Hadith 271

Sahih Muslim

Book 13: The Book of Fasting

Chapter 40

The virtue of Lailat Al-Qadr and the Exhortation to seek it; When it is and the most likely times to seek it

باب فَضْلِ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَالْحَثِّ عَلَى طَلَبِهَا وَبَيَانِ مَحَلِّهَا وَأَرْجَى أَوْقَاتِ طَلَبِهَا

Sahih Muslim 1165e
وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ حُرَيْثٍ - قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، - رضى الله عنهما - يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ - يَعْنِي لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ - فَإِنْ ضَعُفَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَوْ عَجَزَ فَلاَ يُغْلَبَنَّ عَلَى السَّبْعِ الْبَوَاقِي ‏"
Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

Seek it (Lailat-ul-Qadr) in the last (ten nights). If one among you shows slackness and weakness (in the earlier part of Ramadan), it should not be allowed to prevail upon him in the last week.

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

ibn Umar

عبد الله بن عمر بن الخطاب

2,679 narrations

follower
2

'Uqba bin Hryth al-Tghlby

عقبة بن حريث التغلبي الكوفي

5 narrations

successor
3

Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj

شعبة بن الحجاج

2,461 narrations

successor
4

Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Abi Kathir

محمد بن جعفر بن أبي كثير

701 narrations

3rd Generation
5

Muhammad bin al-Muthna - al-Zaman -

محمد بن المثنى أبو موسى الزمن

1,116 narrations