Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrate: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Allah Almighty waits, until when one third of the night has passed, our Lord descends towards the sky of the world. Our Lord says: Is there anyone seeking forgiveness? Is there anyone repenting? Is there anyone asking? Is there anyone supplicating? (The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:) This continues until the true dawn.

(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) Imam Malik has narrated from Zuhri, as we have mentioned, that when one third of the night remains, Allah Almighty descends. And in the narration transmitted by Abu Ishaq from Al-Agharr, it is mentioned that He descends until one third of the night has passed. So, there is a possibility in this that in some nights He descends when one third of the night remains, and in some nights He descends when the initial one third of the night has passed. In this way, there will be no difference or contradiction between the two narrations.