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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 1324 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed i'tikaf
حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ : اعْتَكَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - الْعَشْرَ الْأَوْسَطَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ وَهُوِ يَلْتَمِسُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُبَيَّنَ ، فَلَمَّا انْقَضَى أَمَرَ بِبِنَائِهِ فَنُقِضَ ، ثُمَّ أُبِينَتْ لَهُ أَنَّهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ ، فَأَمَرَ بِالْبِنَاءِ فَأُعِيدَ وَاعْتَكَفَ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ ، فَخَرَجَ عَلَى النَّاسِ ، فَقَالَ : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا أُبِينَتْ لِي لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ فَخَرَجْتُ لِأُخْبِرَكُمْ بِهَا فَرَأَيْتُ رَجُلَيْنِ يَخْتَصِمَانِ مَعَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ وَنُسِّيتُهَا ، فَالْتَمِسُوهَا فِي التَّاسِعَةِ ، وَالسَّابِعَةِ ، وَالْخَامِسَةِ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ ، إِنَّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِالْعَدَدِ مِنَّا ، قَالَ : إِنَّا أَحَقُّ بِذَلِكَ مِنْكُمْ ، فَأَمَّا التَّاسِعَةُ ، وَالسَّابِعَةُ ، وَالْخَامِسَةُ . قَالَ : تَدَعُ الَّتِي تَدْعُونَ : إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ ، وَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا التَّاسِعَةُ ، وَتَدَعُ الَّتِي تَدْعُونَ : ثَلَاثَةً وَعِشْرِينَ ، وَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا السَّابِعَةُ ، وَتَدَعُ الَّتِي تَدْعُونَ : خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ ، وَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا الْخَامِسَةُ .
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) observed i'tikaf in the middle ten days of Ramadan, seeking Laylat al-Qadr before it had been made clear to him (peace and blessings be upon him). When those ten days were over, he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered his tent to be taken down, and it was taken down. Then it was made clear to him (peace and blessings be upon him) that the night was in the last ten days, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the tent to be put up again, and it was put up again, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) observed i'tikaf in the last ten days. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to the people and said: "O people, Laylat al-Qadr was shown to me and I came out to inform you of it, but I saw two men quarrelling, with Satan present with them, and so 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 people know the counting better than we do? He said: "Yes, we are more entitled to that than you (that is, we know it better)." (Then, explaining it) he said: "Leave the one you call the twenty-first, and the next night is the ninth; leave the one you call the twenty-third, and the next night is the seventh; and leave the one you call the twenty-fifth, and the next night is the fifth."
