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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 1280 — We were discussing Laylat al-Qadr
حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ : تَذَاكَرْنَا لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ ، فَأَتَيْنَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ ، هَلْ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَذْكُرُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ ؟ فَقَالَ : اعْتَكَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - الْعَشْرَ الْأَوْسَطَ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ ، وَاعْتَكَفْنَا مَعَهُ . فَلَمَّا كَانَ صَبِيحَةُ عِشْرِينَ رَجَعَ وَرَجَعْنَا مَعَهُ ، فَنَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَرَأَى لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فِي الْمَنَامِ ، ثُمَّ أُنْسِيَهَا ، فَخَرَجَ عَشِيَّةً فَخَطَبَنَا ، فَقَالَ : « إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فِي الْمَنَامِ ، ثُمَّ أُنْسِيتُهَا ، وَأُرَانِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ أَسْجُدُ فِي مَاءٍ وَطِينٍ . فَمَنْ كَانَ اعْتَكَفَ مَعَنَا فَلْيَرْجِعْ إِلَى مُعْتَكَفِهِ ، ابْغُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ فِي الْوِتْرِ مِنْهَا ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ » . قَالَ : « فَرَجَعْنَا فَهَاجَتْ عَلَيْنَا السَّمَاءُ تِلْكَ الْعَشِيَّةَ ، وَكَانَ سَقْفُ الْمَسْجِدِ عَرِيشًا مِنْ جَرِيدِ النَّخْلِ ، فَاعْتَكَفَ ، فَوَالَّذِي أَكْرَمَهُ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ لَرَأَيْتُهُ لَيْلَةَ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ ، وَإِنَّ جَبْهَتَهُ وَأَرْنَبَةَ أَنْفِهِ فِي الْمَاءِ وَالطِّينِ » .
Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: We were discussing Laylat al-Qadr (the Night of Decree) among ourselves, then we came to Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), and I said to him: O Abu Sa'id, did you hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mention Laylat al-Qadr? He replied: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) observed i'tikaf (seclusion in the mosque) in the middle ten days of the blessed month of Ramadan, and we observed i'tikaf with him (peace and blessings be upon him). When it was the morning of the twentieth, he (peace and blessings be upon him) returned (from the place of i'tikaf), and we returned with him (peace and blessings be upon him). Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) slept, and Laylat al-Qadr was shown to him (peace and blessings be upon him) in a dream, but afterwards it was made to slip from his (peace and blessings be upon him) mind. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) came out in the evening, addressed us and said: "Indeed, Laylat al-Qadr was shown to me in a dream, but then I was made to forget it. And I saw myself (in the dream) on that night prostrating in water and mud. So whoever observed i'tikaf with us should return to his place of i'tikaf. Seek it in the odd nights of the last ten; indeed, Allah is Witr (One) and loves what is odd." Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Then we went back (to the mosque), and that very evening the clouds poured down upon us. Since the roof of the mosque was a shelter made of palm branches (it began to leak). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) observed i'tikaf. By the One who honoured him (peace and blessings be upon him) and revealed the Book to him, I myself saw him (peace and blessings be upon him) on the night of the twenty-first with the traces of water and mud clearly visible on his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed forehead and the tip of his nose.
