Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ يَعْنِي شَيْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِي الْيَعْفُورِ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ عَنْ أَبِي عَقْرَبٍ قَالَ غَدَوْتُ إِلَى ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ذَاتَ غَدَاةٍ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَوَجَدْتُهُ فَوْقَ بَيْتِهِ جَالِسًا فَسَمِعْنَا صَوْتَهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَبَلَّغَ رَسُولُهُ فَقُلْنَا سَمِعْنَاكَ تَقُولُ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَبَلَّغَ رَسُولُهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فِي النِّصْفِ مِنْ السَّبْعِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ تَطْلُعُ الشَّمْسُ غَدَاتَئِذٍ صَافِيَةً لَيْسَ لَهَا شُعَاعٌ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهَا فَوَجَدْتُهَا كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَعْفُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ عَنْ أَبِي عَقْرَبٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ قَالَ غَدَوْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ.
English Translation
Abu al-Nadr told us, Abu Mu'awiyah - meaning Shayban - told us, from Abu al-Ya'fur, from Abu al-Salt, from Abu Aqrab, who said: "I went early one morning to Ibn Mas'ud in Ramadan, and I found him sitting on top of his house. We heard his voice saying: 'Allah has spoken the truth and His messenger has conveyed it.' We said: 'We heard you saying, \"Allah has spoken the truth and His messenger has conveyed it.\"' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: \"The Night of Decree is on one of the odd nights in the last seven of Ramadan; the sun rises that morning clear, without rays.\" I looked at it and found it as the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had said.'" Affan told us, Abu Awanah told us, Abu Ya'fur told us, from Abu al-Salt, from Abu Aqrab al-Asadi, who said: "I went early one morning to Abdullah ibn Mas'ud," and he mentioned something similar.