It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: O Messenger of Allah! If I find the Night of Qadr, which supplication should I make? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Make this supplication: "Allahumma innaka ‘afuwwun tuhibbul ‘afwa fa‘fu ‘anni." (O Allah! You are Forgiving, You love forgiveness, so forgive me.)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: O Messenger of Allah! Tell me about the Night of Qadr, is it in the month of Ramadan or in some other month? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is in the month of Ramadan. I said: Does this night remain as long as the Prophet of Allah is present in the world, and when he departs from this world, is it also taken away, or will it remain until the Day of Judgment? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No, it will remain until the Day of Judgment. I said: In which part of Ramadan does it occur? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Seek it in the first or last ten nights. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned various things, but in between, taking advantage of a momentary distraction due to your engagement, I suddenly asked: Which of these twenty nights could be the Night of Qadr? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Seek it in the last ten nights, now do not ask me any more questions after this. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) continued the conversation, and again, finding an opportunity and taking advantage of your momentary distraction due to engagement, I asked: O Messenger of Allah! By the right I have upon you, I ask you to tell me which of these ten nights is the Night of Qadr? Upon hearing this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) became so angry with me that since I had been in his company, he had never been so angry with me before. Nevertheless, then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: Seek it in the last seven nights, now do not ask any more questions after this.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) says: People would see various dreams and narrate them before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). One day, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I am hearing your dreams; they correspond to the last seven nights of Ramadan. Therefore, whoever among you wishes to seek Laylat al-Qadr should seek it in the last seven nights.

(Second chain) The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Seek the Night of Qadr in the last ten or the last nine nights.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, came towards the companions with such haste that seeing his urgency, we became anxious. When he, peace and blessings be upon him, reached us, he said: I was coming quickly to inform you about the Night of Qadr, but what I wanted to tell you was made to be forgotten on the way. Nevertheless, you should seek this night in the last ten nights of the month of Ramadan.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Seek the Night of Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadan. If you are unable to do so, then do not fall short in seeking it in the last seven nights.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubadah bin Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Night of Qadr is in the last ten nights of Ramadan. Whoever stands (in prayer) during these ten nights seeking reward, Allah Almighty will forgive his past and future sins. This night will be on the odd nights, that is, the twenty-first, twenty-third, twenty-fifth, twenty-seventh, or twenty-ninth. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: The sign of the Night of Qadr is that it is a clear and bright night, as if the moon is shining in it, it is extremely peaceful, there is neither cold nor heat in it, no star is thrown (i.e., shooting star) until morning, and when the sun rises in the morning, it has no rays, it is like the full moon, and on that day, when it rises, Satan does not come before it.

It is also narrated from Sayyiduna ‘Ubada bin Samit (may Allah be pleased with him), he says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us about the Night of Qadr: This night occurs in the month of Ramadan, so seek it in the last ten nights, and among these, in the odd nights, that is, the twenty-first, twenty-third, twenty-fifth, twenty-seventh, or the last night of Ramadan. Whoever stands (in prayer) during this night seeking reward, his past and future sins will be forgiven.

Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Seek this night in the last ten (nights), that is, when nine days or seven days or five days or three days remain of the month of Ramadan, or on the last night of this month.

Abdur Rahman says that the mention of Laylat al-Qadr was made in the presence of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: I will seek this night only in the last ten nights, because I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Seek it in the odd nights of the last ten nights. The practice of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was that during the first twenty days of Ramadan, he would pray according to his routine for the whole year, but when the last ten nights began, he would exert himself greatly in worship.