English translation
792. 'Aishah narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would Yujāwir (stay in I'tikāf) during the last ten (nights) of Ramaḍān, and he said: 'Seek the Night of Al-Qadr during the last ten (nights) of Ramaḍān.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
There are narrations on this topic from 'Umar, Ubayy bin Ka'b, Jābir bin Samurah, Jābir bin 'Abdullāh, Ibn 'Umar, Al-Falātān Ibn 'Ašim, Anas, Abū Sa'eed, 'Abdullāh bin Unais (Az-Zubairī), Abū Bakrah, Ibn 'Abbās, Bilāl, 'Ubādah bin Aš-Ṣāmiṭ.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of 'Aishah is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth, and the statement: Yujāwir means to stay in I'tikāf. Most of the
narrations from the Prophet ﷺ say: "Search (Iltamisū) for it during the last ten on every odd (night)." It has been reported from the Prophet ﷺ that the Night of Al-Qadr is the twenty-first night; the twenty-third night; and the twenty-fifth night; the twenty-seventh night; the twenty-ninth night; and that it is the last night of Ramaḍān.
(Abū 'Eisā said:) Ash-Shāfī'ī said: "To me, and Allāh knows best, it is as if the Prophet ﷺ would be asked about as it is (now) asked about. It would be said to him: 'We search for it on this night.' So he would say: 'Search for it on this night.'" Ash-Shāfī'ī said: "The strongest narration to me is the one that mentions the twenty-first night."
Abū 'Eisā said: It has been reported that Ubayy bin Ka'b would take an oath that it was the twenty-seventh night, and he said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ informed us of its signs, so we counted and preserved it." (Sahih)
And it has been reported that Abū Qilābah said: "The Night of Al-Qadr fluctuates between the last ten." 'Abd bin Humaid informed us of that; 'Abdur-Razzāq narrated to us from Ma'mar, from Ayyūb, from Abū Qilābah. (Sahih)
Arabic text
٧٩٢ - حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُجَاوِرُ» فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ وَيَقُولُ: تَحَرَّوْا لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ.
وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عُمَرَ وَأُبَيٍّ وَجَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ وَجَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ وَالْفَلَتَانِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ وَأَنَسٍ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ وَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أُنَيْسٍ
وَأَبِي بَكْرَةَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَبِلَالٍ وَعُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ.
حَدِيثُ عَائِشَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
وَقَوْلُهَا يُجَاوِرُ يَعْنِي يَعْتَكِفُ، وَأَكْثَرُ الرِّوَايَاتِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ فِي كُلِّ وِتْرٍ.
وَرُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ أَنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ وَلَيْلَةُ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَخَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَتِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَآخِرُ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ.
قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ: كَأَنَّ هَذَا عِنْدِي - وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ - أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُجِيبُ عَلَى نَحْوِ مَا يُسْأَلُ عَنْهُ، يُقَالُ لَهُ: نَلْتَمِسُهَا فِي لَيْلَةِ كَذَا؟ فَيَقُولُ: الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي لَيْلَةِ كَذَا.
قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ: وَأَقْوَى الرِّوَايَاتِ عِنْدِي فِيهَا لَيْلَةُ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ.
وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَحْلِفُ أَنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ، وَيَقُولُ: أَخْبَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِعَلَامَتِهَا فَعَدَدْنَا وَحَفِظْنَا.
٧٩٢ (م) - وَرُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ تَنْتَقِلُ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ».
حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ بِهَذَا.
