Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا شُجَاعُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الَّذِي كَانَ يَكُونُ فِي بَنِي دَالَانَ يَزِيدُ الْوَاسِطِيُّ عَنْ طَلْقِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَقْرَبٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ فَوَجَدْتُهُ عَلَى إِنْجَازٍ لَهُ يَعْنِي سَطْحًا فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فَصَعِدْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا لَكَ قُلْتَ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَبَّأَنَا أَنَّ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فِي النِّصْفِ مِنْ السَّبْعِ الْأَوَاخِرِ وَإِنَّ الشَّمْسَ تَطْلُعُ صَبِيحَتَهَا لَيْسَ لَهَا شُعَاعٌ قَالَ فَصَعِدْتُ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهَا فَقُلْتُ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ.
English Translation
Shuja' ibn al-Walid told us: Abu Khalid — who used to live among Banu Dalan, Yazid al-Wasiti — told us, from Talq ibn Habib, from Abu Aqrab al-Asadi, who said: I came to Abdullah ibn Mas'ud and found him upon a rooftop of his, and I heard him say, "Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth." So I climbed up to him and said, "O Abu Abdul Rahman, what is wrong with you, that you said 'Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth,' 'Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth'?" He said, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us that the Night of Decree is in the middle of the last seven nights, and that the sun rises on its morning without rays." He said, "So I climbed up and looked at it, and I said, 'Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth,' 'Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth.'"