Sahih Muslim Hadith 2774

English

[27741 217 – ( … ) It was narrated from Abü Nadrah, that Abü Sa'eed Al-IhudrI [may Allah be pleased with him] said: "The Messenger of Allah observed I'tikâf during the middle ten days of Ramadân, 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: '0 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 Ramadân, seek it on the ninth, the seventh and the fifth." I (Abfi Nadrah) said: "0 Abü 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."