حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قَطَنٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ مَتَى لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ قَالَ مَنْ يَذْكُرُ مِنْكُمْ لَيْلَةَ الصَّهْبَاوَاتِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَنَا بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي وَإِنَّ فِي يَدِي لَتَمَرَاتٍ أَسْتَحِرُ بِهِنَّ مُسْتَتِرًا مِنْ الْفَجْرِ بِمُؤْخِرَةِ رَحْلِي وَذَلِكَ حِينَ طَلَعَ الْقُمَيْرُ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4326
It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin Mas'ood (RA) that a man came to the Prophet (PBUH) and said: When is Lailatal-Qadr? He said: "Who among you remembers the night when there was some brightness in the sky?" 'Abdullah said: I do, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you. i had some dates in my hand that I was eating for sahoor, and I was concealing myself behind the back of my saddle to eat them before dawn came. And that was when the moon rose.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020