Book 3: To search for the night of Qadr in the odd nights
Sahih al-Bukhari
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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