Arabic (Original)
«رَحِمَ اللهُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَمَا وَاللهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهَا فِي رَمَضَانَ وَلَكِنَّهُ كَرِهَ أَنْ يَتَّكِلُوا أَوْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ لَا يَتَّكِلُوا وَاللهِ إِنَّهَا لَفِي رَمَضَانَ وَإِنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ يَحْلِفُ وَلَا يَسْتَثْنِي» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَنَّى عَلِمْتَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ «بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي أَخْبَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ» قَالَ حَمَّادٌ فَقُلْتُ لِعَاصِمٍ مَا الْآيَةُ؟ قَالَ «تُصْبِحُ الشَّمْسُ صَبِيحَةَ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ لَيْسَ لَهَا شُعَاعُ مِثْلَ الطَّسْتِ حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ» الطبراني ٩٥٨١: عن
English Translation
'May Allah have mercy on Abu Abd al-Rahman. By Allah, he knew it was in Ramadan, but he disliked that they become complacent. By Allah, it is in Ramadan, and it is the night of the twenty-seventh - he swears without exception.' I said: 'O Abu al-Mundhir, how do you know that?' He said: 'By the sign that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) informed us of.' Hammad said: I asked Asim: What is the sign? He said: 'The sun rises on the morning of that night without rays, like a basin, until it rises high.'