Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:9585 حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ ثنا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا أَبُو حَفْصٍ الْأَبَّارُ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ الْمُعْتَمِرِ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ ��َنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ قَالَ وَفَدْتُ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ فَلَقِيتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ حَدِّثْنِي فَإِنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ أُحِبُّ لُقْيَكَ وَمَا وَفَدْتُ إِلَّا لِلِقَائِكَ فَحَدِّثْنِي عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ فَإِنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ مَنْ يُقِمِ السَّنَةَ يُصِبْهَا أَوْ يُدْرِكْهَا فَقَالَ أُبَيٌّ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهَا فِي رَمَضَانَ وَلَكِنَّهُ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُعَمِّيَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَإِنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي حَدَّثَنَا بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَحَفِظْنَاهَا وَعَلِمْنَاهَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوَاصِلُهَا إِلَى السَّحَرِ فَإِذَا كَانَ قَبْلَهَا بِيَوْمٍ وَبَعْدَهَا بِيَوْمٍ صَعِدَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى الشَّمْسِ وَقَالَ «إِنَّهَا تَطْلُعُ الشَّمْسُ صَبِيحَتَهَا وَلَا شُعَاعَ لَهَا حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ»
English Translation
Zirr ibn Hubaysh said: 'I went to Uthman as a delegate. I met Ubayy ibn Ka'b and said: Tell me, for I have wanted to meet you. I came only to meet you. So tell me about Laylat al-Qadr, for Ibn Mas'ud says: Whoever stands throughout the year will find it or catch it.' Ubayy said: 'He knew it was in Ramadan, but he wanted to obscure it from you. It is the night of the twenty-seventh, by the sign the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) told us about. We memorized it and knew it. The Messenger of Allah used to stay up until suhur. On the day before it and the day after it, he would climb up and look at the sun and say: The sun rises on its morning without rays until it rises high.'