Book 32: The Excellence of the Night of Decree
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2014
Ali bin Abdullah (al-Madini) related to us that Sufyan (bin Uyainah) told us; he said: We remember this, that is, he remembered it having heard it from Az-Zuhri. Az-Zuhri narrated from Abu Salamah, he from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), and Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) from the Prophet (saw). He said: “Whoever, in the spirit of faith and seeking the pleasure of Allah, fasts in the month of Ramadan, the sins he has committed before will be forgiven; and whoever, in the fervour of faith and seeking the pleasure of Allah, rises at night in Lailat-ul-Qadr, the sins he has committed before will be forgiven.” Like Sufyan, Sulaiman bin Kathir also narrated it from Az-Zuhri.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2015
Abdullah bin Yusuf related to us that Malik informed us. He narrated from Nafi', and Nafi' from Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra), that several of the Companions of the Prophet (saw) were shown Lailat-ul-Qadr in dreams in the last seven nights. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “I see that your dreams agree with one another concerning the last seven nights. So whoever is seeking it should seek it in the last seven nights.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2016
Mu'adh bin Fadalah related to us that Hisham told us. He narrated from Yahya (bin Abi Kathir), and Yahya from Abu Salamah, that he said: I asked Hazrat Abu Sa'id (al-Khudri) (ra), who was a friend of mine, and he said: We sat in I'tikaf with the Prophet (saw) in the middle ten days of Ramadan. Then on the morning of the twentieth fast he came out (of I'tikaf), addressed us and said: “I was shown Lailat-ul-Qadr, then I was made to forget it.” (The narrator says that the Holy Prophet (saw) used the word unsituha or nussituha.) “So seek it in the odd nights of the last ten. I saw that I was prostrating in water and mud. So whoever has sat in I'tikaf with the Messenger of Allah (saw) should return.” So we returned, and we could not see even a patch of cloud in the sky, when a cloud came and began to rain. It rained so much that the roof of the mosque began to leak, and it was made of palm branches. The Iqamah was called for the Prayer, and I saw the Messenger of Allah (saw) prostrating in water and mud, until I saw the trace of mud on his forehead.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2017
Qutaibah bin Sa'id related to us that Isma'il bin Ja'far told us that Abu Suhail told us, narrating from his father (Malik bin Abi Amir), that it is narrated from Hazrat Aishah (ra) that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Seek Lailat-ul-Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadan.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2018
Ibrahim bin Hamzah related to us; he said: (Abdul Aziz) bin Abi Hazim and (Abdul Aziz) ad-Darawardi also told me. They narrated from Yazid (bin al-Had), Yazid from Muhammad bin Ibrahim, he from Abu Salamah, and he from Hazrat Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (ra), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) used to sit in I'tikaf in the ten days of Ramadan that are in the middle of the month. When twenty nights had passed and it was the hour of evening and the twenty-first night began, he would return to his house, and those (Companions) who were with him in I'tikaf would also return. In one Ramadan it happened that on the night on which he used to return, he remained in I'tikaf, addressed the people and told them what Allah willed. Then he said: “I used to observe I'tikaf in these ten days. Then it became known to me that I should observe I'tikaf in these last ten days. So whoever has observed I'tikaf with me should remain in his I'tikaf. Tonight I was shown Lailat-ul-Qadr, then I was made to forget it. So now seek it in the last ten days and look for it in every odd night. And I saw myself prostrating in water and mud.” That night it rained, so that the roof of the mosque leaked at the place where the Messenger of Allah (saw) prayed. This happened on the twenty-first night, which my eyes witnessed. I saw him returning in the morning, and his face was covered with mud and earth.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2019
Muhammad bin Muthanna related to us that Yahya (al-Qattan) told us that it is narrated from Hisham (bin Urwah). He said: My father informed me. He narrated from Hazrat Aishah (ra), and Hazrat Aishah (ra) from the Prophet (saw), that he said: “Seek (Lailat-ul-Qadr).”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2020
Likewise Muhammad (bin Sallam) related to me that Abdah (bin Sulaiman) informed us. He narrated from Hisham bin Urwah, he from his father, and his father from Hazrat Aishah (ra). She used to say that the Messenger of Allah (saw) used to go into seclusion in the mosque (that is, sit in I'tikaf) in the last ten days of Ramadan and would say: “Seek Lailat-ul-Qadr in the last ten days of Ramadan.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2021
Musa bin Isma'il (at-Tabudhaki) related to us that Wuhaib (bin Khalid) told us that Ayyub (as-Sakhtiyani) related to us. He narrated from Ikrimah, and he from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra), that the Prophet (saw) said: “Seek it, that is, Lailat-ul-Qadr, in the last ten days of Ramadan: on the night when nine remain, on the night when seven remain, on the night when five remain.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2022
Abdullah bin Abi al-Aswad related to us that Abdul Wahid (bin Ziyad) told us that Asim (bin Sulaiman) related to us. He narrated from Abu Mijlaz (Lahiq bin Humaid) and Ikrimah. Both of them said that Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra) said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “It is in the last ten days, when nine nights have passed or when seven nights remain.” Abdul Wahhab reported from Ayyub and Khalid that it is narrated from Ikrimah. He narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra): “Seek it on the twenty-fourth night,” that is, Lailat-ul-Qadr.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2023
Muhammad bin Muthanna related to me that Khalid bin Harith told me. Humaid (at-Tawil) related to us. Hazrat Anas (ra) told us, narrating from Hazrat Ubadah bin Samit (ra). He said: The Prophet (saw) came out to tell us about Lailat-ul-Qadr, and two men among the Muslims were reviling each other. He said: “I came out to inform you about Lailat-ul-Qadr, but so-and-so and so-and-so were quarrelling with each other, so (the knowledge of it) was taken up (from my mind), and it may be that this is better for you. So seek it on the ninth, the seventh and the fifth (night).”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2024
Ali bin Abdullah (al-Madini) related to us that (Sufyan) bin Uyainah told us. He narrated from Abu Ya'fur (Abdur Rahman), he from Abu ad-Duha, Abu ad-Duha from Masruq, and Masruq from Hazrat Aishah (ra), that she said: When the last ten days of Ramadan began, the Prophet (saw) would tighten his waist wrapper, stay awake the whole night and also wake his family.
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