(40) باب ذِكْرِ اخْتِلاَفِ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ وَالنَّضْرِ بْنِ شَيْبَانَ فِيهِ
It was narrated that Abu Salamah bin 'Abdur-Rahman said:
"Abu Hurairah told me that the Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever spends the nights of Ramadan in prayer (Qiyam) out of faith and in the hope of reward, he will be forgiven his previous sins, and whoever spends the night of Lailat Al-Qadr in prayer out of faith and in the hope of reward, he will be forgiven his previous sins."'
Reference: Sunan an-Nasa'i 2206
In-book reference: Book 22, Hadith 117
English translation: Vol. 3, Book 22, Hadith 2208