حَدَّثَنَا
يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ , قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا
الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ , عَنْ
يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ , عَنْ
عُرْوَةَ , عَنْ
عَائِشَةَ , قَالَتْ : فَقَدْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ , فَخَرَجْتُ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِالْبَقِيعِ رَافِعٌ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ , فَقَالَ لِي :
" أَكُنْتِ تَخَافِينَ أَنْ يَحِيفَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ وَرَسُولُهُ ؟ " قَالَتْ : قُلْتُ : يا رسول الله , ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّكَ أَتَيْتَ بَعْضَ نِسَائِكَ , فَقَالَ : " إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَنْزِلُ لَيْلَةَ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا , فَيَغْفِرُ لِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَدَدِ شَعَرِ غَنَمِ كَلْبٍ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that one night I did not find the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on my bed. I went out and found the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in Jannat al-Baqi', raising his head towards the sky and supplicating. When he saw me, he said, "Did you fear that Allah and His Messenger would wrong you?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah! I thought perhaps you had gone to one of your wives." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Allah Almighty descends to the lowest heaven on the fifteenth night of Sha'ban and forgives more people than the number of hairs on the sheep of the tribe of Kalb."