAmr > Zayd / Ibn Abū Unaysah > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father > Ibn Masʿūd

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us: Seek it (laylat al-Qadr) on the seventeenth night of Ramadan, and on the twenty first night, and on the twenty-third night. He then kept silence. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1384)

البيهقي:٨٥٤٣ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا حَكِيمُ بْنُ سَيْفٍ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اطْلُبُوهَا لَيْلَةَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ وَلَيْلَةَ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ وَلَيْلَةَ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ ثُمَّ سَكَتَ