Hadith 2173
حَدَّثَنَا
سَلْمُ بْنُ جُنَادَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ ، عَنْ
عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ ، عَنِ
ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : كَانَ
عُمَرُ يَسْأَلُنِي مَعَ الأَكَابِرِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَكَانَ يَقُولُ : لا تَكَلَّمْ حَتَّى يَتَكَلَّمُوا . فَسَأَلَهُمْ عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ ، فَقَالَ : لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " اطْلُبُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ وِتْرًا " ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ قِصَّةَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ مَعَ عُمَرَ
Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to consult me along with the senior Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), and he used to say to me: "Do not speak until the elder Companions have spoken." So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked them about Laylat al-Qadr, and they said, "Surely you know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Seek Laylat al-Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten nights.'" Then he narrated the incident of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) with Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).
Hadith 2174
A narration similar to the above is reported from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), but in it are these words: "al-ab" refers to the grass and fodder which animals eat and humans do not eat.