The last ten days of Ramadan

Abu Aqrab al-Asadi said: We came to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and found him on the roof of the house. We heard him saying, before he came down: "Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth." We said to him: "We heard you say, before you came down, 'Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth.'" Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Laylat al-Qadr is in the middle of the last seven nights. Its sign is that on that day the sun rises white, without rays. When I looked at the sun, I found it just as I had been told, so I proclaimed the greatness of Allah out of joy."

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: You know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said about Laylat al-Qadr: "Seek it in the last ten nights (of Ramadan)."

Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Once the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to tell the people about Laylat al-Qadr, and two men were quarrelling. He said: "I came to inform you about Laylat al-Qadr, but so-and-so and so-and-so were quarrelling. Perhaps there is good in that. Seek it on the ninth, the seventh and the fifth night."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Unays (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about Laylat al-Qadr, and he said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Seek it tonight." That was the twenty-third night.

Abu Marthad said: I was with Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) at the middle Jamrah. I asked him about Laylat al-Qadr, and he said: I was the one who asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about Laylat al-Qadr more than anyone. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, tell us about it." He said: "If I had been permitted to tell about it, I would certainly have told you. But seek it in one of the two sevens. Then do not ask me about it after this standing of yours or of mine."

Qanan bin Abdullah al-Nihmi said: I asked Zirr about Laylat al-Qadr. He said: Sayyiduna Umar, Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with them) and many of the Companions had no doubt about it that Laylat al-Qadr is the twenty-seventh night of Ramadan. Zirr said: So spend it in continuous worship.