Laylat al-Qadr and the differences about it

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Once in Ramadan I was asleep when a man came to me and said: "Tonight is Laylat al-Qadr." I got up, still drowsy, and holding on to one of the ropes of the tent of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), I came to him while he was praying. I estimated the night and it was the twenty-third night of Ramadan. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Shaytan rises with the sun every day except on Laylat al-Qadr, and that is because on that day the sun rises without rays.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Look out for Laylat al-Qadr in the last ten nights (of Ramadan), or in the last seven."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Seek Laylat al-Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadan."

Al-Sunabihi said: I asked Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) about Laylat al-Qadr, and he said: "It is the night of the twenty-third of Ramadan."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Fultan bin Asim (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I saw Laylat al-Qadr, then I was made to forget it. Seek it in the odd nights of the last ten."

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Laylat al-Qadr is in Ramadan.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Seek Laylat al-Qadr when nine nights remain; seek it when seven remain; seek it when eleven remain, whose morning is the morning of Badr. For the sun rises every day between the two horns of Shaytan, except on the morning of Badr.

Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Laylat al-Qadr is the twenty-seventh night of Ramadan.

Hawt al-Khuza'i said: I asked Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) about Laylat al-Qadr, and he said: "Without any doubt, Laylat al-Qadr is the nineteenth night, the Night of the Criterion (al-Furqan). It is the night on which the two armies met."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Seek Laylat al-Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadan. Seek it on the twenty-first, twenty-third, twenty-fifth, twenty-seventh, or the last night."

Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: Laylat al-Qadr is the twenty-seventh night. It is the night about which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said that on it the sun rises white and shimmering.

Al-Hasan said: Laylat al-Qadr occurs in every Ramadan.

Abu Qilabah said: Laylat al-Qadr moves around among all the nights of the last ten.

Zirr bin Hubaysh said: Laylat al-Qadr is the twenty-seventh night. When it is that night, let each of you take a ritual bath (ghusl), break his fast with milk, and delay his breaking of the fast until the pre-dawn (sahar).

Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Laylat al-Qadr is the twenty-third night.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Seek Laylat al-Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadan."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I was shown Laylat al-Qadr, then I was made to forget it. Seek it in the odd nights of the last ten."

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to wake her household on the twenty-third night of Ramadan.

Ubaydullah bin Abi Yazid said: Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to sprinkle water on his household on the twenty-third night of Ramadan.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Seek Laylat al-Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadan."

Al-Hasan said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Laylat al-Qadr is a bright, gentle night; its sun rises without rays."