It was narrated that Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri [may Allah be pleased them] said: “The Messenger of Allah (SAW) used to observe I’tikaf during Ramadan during the middle ten days…” and he quoted a similar Hadith (as no.2769), except that he said: “Let him stay in his place of I’tikaf.” And he said: “His forehead was streaked with mud and water.”

وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِى عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ - يَعْنِى الدَّرَاوَرْدِىَّ - عَنْ يَزِيدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِى سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِى سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِىِّ - رضى الله عنه - أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يُجَاوِرُ فِى رَمَضَانَ الْعَشْرَ الَّتِى فِى وَسَطِ الشَّهْرِ. وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ بِمِثْلِهِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ « فَلْيَثْبُتْ فِى مُعْتَكَفِهِ ». وَقَالَ وَجَبِينُهُ مُمْتَلِئًا طِينًا وَمَاءً.

It was narrated that Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri [may Allah be pleased with them] said: “The Messenger of Allah (SAW) observed I’tikaf during the first ten days of Ramadan, then he observed I’tikaf during the middle ten days, in a Turkish tent that had a reed mat over the door. He took hold of the mat and put it in the corner of the tent, then he put his head out and spoke to the people, who drew close to him. He said: ‘I observed I’tikaf during the first ten days, seeking this night, then I observed I’tikaf during the middle ten. Then someone came to me and I was told that it is in the last ten nights, so whoever among you wants to observe I’tikaf, let him do so.’ So the people observed I’tikaf with him. And he said: ‘I was shown that it is an odd-numbered night, and that I was prostrating the following morning in mud and water.’ On the morning of the twenty-first, when he got up to pray Subh, it had rained and the Masjid had leaked. When he came out after praying Subh, there was water and mud on his forehead and on the tip of his nose, and that was the night of the twenty-first, one of the last ten nights.”

وَحَدَّثَنِى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ بْنُ غَزِيَّةَ الأَنْصَارِىُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِى سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِى سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِىِّ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- اعْتَكَفَ الْعَشْرَ الأَوَّلَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفَ الْعَشْرَ الأَوْسَطَ فِى قُبَّةٍ تُرْكِيَّةٍ عَلَى سُدَّتِهَا حَصِيرٌ - قَالَ - فَأَخَذَ الْحَصِيرَ بِيَدِهِ فَنَحَّاهَا فِى نَاحِيَةِ الْقُبَّةِ ثُمَّ أَطْلَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَكَلَّمَ النَّاسَ فَدَنَوْا مِنْهُ فَقَالَ « إِنِّى اعْتَكَفْتُ الْعَشْرَ الأَوَّلَ أَلْتَمِسُ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفْتُ الْعَشْرَ الأَوْسَطَ ثُمَّ أُتِيتُ فَقِيلَ لِى إِنَّهَا فِى الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ فَمَنْ أَحَبَّ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ فَلْيَعْتَكِفْ ». فَاعْتَكَفَ النَّاسُ مَعَهُ قَالَ « وَإِنِّى أُرِيتُهَا لَيْلَةَ وِتْرٍ وَأَنِّى أَسْجُدُ صَبِيحَتَهَا فِى طِينٍ وَمَاءٍ ». فَأَصْبَحَ مِنْ لَيْلَةِ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ وَقَدْ قَامَ إِلَى الصُّبْحِ فَمَطَرَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَوَكَفَ الْمَسْجِدُ فَأَبْصَرْتُ الطِّينَ وَالْمَاءَ فَخَرَجَ حِينَ فَرَغَ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الصُّبْحِ وَجَبِينُهُ وَرَوْثَةُ أَنْفِهِ فِيهِمَا الطِّينُ وَالْمَاءُ وَإِذَا هِىَ لَيْلَةُ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ.

It was narrated that Abu Salamah said: “We were talking about Lailat Al-Qadar, so I went to Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri [may Allah be pleased with them], who was a friend of mine, and said: ‘Let’s go out to the palm trees.’ So he came out, wearing a khamisah, and I said to him: “Did you hear the Messenger of Allah (SAW) mention Lailat Al-Qadar?” He said: “Yes; we observed I’tikaf with the Messenger of Allah (SAW) during the middle ten days of Ramadan, and we came out on the morning of the twentieth. The Messenger of Allah (SAW) addressed us and said: ‘I was shown Lailat Al-Qadar but I forgot it’ – or ‘I was caused to forget it, so seek it in the last ten nights, on the odd-numbered nights. And I saw that I was prostrating in water and mud, so whoever was observing I’tikaf with the Messenger of Allah (SAW), let him go back.’ So we went back and we did not see any clouds in the sky, then a cloud came and it rained, until the roof of the Masjid, which was made of palm branches, flowed with water. 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.”

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِى سَلَمَةَ قَالَ تَذَاكَرْنَا لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِىَّ - رضى الله عنه - وَكَانَ لِى صَدِيقًا فَقُلْتُ أَلاَ تَخْرُجُ بِنَا إِلَى النَّخْلِ فَخَرَجَ وَعَلَيْهِ خَمِيصَةٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يَذْكُرُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ اعْتَكَفْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- الْعَشْرَ الْوُسْطَى مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فَخَرَجْنَا صَبِيحَةَ عِشْرِينَ فَخَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَقَالَ « إِنِّى أُرِيتُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ وَإِنِّى نَسِيتُهَا - أَوْ أُنْسِيتُهَا - فَالْتَمِسُوهَا فِى الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ كُلِّ وِتْرٍ وَإِنِّى أُرِيتُ أَنِّى أَسْجُدُ فِى مَاءٍ وَطِينٍ فَمَنْ كَانَ اعْتَكَفَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَلْيَرْجِعْ ». قَالَ فَرَجَعْنَا وَمَا نَرَى فِى السَّمَاءِ قَزَعَةً قَالَ وَجَاءَتْ سَحَابَةٌ فَمُطِرْنَا حَتَّى سَالَ سَقْفُ الْمَسْجِدِ وَكَانَ مِنْ جَرِيدِ النَّخْلِ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يَسْجُدُ فِى الْمَاءِ وَالطِّينِ قَالَ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ أَثَرَ الطِّينِ فِى جَبْهَتِهِ.

A similar report (as no. 2772) was narrated from Yahya bin Abi Kathir with this chain. In their Hadith it says: “I saw the Messenger of Allah (SAW) when he had finished (praying) and on his forehead and the tip of his nose there were traces of mud.”

وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّارِمِىُّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِىُّ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِى كَثِيرٍ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ. نَحْوَهُ وَفِى حَدِيثِهِمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- حِينَ انْصَرَفَ وَعَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ وَأَرْنَبَتِهِ أَثَرُ الطِّينِ.

It was narrated from Abu Nadrah, that Abu Sa’eed Al-khudri [may Allah be pleased with him] said: “The Messenger of Allah (SAW) observed I’tikaf during the middle ten days of Ramadan, seeking Lailat Al-Qadar before it was shown to him. When they were over, he ordered that the tent be taken down, then he was shown that it (Lailat Al-Qadar) was in the last ten nights, so he ordered that the tent be put back, then he came out to the people and said: ‘O people, Lailat Al-Qadar was shown to me, and I came out to tell you about it, but two men came disputing, and the Shaitan was with them, and I was caused to forget it. So seek it in the last ten nights of Ramadan, seek it on the ninth, the seventh and the fifth.”’ I (Abu Nadrah) said: “O Abu Sa’eed, you know more about numbers than I do.” He said: “Yes we are bound to.” I said: “What are the ninth, the seventh and the fifth?” He said: “when twenty-one nights have passed and the next night is twenty-second, that it is the ninth. When twenty-three have passed, the next night is the seventh. And when twenty-five have passed, the next night is the fifth.”

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلاَّدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ أَبِى نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِى سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِىِّ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ اعْتَكَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- الْعَشْرَ الأَوْسَطَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ يَلْتَمِسُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُبَانَ لَهُ فَلَمَّا انْقَضَيْنَ أَمَرَ بِالْبِنَاءِ فَقُوِّضَ ثُمَّ أُبِينَتْ لَهُ أَنَّهَا فِى الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ فَأَمَرَ بِالْبِنَاءِ فَأُعِيدَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ « يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ أُبِينَتْ لِى لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ وَإِنِّى خَرَجْتُ لأُخْبِرَكُمْ بِهَا فَجَاءَ رَجُلاَنِ يَحْتَقَّانِ مَعَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ فَنُسِّيتُهَا فَالْتَمِسُوهَا فِى الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ الْتَمِسُوهَا فِى التَّاسِعَةِ وَالسَّابِعَةِ وَالْخَامِسَةِ ». قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ إِنَّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِالْعَدَدِ مِنَّا.قَالَ أَجَلْ. نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِذَلِكَ مِنْكُمْ. قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا التَّاسِعَةُ وَالسَّابِعَةُ وَالْخَامِسَةُ قَالَ إِذَا مَضَتْ وَاحِدَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ فَالَّتِى تَلِيهَا ثِنْتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ وَهْىَ التَّاسِعَةُ فَإِذَا مَضَتْ ثَلاَثٌ وَعِشْرُونَ فَالَّتِى تَلِيهَا السَّابِعَةُ فَإِذَا مَضَى خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ فَالَّتِى تَلِيهَا الْخَامِسَةُ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ خَلاَّدٍ مَكَانَ يَحْتَقَّانِ يَخْتَصِمَانِ.

It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin Unias that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: ‘I was shown Lailat Al-Qadar then I was caused to forget it, but I was shown that on the (following) morning I would be prostrating in water and mud.” It rained on the night of the twenty-third, and the messenger of Allah (SAW) led us in prayer; when he finished, the traces of water and mud were on his forehead and nose.Busr (a narrator) said: “’Abdullah bin Unais used to say: “The twenty-third.”’

وَحَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الأَشْعَثِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْكِنْدِىُّ وَعَلِىُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ حَدَّثَنِى الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ - وَقَالَ ابْنُ خَشْرَمٍ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ - عَنْ أَبِى النَّضْرِ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُنَيْسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَالَ « أُرِيتُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ ثُمَّ أُنْسِيتُهَا وَأَرَانِى صُبْحَهَا أَسْجُدُ فِى مَاءٍ وَطِينٍ ». قَالَ فَمُطِرْنَا لَيْلَةَ ثَلاَثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَصَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَانْصَرَفَ وَإِنَّ أَثَرَ الْمَاءِ وَالطِّينِ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ وَأَنْفِهِ. قَالَ وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُنَيْسٍ يَقُولُ ثَلاَثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ.

Zirr bin Hubaish said: “I asked Ubayy bin ka’b [may Allah be pleased with them]: ‘Your brother Ibn Mas’ud says that whoever prays Qiyam (night prayers) all year, he will find Lailat Al-Qadar.’ He said: ‘May Allah have mercy on him, he intended that the people should not rely (on just one night). But he knew that it is in Ramadan, and that it is in the last ten nights, and that it is the night of the twenty-seventh.’ Then he swore unequivocally that it is the twenty-seventh. I said: ‘On what basis do you say that, O Abu Al-Mundhir?’ He said: ‘By the sign of which the Messenger of Allah (SAW) told us: “On that day the sun rises with no rays.”

وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ وَابْنُ أَبِى عُمَرَ كِلاَهُمَا عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ - قَالَ ابْنُ حَاتِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ - عَنْ عَبْدَةَ وَعَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِى النَّجُودِ سَمِعَا زِرَّ بْنَ حُبَيْشٍ يَقُولُ سَأَلْتُ أُبَىَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ - رضى الله عنه - فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ أَخَاكَ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ مَنْ يَقُمِ الْحَوْلَ يُصِبْ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ. فَقَالَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ أَرَادَ أَنْ لاَ يَتَّكِلَ النَّاسُ أَمَا إِنَّهُ قَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهَا فِى رَمَضَانَ وَأَنَّهَا فِى الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ وَأَنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ. ثُمَّ حَلَفَ لاَ يَسْتَثْنِى أَنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَقُلْتُ بِأَىِّ شَىْءٍ تَقُولُ ذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ قَالَ بِالْعَلاَمَةِ أَوْ بِالآيَةِ الَّتِى أَخْبَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- أَنَّهَا تَطْلُعُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لاَ شُعَاعَ لَهَا.

It was narrated that Ubayy bin ka’b [may Allah be pleased with them] said concerning Lailat Al-Qadar: “By Allah, I know it” – (one of the narrators) Shu’bah said: “To the best of my knowledge” – “it is the night which the Messenger of Allah (SAW) commanded us to spend in prayer, it is the night of the twenty-seventh.”Shu’bah was uncertain about this phrase: “It is the night which the Messenger of Allah (SAW) commanded us (to spend in prayer).” He said: “A friend of mine narrated it to me from him.”

وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَةَ بْنَ أَبِى لُبَابَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ قَالَ أُبَىٌّ فِى لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّى لأَعْلَمُهَا - قَالَ شُعْبَةُ وَأَكْبَرُ عِلْمِى - هِىَ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِى أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- بِقِيَامِهَا هِىَ لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ. وَإِنَّمَا شَكَّ شُعْبَةُ فِى هَذَا الْحَرْفِ هِىَ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِى أَمَرَنَا بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم-. قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِى بِهَا صَاحِبٌ لِى عَنْهُ.

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah [may Allah be pleased with them] said: “We are talking about Lailat Al-Qadar in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (SAW), and he said: ‘Who among you remembers when the moon rose looking like a part of a bowl?”’

وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ وَابْنُ أَبِى عُمَرَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ - وَهُوَ الْفَزَارِىُّ - عَنْ يَزِيدَ - وَهُوَ ابْنُ كَيْسَانَ - عَنْ أَبِى حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِى هُرَيْرَةَ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ تَذَاكَرْنَا لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَقَالَ « أَيُّكُمْ يَذْكُرُ حِينَ طَلَعَ الْقَمَرُ وَهُوَ مِثْلُ شِقِّ جَفْنَةٍ ».