While al-Kafartabi was in attendance, ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿUthman al-Muʿaddal informed us; Khaythamah ibn Sulayman ibn Hidayrah likewise informed us; al-ʿAbbas ibn al-Walid in Beirut conveyed it to us; Muhammad ibn Shuʿayb related it; Dawud ibn al-Zibrqan told me; Saʿid ibn Abi ʿArubah narrated to us, from Khalid ibn Abi Khalid, from Abu Ishaq al-Hamdani, from al-Harith, from ʿAli:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I have absolved you of the alms due on horses and on slaves.” (1)

I read this before Taj al-Din ʿAli ibn Ahmad al-ʿAlawi; Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Qatiʿi relayed it to you; Muhammad ibn ʿUbayd Allah informed us; Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Zaynabi informed us; Abu Tahir al-Mukhlis narrated to us; Yahya ibn Muhammad related it; al-ʿAbbas ibn al-Walid ibn Mazid al-ʿUdhri transmitted it; my father informed me, saying: I heard al-Awzaʿi declare, “ʿAbdah ibn Abi Lubabah narrated to me; Zir ibn Hubaysh narrated to us; I heard Ubayy ibn Kaʿb, when he learned that Ibn Masʿud was saying, ‘Whoever stands in prayer throughout the whole year will inevitably coincide with Laylat al-Qadr (the Night of Decree),’ respond:

‘By Allah, besides whom there is no god, it is most certainly in Ramadan,’—and he swore to that three times. Then he added, ‘By Allah, besides whom there is no god, I do indeed know which night it is. It is the night the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to observe—the night following the twenty-seventh day—and its sign is that the sun rises the next morning without rays.’” (2)

This narration was recorded by Muslim, Abu Dawud, and al-Nasa’i through several routes; Muslim also transmitted it from