It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Anis (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the last days of Ramadan. We said to him: O Messenger of Allah! When should we seek this blessed night? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Seek it on this very night. This conversation took place on the evening of the twenty-third night. A man said: O Messenger of Allah! Does this mean that among the remaining eight nights, the first night is Laylat al-Qadr? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is not the first among the remaining eight, but the first among the remaining seven. This month will not be a complete thirty days.

A companion narrates: He says, I looked at the moon on the morning of Laylat al-Qadr, and it appeared to me like half a platter. Abu Ishaq said: On the morning of the twenty-third night, the moon appears like this.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I went out at a time when the moon was rising, and it looked like half a tray. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Tonight is the Night of Qadr.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I was sleeping in the month of Ramadan when it was said to me in a dream that tonight is Laylat al-Qadr. I woke up drowsily and held onto the ropes of the tent of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When I came to him, he was performing prayer. It was the twenty-third night.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: How many days of this month have passed? We said: Twenty-two days have passed and eight remain. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No, no, rather twenty-two have passed and seven remain. Seek the Night of Qadr in this night; the month is of twenty-nine days.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Bilal bin Rabah (may Allah be pleased with him), the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The twenty-fourth night is the Night of Power.

Zar bin Hubaysh narrates that Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the companions discussed among themselves about the Night of Qadr. Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By the True Lord! I know which night it is. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us about it. It is the night of the twenty-seventh of the month of Ramadan. Its sign is that on its morning, when the sun rises, it has no rays. Salamah bin Kuhayl says that Zar informed him that he observed the sunrise throughout the entire month of Ramadan for three consecutive years and saw that indeed, on the morning of the twenty-seventh, when the sun rises and ascends, it has no rays, and its color is white.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: On the twenty-third night of Ramadan, we stood in prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) until the first third of the night, but then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I think that what you are seeking will come later. Then we stood with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the twenty-fifth night until half the night, but then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I think that the night you are searching for will be after this. So we stood with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the twenty-seventh night until morning, after which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent.

Zirr says: I said to Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him): Tell me about the Night of Qadr. Umm Abd's son, that is, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), says that whoever stands (in prayer) throughout the year will surely find that night. Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) said: May Allah have mercy on Abu Abdur Rahman, Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), he knows very well that this night is in the month of Ramadan and it is the twenty-seventh night. In fact, he concealed the determination of this night from the people so that they would not suffice with it (and abandon standing in prayer on the other nights). By Allah, Who sent down the Book upon Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), this night is the twenty-seventh night of Ramadan. I said to Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him): O Abu Mundhir! How did you come to know this? He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) told us a sign, then we counted it and remembered it well. By Allah, it is this very night. Zirr said: Sayyiduna Ubayy did not make any exception (he did not even say "insha'Allah"). I (Asim) said to Zirr: What is that sign? He said: It is that on the morning following the Night of Qadr, the sun appears like a flat dish, it has no rays, until it rises high.

Zar bin Hubaysh said: If it were not for these foolish people, I would put my finger in my ear and loudly announce that Laylat al-Qadr occurs after the first three nights of the last ten nights of Ramadan and before the last three nights. This was told to me by a person who cannot lie to me, and it was narrated to him by a being who also cannot speak falsely. I asked Abu Yusuf: Do they mean Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? He said: Yes, that is the case.