حَدَّثَنَا شُجَاعُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الَّذِي كَانَ يَكُونُ فِي بَنِي دَالَانَ يَزِيدُ الْوَاسِطِيُّ عَنْ طَلْقِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَقْرَبٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ فَوَجَدْتُهُ عَلَى إِنْجَازٍ لَهُ يَعْنِي سَطْحًا فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فَصَعِدْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا لَكَ قُلْتَ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَبَّأَنَا أَنَّ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فِي النِّصْفِ مِنْ السَّبْعِ الْأَوَاخِرِ وَإِنَّ الشَّمْسَ تَطْلُعُ صَبِيحَتَهَا لَيْسَ لَهَا شُعَاعٌ قَالَ فَصَعِدْتُ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهَا فَقُلْتُ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4374
It was narrated that Abu 'Aqrab al-Asadi said: I went to 'Abdullah bin Mas'ood one morning and I found him sitting on his roof and I heard him saying: Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth. I climbed up to him and said: O Abu 'Abdur-Rahman, why did you say, Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth, Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth? He said: Verily the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) told us that Lailatal-Qadr is halfway through the last seven nights of Ramadan, and on that morning the sun rises clear, with no rays. I climbed up and looked at it and I said: Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth, Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020