أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَرَجَ مِنْ جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ فَصَلَّی فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ وَقَالَ فِيهِ وَکَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُرَغِّبُهُمْ فِي قِيَامِ رَمَضَانَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَأْمُرَهُمْ بِعَزِيمَةِ أَمْرٍ فِيهِ فَيَقُولُ مَنْ قَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2201
It was narrated that Az-Zuhri said: “Urwah bin Az-Zubair told me that ‘Aishah told him: ‘The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم went out in the middle of the night to pray in the Masjid, and he led the people in prayer,’ and he quoted the same -JadIth, in which she said: ‘He used to encourage the people to pray Qiyam in Ramadan, without insisting on that.’ He said: ‘Whoever spends the night of LailatAl-Qadr in prayer out of faith and in the hope of reward, he will be forgiven his previous sins.’ He said: ‘And the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم passed away when this was the state of affairs.”(Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020