حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَمُسَدَّدٌ الْمَعْنَی قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأُبَيِّ بْنِ کَعْبٍ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ فَإِنَّ صَاحِبَنَا سُئِلَ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ مَنْ يَقُمْ الْحَوْلَ يُصِبْهَا فَقَالَ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهَا فِي رَمَضَانَ زَادَ مُسَدَّدٌ وَلَکِنْ کَرِهَ أَنْ يَتَّکِلُوا أَوْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ لَا يَتَّکِلُوا ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهَا لَفِي رَمَضَانَ لَيْلَةَ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ لَا يَسْتَثْنِي قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَنَّی عَلِمْتَ ذَلِکَ قَالَ بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي أَخْبَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قُلْتُ لِزِرٍّ مَا الْآيَةُ قَالَ تُصْبِحُ الشَّمْسُ صَبِيحَةَ تِلْکَ اللَّيْلَةِ مِثْلَ الطَّسْتِ لَيْسَ لَهَا شُعَاعٌ حَتَّی تَرْتَفِعَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1378
Zirr (b. Hubaish) said: I said to Ubayy bin Kab: Tell me about lailat al-qard, O Abu al-Mundhir, for our companion (Ibn Masud) was questioned about it, and he said: Anyone who gets up for prayer every night all the year round will hit upon it (i. e. lailat al-qadr). He replied: May Allah have mercy on Abu Abdur-Rahman. By Allah, he knew that it was in Ramadan, (Musaddad's version goes) bu he disliked that the people should content themselves (with that night alone) ; or he liked that the people should not content themselves (with the night alone). According to the agreed version: By Allah, it is the twenty-seventh night of Ramadan, without any reservation. I said: How did you know that, Abu al-Mundhir ? He replied: By the indication (or sign) of which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed us. I asked Zirr: What is the sign ? He replied: The sun rises like a vessel of water in the morning following that night ; it has no ray until it rises high up.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020