عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُخْبِرَنَا بِلَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ، فَتَلَاحَى رَجُلَانِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((خَرَجْتُ وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُخْبِرَكُمْ بِلَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ فَتَلَاحَى رَجُلَانِ فَرُفِعَتْ، وَعَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ خَيْرًا لَكُمْ، فَالْتَمِسُوهَا فِي التَّاسِعَةِ، أَوِ السَّابِعَةِ أَوِ الْخَامِسَةِ، (وَفِي لَفْظٍ فَاطْلُبُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ فِي تَاسِعَةٍ أَوْ سَابِعَةٍ أَوْ خَامِسَةٍ)))
Sayyiduna Ubadah bin Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us; he (peace and blessings be upon him) wanted to inform us about the Night of Qadr, (but he saw that) two men were arguing, and then he said: I came to inform you about the Night of Qadr, but when I found two men arguing, the signs were lifted, and it is possible that there is good and betterment for you in this. Now seek it in the last ten nights, on the twenty-first, twenty-third, and twenty-fifth night.