Hadith #241

Arabic Text

English Translation

'Affan narrated to us, Hammam narrated to us, Yahya ibn Abi Kathir narrated to us, Abu Salamah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf narrated to me, he said: I went to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (رضي الله عنه) and said: 'Will you not come out with us to the date palms so we can talk?' So he came out. He said: I said to him: 'Tell me what you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about Laylat al-Qadr.' He said: 'the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed i'tikaf during the first ten days of Ramadan, then during the middle ten. Then he raised his head and addressed the people. He said: I was seeking Laylat al-Qadr, and I was shown it in the first ten, then the middle ten. Then I was approached and told: It is in the last ten. Whoever observed i'tikaf with me, let him return for the last ten. I saw myself prostrating in water and mud. On the night of the twenty-first, the sky rained, and it leaked through the roof of the masjid onto the prayer spot of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I looked at him on the morning of the twenty-first, and his face was covered with water and mud.'