Hadith 793

حَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى الْكُوفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ زِرٍّ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ لِأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ : أَنَّى عَلِمْتَ أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ ، قَالَ : بَلَى ، أَخْبَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَنَّهَا لَيْلَةٌ صَبِيحَتُهَا تَطْلُعُ الشَّمْسُ لَيْسَ لَهَا شُعَاعٌ " فَعَدَدْنَا وَحَفِظْنَا ، وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّهَا فِي رَمَضَانَ وَأَنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَلَكِنْ كَرِهَ أَنْ يُخْبِرَكُمْ فَتَتَّكِلُوا . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
´Zirr said:` "I said to Ubayy bin Ka'b: 'O Abu Al-Mundhir! How do you know that it is the night of the twenty-seventh?' He said: 'Rather, the Messenger of Allah informed us that it is a night (after which) the sun rises without rays, so we counted and we remembered it. By Allah! Ibn Mas'ud learned that it is in Ramadan and that it is the nigh of the twenty-seventh, but he did not want to inform you lest you would depend on it."
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب الصيام عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 793
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (1247)
Hadith Takhrij «صحیح مسلم/المسافرین 25 (762) ، سنن ابی داود/ الصلاة 319 (1378) ( تحفة الأشراف : 18) ، مسند احمد (5/130، 131) (صحیح)»
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: From this hadith, it is understood that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not state that Laylat al-Qadr is definitely on the twenty-seventh night. However, the specific sign that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) mentioned was, according to the experience and observation of Ubayy ibn Ka'b (radi Allahu anhu), generally found on the morning following the twenty-seventh night. Therefore, he stated with complete certainty and conviction that Laylat al-Qadr is definitely on the twenty-seventh night. Some other Companions (radi Allahu anhum ajma'in), based on their own vision and observation, said the same regarding the twenty-first or twenty-third night. For example, Abdullah ibn Unais (radi Allahu anhu) used to come to the Prophet's Mosque for worship only on the twenty-third night.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 2777