عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ لِتِسْعٍ يَبْقَيْنَ، أَوْ لِسَبْعٍ يَبْقَيْنَ أَوْ لِخَمْسٍ أَوْ ثَلَاثٍ أَوْ آخِرِ لَيْلَةٍ))
Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Seek this night in the last ten (nights), that is, when nine days or seven days or five days or three days remain of the month of Ramadan, or on the last night of this month.