English translation
[2774] 217 - (...) It was narrated from Abû Naḍrah, that Abû Sa'eed Al-Khudrî [may Allâh be pleased with him] said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ observed I'tikâf during the middle ten days of Ramaḍân, seeking Lailat Al-Qadr 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-Qadr) 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-Qadr was shown to me, and I came out to tell you about it, but two men came disputing, and the Shaitân was with them, and I was caused to forget it. So seek it in the last ten nights of Ramaḍân, seek it on the ninth, the seventh and the fifth.'" I (Abû Naḍrah) said: "O Abû 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 the twenty-second, that 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."
Arabic text
217 - (1167) حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلَّادٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: اعْتَكَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعَشْرَ الْأَوْسَطَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ، يَلْتَمِسُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُبَانَ لَهُ، فَلَمَّا انْقَضَيْنَ أَمَرَ بِالْبِنَاءِ فَقُوِّضَ، ثُمَّ أُبِينَتْ لَهُ أَنَّهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ، فَأَمَرَ بِالْبِنَاءِ فَأُعِيدَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عَلَى النَّاسِ، فَقَالَ: «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ أُبِينَتْ لِي لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ، وَإِنِّي خَرَجْتُ لِأُخْبِرَكُمْ بِهَا، فَجَاءَ رَجُلَانِ يَحْتَقَّانِ مَعَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ، فَنُسِّيتُهَا، فَالْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ، الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي 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، فَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا ثِنْتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ وَهِيَ التَّاسِعَةُ، فَإِذَا مَضَتْ ثَلَاثٌ وَعِشْرُونَ، فَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا السَّابِعَةُ، فَإِذَا مَضَى خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ فَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا الْخَامِسَةُ» - وقَالَ ابْنُ خَلَّادٍ مَكَانَ يَحْتَقَّانِ: يَخْتَصِمَانِ -
