Hadith on Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions About Ramadan: When The Twenty-First Night Passes, The Night Which Follows It Is The Night; When The Twenty-Third Night Passes, The Night Which Follows It Is The Seventh; When The Twenty-Fifth Passes, The Night Which Follows It Is The Fifth

Sunan Abi Dawud 1383 (Book 6, Hadith 13) #21675

Seeking Laylat al-Qadr in Ramadan

SUMMARY: This hadith explains the importance of seeking Laylat al-Qadr in the last ten days of Ramadan, specifically on the ninth, seventh and fifth night.

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: The Prophet ﷺ said: Seek it (laylat al-Qadr) in the last ten days of Ramadan. Seek it on the ninth, seventh and fifth night. I (AbuNadrah) said: You know counting better than us, AbuSa'id. He said: Yes. I asked: What do you mean by the ninth, seventh and fifth night? He said: When the twenty-first night passes, the night which follows it is the night; when the twenty-third night passes, the night which follows it is the seventh; when the twenty-fifth passes, the night which follows it is the fifth. Abu Dawud said: I do not know whether anything remained hidden from me or not.

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ‏ "‏ الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ وَالْتَمِسُوهَا فِي التَّاسِعَةِ وَالسَّابِعَةِ وَالْخَامِسَةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ إِنَّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِالْعَدَدِ مِنَّا ‏.‏ قَالَ أَجَلْ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ مَا التَّاسِعَةُ وَالسَّابِعَةُ وَالْخَامِسَةُ قَالَ إِذَا مَضَتْ وَاحِدَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ فَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا التَّاسِعَةُ وَإِذَا مَضَى ثَلاَثٌ وَعِشْرُونَ فَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا السَّابِعَةُ وَإِذَا مَضَى خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ فَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا الْخَامِسَةُ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ لاَ أَدْرِي أَخَفِيَ عَلَىَّ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ أَمْ لاَ

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QUICK LESSONS:

Seek Laylat al-Qadr in the last ten days of Ramadan on recommended nights such as 9th , 7th and 5 th .

EXPLANATIONS:

This hadith is about seeking Laylat al-Qadr which is one of the most important nights in Islam. It is a night that has more blessings than a thousand months and it falls during the last ten days of Ramadan. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) advised us to seek this night on the ninth, seventh and fifth nights after twenty first, twenty third and twenty fifth respectively. It is important to note that these are only guidelines as no one knows exactly when this blessed night will occur.

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