Musnad Ahmad 21499

Translation

✧ I asked Abu Dharr; I said: Did you ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the Night of Decree? He said: I was the one who asked people about it! He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me about the Night of Decree: is it in Ramadan or in another month? He said: 'Rather, it is in Ramadan.' He said: I said: Does it occur with the prophets as long as they live, and when they are taken it is lifted, or does it remain until the Day of Resurrection? He said: 'Rather, it remains until the Day of Resurrection.' He said: I said: In which part of Ramadan is it? He said: 'Seek it in the first ten and the last ten.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke and spoke, and then I seized upon his inattention; I said: In which of the twenties is it? He said: 'Seek it in the last ten; do not ask me about anything after this.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke and spoke, and then I seized upon his inattention and said: O Messenger of Allah, I adjure you by my right upon you to tell me in which of the ten it is. He became angry with me such as he had never become angry since I accompanied him - or accompanied him, a word like that - and said: 'Seek it in the last seven; do not ask me about anything after this.'

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