حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: قَرَأْتُ عَلَى أَبِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ وَسَمِعْتُهُ سَمَاعًا، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ: أَخْبَرَنِي، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ، قَالَ: ((مَنْ كَانَ مُتَحَرِّيهَا فَلْيَتَحَرَّهَا فِي لَيْلَةِ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ))، قَالَ: شُعْبَةُ وَذَكَرَ لِي رَجُلٌ ثِقَةٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ: إِنَّمَا قَالَ: ((مَنْ كَانَ مُتَحَرِّيهَا فَلْيَتَحَرَّهَا فِي السَّبْعِ الْبَوَاقِي))، قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: فَلَا أَدْرِي قَالَ ذَا أَوْ ذَا، شُعْبَةُ شَكَّ، قَالَ أَبِي: الرَّجُلُ الثِّقَةُ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said regarding the Night of Qadr: Whoever seeks this night should search for it on the twenty-seventh night. Imam Shu’bah said: A trustworthy man narrated to me that Imam Sufyan used to say that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said in this way: Whoever seeks this night should search for it in the last seven nights. Imam Shu’bah said: Now I do not know whether the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said this sentence or the other; Imam Shu’bah became doubtful. Imam Ahmad said: The trustworthy man refers to Imam Yahya bin Sa’id Qattan.