47/85. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 3351 — Laylatul Qadr and Its Sign
Regarding Surat Al-Qadr
Hadith About Laylatul Qadr on the 27th Night
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 3351
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 3351
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَبْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ، وَعَاصِمٍ، هُوَ ابْنُ بَهْدَلَةَ سَمِعَا زِرَّ بْنَ حُبَيْشٍ، وَزِرُّ بْنُ حُبَيْشٍ يُكْنَى أَبَا مَرْيَمَ يَقُولُ قُلْتُ لأُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ إِنَّ أَخَاكَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ مَنْ يَقُمِ الْحَوْلَ يُصِبْ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فَقَالَ يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهَا فِي الْعَشَرَةِ الأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ وَأَنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَلَكِنَّهُ أَرَادَ أَنْ لاَ يَتَّكِلَ النَّاسُ ثُمَّ حَلَفَ لاَ يَسْتَثْنِي أَنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ . قُلْتُ لَهُ بِأَىِّ شَيْءٍ تَقُولُ ذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ قَالَ بِالآيَةِ الَّتِي أَخْبَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَوْ بِالْعَلاَمَةِ أَنَّ الشَّمْسَ تَطْلُعُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لاَ شُعَاعَ لَهَا . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو وَائِلٍ شَقِيقُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ لاَ يَتَكَلَّمُ مَا دَامَ زِرُّ بْنُ حُبَيْشٍ جَالِسًا . قَالَ عَاصِمُ بْنُ بَهْدَلَةَ وَكَانَ زِرُّ بْنُ حُبَيْشٍ رَجُلاً فَصِيحًا وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ . حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ الْكُوفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ قَالَ مَرَّ رَجُلٌ عَلَى زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ وَهُوَ يُؤَذِّنُ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا مَرْيَمَ أَتُؤَذِّنُ إِنِّي لأَرْغَبُ بِكَ عَنِ الأَذَانِ . فَقَالَ زِرٌّ أَتَرْغَبُ عَنِ الأَذَانِ وَاللَّهِ لاَ أُكَلِّمُكَ أَبَدًا .
Zirr bin Hubaish Narrated from:
I Said To Ubayy Bin Ka’B: ‘Your Brother Abdullah Bin Mas’Ud Says: “Whoever Stands (In Voluntary Prayer) The Whole Year, Then He Will Have Reached The Night Of Al-Qadr.’” So He Said: ‘May Allah Forgive Abu Abdur-Rahman. He Knows That Is During The Last Ten (Nights) Of Ramadan, And That It Is The Night Of The Twenty-Seventh. But He Wanted The People To Not Rely Upon That.’ Then He Uttered An Oath, That Without Exception It Is On The Night Of The Twenty-Seventh.”He Said: “I Said To Him: ‘Why Is It That You Say That O Abu Al-Mindhir?’ He Said: “By The Sign Or Indication Which The Messenger Of Allah Informed Us Of: ‘That The Sun Rises On That Day Having No Beams With It.’”
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3351In-book reference : Book 47, Hadith 403English translation : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3351
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 3351
This hadith about Laylatul Qadr on the 27th night reports a discussion between Zirr bin Hubaish and Ubayy bin Ka’b. Zirr mentioned that Abdullah bin Mas’ud said whoever stands in prayer all year would reach Laylatul Qadr. Ubayy replied that Abdullah knew it was in the last ten nights of Ramadan and that it was the night of the twenty-seventh, but he wanted people not to rely only on that. Ubayy then swore it was the twenty-seventh night and gave the sign taught by the Messenger of Allah: the sun rises that morning without beams. The text teaches effort and attention to the last ten nights.
What we learn from this hadith
- Laylatul Qadr is mentioned here as being in the last ten nights of Ramadan.
- Ubayy bin Ka’b identified it as the twenty-seventh night in this narration.
- The sign mentioned is that the sun rises without beams that morning.
- The wording shows concern that people should not become lazy in worship.
