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tabarani:11858ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muʿallá b. Asad al-ʿAmmī > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said about the night of Al-Qadr (Laylat al-Qadr): "Seek it in the ninth, the seventh, and the fifth remaining nights."  

الطبراني:١١٨٥٨حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ الْعَمِّيُّ ثنا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ قَالَ «الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي تَاسِعَةٍ تَبْقَى وَفِي سَابِعَةٍ تَبْقَى وَفِي خَامِسَةٍ تَبْقَى»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
bukhari:2021Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Look for the Night of Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadan ,' on the night when nine or seven or five nights remain out of the last ten nights of Ramadan (i.e. 21, 23, 25, respectively).  

البخاري:٢٠٢١حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فِي تَاسِعَةٍ تَبْقَى فِي سَابِعَةٍ تَبْقَى فِي خَامِسَةٍ تَبْقَى  

abudawud:1381Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ as saying: Seek laitat al-Qadr in the last ten night of Ramadan. When nine (nights) remain (i.e. on the twenty first) , when seven (night) remain (i.e. on the twenty third), and when five (nights) remain (i.e. on the twenty fifth).  

أبو داود:١٣٨١حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فِي تَاسِعَةٍ تَبْقَى وَفِي سَابِعَةٍ تَبْقَى وَفِي خَامِسَةٍ تَبْقَى  

ahmad:2520ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ as saying: Seek laitat al-Qadr in the last ten night of Ramadan. When nine (nights) remain (i.e. on the twenty first) , when seven (night) remain (i.e. on the twenty third), and when five (nights) remain (i.e. on the twenty fifth). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1381)  

أحمد:٢٥٢٠حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فِي تَاسِعَةٍ تَبْقَى أَوْ سَابِعَةٍ تَبْقَى أَوْ خَامِسَةٍ تَبْقَى  

ahmad:3401Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Search for it during the last ten days, on the ninth night remaining, or the fifth night remaining, or the seventh night remaining."  

أحمد:٣٤٠١حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ فِي تَاسِعَةٍ تَبْقَى أَوْ خَامِسَةٍ تَبْقَى أَوْ سَابِعَةٍ تَبْقَى  

ahmad:3456ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Thaqafī > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ as saying: Seek laitat al-Qadr in the last ten night of Ramadan. When nine (nights) remain (i.e. on the twenty first) , when seven (night) remain (i.e. on the twenty third), and when five (nights) remain (i.e. on the twenty fifth). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1381)   

أحمد:٣٤٥٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ فِي تَاسِعَةٍ تَبْقَى أَوْ خَامِسَةٍ تَبْقَى أَوْ سَابِعَةٍ تَبْقَى  

ahmad:2052Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Seek it in the last ten nights, on the ninth it remains, or on the fifth it remains, or on the seventh it remains."  

أحمد:٢٠٥٢حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ فِي تَاسِعَةٍ تَبْقَى أَوْ خَامِسَةٍ تَبْقَى أَوْ سَابِعَةٍ تَبْقَى  

ahmad:22667Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > Ḥumayd > Anas > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, "Seek it in the ninth, seventh, and fifth nights, meaning the Night of Decree."  

أحمد:٢٢٦٦٧حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي تَاسِعَةٍ وَسَابِعَةٍ وَخَامِسَةٍ يَعْنِي لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ  

suyuti:4155a

The Prophet ﷺ as saying: Seek laitat al-Qadr in the last ten night of Ramadan. When nine (nights) remain (i.e. on the twenty first) , when seven (night) remain (i.e. on the twenty third), and when five (nights) remain (i.e. on the twenty fifth). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1381)   

السيوطي:٤١٥٥a

"التمسوها في العشر الأواخِرِ من رمضان، ليلة القدرِ، في تاسِعةٍ تَبْقى، وفي سابعةٍ تَبْقَى، وفي خامسةٍ تَبْقَى".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [د] أبو داود عن ابن عباس