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tabarani:13997Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Nāfiʿ al-Ṭaḥḥān al-Miṣrī > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Abū Fudayk > Mūsá b. Yaʿqūb al-Zamʿī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq b. Muḥammad b. Muslim al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik al-Anṣārī And ʿAmrū b. ʿAbdullāh b. Unays > ʿAbdullāh b. Unays Akhbarahumā

[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."  

الطبراني:١٣٩٩٧حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ الطَّحَّانُ الْمِصْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ الزَّمْعِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ وَعَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أُنَيْسٍ أَخْبَرَاهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أُنَيْسٍ أَخْبَرَهُمَا

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»  


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nasai-kubra:3388ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbd al-Karīm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbd al-Malik > Ibn Abū Fudayk > Mūsá b. Yaʿqūb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Muslim al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik al-Anṣārī And ʿAmr b. ʿAbdullāh b. Unays al-Juhanī > ʿAbdullāh b. Unays Akhbarahumā

[Machine] A group of the Ansar (the inhabitants of Medina) said, "Who is the person asking the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)?" It was said, "Abdullah" so I (the narrator) said, "It is me." They said, "Go and ask him about the Night of Qadr (Laylat al-Qadr) for us." So I went until I reached the sunset on the outskirts of the Prophet's (PBUH) abode reciting some of the poetry of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH). Then the Prophet (PBUH) came out and performed the Maghrib prayer. When he finished, I followed him until he entered his house and I was with him. The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) then called for his dinner and when he finished, he called for his shoes and said, "I think you have a need." I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah, so-and-so and so-and-so sent me to ask you about the Night of Qadr." He said, "It is tonight, which is the twenty-second night of Ramadan." I said, "Is it the night of the twenty-second of Ramadan?" He said, "No, rather it is the night of the twenty-third." Abu Abdur-Rahman Musa bin Ya'qub said, "He (Abdullah) was not strong in determining."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٣٨٨أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مُسْلِمٍ الزُّهْرِيَّ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ وَعَمْرَو بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أُنَيْسٍ الْجُهَنِيَّ أَخْبَرَاهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أُنَيْسٍ أَخْبَرَهُمَا

أَنَّ نَفَرًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَالُوا مَنْ رَجُلٌ يَسْأَلُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا قَالُوا اذْهَبْ فَسَلْهُ لَنَا مَتَى لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى وَافَيْتُ غُرُوبَ الشَّمْسِ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَبْيَاتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ فَصَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى وَفَرَغَ خَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِفِطْرِهِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ دَعَا بِنَعْلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّ أَنَّ لَكَ حَاجَةً» قُلْتُ أَجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ يَسْأَلُونَكَ مَتَى لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ؟ فَقَالَ «اللَّيْلَةُ» وَتِلْكَ لَيْلَةُ اثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فَقُلْتُ اللَّيْلَةُ لَيْلَةُ اثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ؟ قَالَ بَلِ الْقَابِلَةُ لَيْلَةُ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مُوسَى بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ لَيْسَ بِذَاكَ الْقَوِيِّ