صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرهاThe Book of Prayer - Travellers
باب التَّرْغِيبِ فِي قِيَامِ رَمَضَانَ وَهُوَ التَّرَاوِيحُ:Chapter: Encouragement to pray qiyam during Ramadan, which is Tarawih
Hadith 762
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ الرَّازِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدَةُ ، عَنْ زِرٍّ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ ، يَقُولُ : وَقِيلَ لَهُ : إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ ، يَقُولُ : " مَنْ قَامَ السَّنَةَ ، أَصَابَ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ ، فَقَالَ أُبَيٌّ : وَاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ، إِنَّهَا لَفِي رَمَضَانَ يَحْلِفُ مَا يَسْتَثْنِي ، وَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ أَيُّ لَيْلَةٍ هِيَ ، هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَنَا بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقِيَامِهَا ، هِيَ لَيْلَةُ صَبِيحَةِ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ ، وَأَمَارَتُهَا أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ فِي صَبِيحَةِ يَوْمِهَا بَيْضَاءَ لَا شُعَاعَ لَهَا " .
Zirr (b. Hubaish) reported: I heard from Ubayy bin Ka'b a statement made by 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud in which he said: He who gets up for prayer (every night) during the year will hit upon Lailat-ul-Qadr. Ubayy said: By Allah I there is no god but He, that (Lailat-ul-Qadr) is in Ramadhan (He swore without reservation:) By Allah, I know the night; it is the night on which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to pray. It is that which precedes the morning of twenty-seven and its indication is that the sun rises bright on that day without rays.
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَةَ بْنَ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ ، يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ أُبَيٌّ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ : وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُهَا ، " وَأَكْثَرُ عِلْمِي هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقِيَامِهَا ، هِيَ لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ " ، وَإِنَّمَا شَكَّ شُعْبَةُ فِي هَذَا الْحَرْفِ هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ ، الَّتِي أَمَرَنَا بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : وَحَدَّثَنِي بِهَا صَاحِبٌ لِي عَنْهُ .
Ubayy b Ka'b reported: By Allah, I know about Lailat-ul Qadr and I know it fully well that it is the twenty-seventh night (during Ramadan) on which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to observe prayer. (Shu'bah was in doubt about these words:" the night on which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) [may peace be upon him] commanded us to observe the prayer." This has been transmitted to me by a friend of mine.)
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وحَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ : إِنَّمَا شَكَّ شُعْبَةُ وَمَا بَعْدَهُ .
Shu'bah reported this hadith with the same chain of transmitters, but he made no mention that Shu'bah was in doubt and what follows subsequently.
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وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ ، وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ كِلَاهُمَا ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ ، قَالَ ابْنُ حَاتِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ عَبْدَةَ ، وَعَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ ، سمعا زر بن حبيش ، يَقُولُ : سَأَلْتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، فَقُلْتُ : إِنَّ أَخَاكَ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ ، يَقُولُ : مَنْ يَقُمْ الْحَوْلَ يُصِبْ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ ، فَقَالَ : " رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ أَرَادَ أَنْ لَا يَتَّكِلَ النَّاسُ أَمَا إِنَّهُ قَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهَا فِي رَمَضَانَ ، وَأَنَّهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ ، وَأَنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ ، ثُمَّ حَلَفَ لَا يَسْتَثْنِي أَنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ " ، فَقُلْتُ : بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ تَقُولُ ذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ ؟ ، قَالَ : " بِالْعَلَامَةِ أَوْ بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي أَخْبَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، أَنَّهَا تَطْلُعُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَا شُعَاعَ لَهَا " .
Zirr bin Habaish reported: I asked Ubayy bin Ka'b (RA) : Your brother (in faith) Ibn Mas'ud says: He who stands (for the night prayer) throughout the year would find Lailat-ul-Qadr, whereupon he said: May Allah have mercy upon him; (he said these words) with the intention that people might not rely only (on one night), whereas he knew that it (Lailat-ul-Qadr) is in the month of Ramadan and it is the twenty-seventh night. He then took oath (without making any exception, i. e. without saying Innsha Allah) that it was the twenty-seventh night. I said to him: Abu Mundhir, on what ground do you say that? Thereupon he said: By the indication or by the sign which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave us, and that is that on that day (the sun) would rise without having any ray in it.
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وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَةَ بْنَ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : قَالَ أُبَيٌّ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ : " وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُهَا " ، قَالَ شُعْبَةُ : " وَأَكْبَرُ عِلْمِي هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقِيَامِهَا ، هِيَ لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ " ، وَإِنَّمَا شَكَّ شُعْبَةُ فِي هَذَا الْحَرْفِ ، هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَنَا بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " وَحَدَّثَنِي بِهَا صَاحِبٌ لِي عَنْهُ " .
Zirr bin Hubaish reported that Ubayy bin Ka'b (RA) said about Lailat-ul-Qadr: By Allah, I know well about it. Shu'bah said: To the best of my knowledge it was the twenty-seventh night for which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to stand for prayer. Shu'bah doubted these words: That it was the night for which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to stand for prayer. And (he further) said: This was narrated to me by a friend of mine from him (the Holy Prophet).
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: From this hadith, it is understood that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not state that Laylat al-Qadr is definitely on the twenty-seventh night. However, the specific sign that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) mentioned was, according to the experience and observation of Ubayy ibn Ka'b (radi Allahu anhu), generally found on the morning following the twenty-seventh night. Therefore, he stated with complete certainty and conviction that Laylat al-Qadr is definitely on the twenty-seventh night. Some other Companions (radi Allahu anhum ajma'in), based on their own vision and observation, said the same regarding the twenty-first or twenty-third night. For example, Abdullah ibn Unais (radi Allahu anhu) used to come to the Prophet's Mosque for worship only on the twenty-third night.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 2777
