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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
من مسند أبي سعيد الخدري
From the Musnad of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri
مِنْ مُسْنَدِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ
From the Musnad of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri
Musnad Abi Ya'la 1076 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed i'tikaf
حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ ، عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ : اعْتَكَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - الْعَشْرَ الْأَوْسَطَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ يَلْتَمِسُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِالْبِنَاءِ فَنُقِضَ ، ثُمَّ بُيِّنَتْ لَهُ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ ، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَأُعِيدَ . فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّهَا بُيِّنَتْ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ ، وَإِنِّي خَرَجْتُ لِأُبَيِّنَهَا لَكُمْ ، فَتَلَاحَى رَجُلَانِ فَنُسِّيتُهَا ، فَالْتَمِسُوهَا فِي التَّاسِعَةِ وَالسَّابِعَةِ وَالْخَامِسَةِ . قُلْتُ : يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ ، إِنَّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِالْعَدَدِ مِنَّا ، فَأَيُّ لَيْلَةٍ : التَّاسِعَةُ وَالسَّابِعَةُ وَالْخَامِسَةُ ؟ فَقَالَ : أَجَلْ ، وَنَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِذَلِكَ ، إِذَا كَانَتْ لَيْلَةُ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ ، ثُمَّ دَعْ لَيْلَةً ، ثُمَّ الَّتِي تَلِيهَا هِيَ الثَّالِثَةُ ، ثُمَّ دَعِ اللَّيْلَةَ ، وَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا الْخَامِسَةُ .
قَالَ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ : فَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْعَلَاءِ ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ ، يَقُولُ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : « وَالثَّالِثَةُ » .
قَالَ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ : فَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْعَلَاءِ ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ ، يَقُولُ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : « وَالثَّالِثَةُ » .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) observed i'tikaf in the middle ten days of Ramadan seeking Laylat al-Qadr. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the tent set up for i'tikaf to be removed, and it was taken down. Then it was revealed to him (peace and blessings be upon him) that that night is in the last ten days, so on his (peace and blessings be upon him) order the tent was put up again. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us and said: "Laylat al-Qadr was made clear to me, and I came out to inform you of it, but because two men quarrelled with each other I was made to forget it. So now seek it on the ninth, the seventh and the fifth night (of the last ten)." Abu Nadrah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I said: O Abu Sa'id! You (Companions) know the counting better than we do, so which nights are meant by the ninth, the seventh and the fifth? He said: Yes, and we are more entitled to that. When the twenty-first night comes, leave one night; then the one that comes after it will be the third (that is, the twenty-third); then leave one night, and the one that comes after it will be the fifth (that is, the twenty-fifth). Al-Jurayri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Abu al-Ala (may Allah have mercy on him) informed me through Mutarrif (may Allah have mercy on him) that he heard Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) saying that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And the third (that is, the twenty-third) night."
