6/25. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 762a — The Twenty-Seventh Night of Ramadan
Encouragement to pray qiyam during Ramadan, which is Tarawih
Hadith About Laylatul Qadr on the Twenty-Seventh Night
Sahih Muslim : 762a
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 762a
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ الرَّازِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ زِرٍّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أُبَىَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ، يَقُولُ - وَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ مَنْ قَامَ السَّنَةَ أَصَابَ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ - فَقَالَ أُبَىٌّ وَاللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ إِنَّهَا لَفِي رَمَضَانَ - يَحْلِفُ مَا يَسْتَثْنِي - وَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ أَىُّ لَيْلَةٍ هِيَ . هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَنَا بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِقِيَامِهَا هِيَ لَيْلَةُ صَبِيحَةِ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَأَمَارَتُهَا أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ فِي صَبِيحَةِ يَوْمِهَا بَيْضَاءَ لاَ شُعَاعَ لَهَا .
Zirr Narrated from:
I heard from Ubayy b. Ka'b a statement made by 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud in which he said: He who gets up for prayer (every night) during the year will hit upon Lailat-ul-Qadr. Ubayy said: By Allah I there is no god but He, that (Lailat-ul-Qadr) is in Ramadhan (He swore without reservation: ) By Allah, I know the night; it is the night on which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to pray. It is that which precedes the morning of twenty-seventy and its indication is that the sun rises bright on that day without rays.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 762aIn-book reference : Book 6, Hadith 213USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 4, Hadith 1668
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 762a
This Hadith about Laylatul Qadr records a statement from Ubayy b. Ka'b. Zirr reported that Ubayy heard the statement of Abdullah b. Mas'ud that whoever prays every night in the year will hit upon Laylatul Qadr. Ubayy then swore that Laylatul Qadr is in Ramadan and said he knew the night. He identified it as the night before the morning of the twenty-seventh. He also mentioned that it was the night the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) commanded them to pray. The Hadith gives a sign: the sun rises bright the next morning without rays. The explanation should stay with this wording and not claim more than what the text says.
What we learn from this hadith
- Ubayy b. Ka'b stated that Laylatul Qadr is in Ramadan.
- He connected it with the night before the morning of the twenty-seventh.
- The report mentions a sign: the sun rises bright without rays.
