Hadith 31780

Chapter 40

باب 40

(40) باب فَضْلِ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَالْحَثِّ عَلَى طَلَبِهَا وَبَيَانِ مَحَلِّهَا وَأَرْجَى أَوْقَاتِ طَلَبِهَا

(40) Chapter: The virtue of Lailat Al-Qadr and the Exhortation to seek it; When it is and the most likely times to seek it
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وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ، عُمَرَ - رضى الله عنهما - عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " تَحَرَّوْا لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فِي السَّبْعِ الأَوَاخِرِ " .

Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:
Seek Lailat-ul-Qadr in the last week (of Ramadan).

Reference: Sahih Muslim 1165 b

In-book reference: Book 13, Hadith 268

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 6, Hadith 2618