Sahih Muslim Book - 13, Hadith - 2772

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِى سَلَمَةَ قَالَ تَذَاكَرْنَا لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِىَّ - رضى الله عنه - وَكَانَ لِى صَدِيقًا فَقُلْتُ أَلاَ تَخْرُجُ بِنَا إِلَى النَّخْلِ فَخَرَجَ وَعَلَيْهِ خَمِيصَةٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يَذْكُرُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ اعْتَكَفْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- الْعَشْرَ الْوُسْطَى مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فَخَرَجْنَا صَبِيحَةَ عِشْرِينَ فَخَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَقَالَ « إِنِّى أُرِيتُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ وَإِنِّى نَسِيتُهَا - أَوْ أُنْسِيتُهَا - فَالْتَمِسُوهَا فِى الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ كُلِّ وِتْرٍ وَإِنِّى أُرِيتُ أَنِّى أَسْجُدُ فِى مَاءٍ وَطِينٍ فَمَنْ كَانَ اعْتَكَفَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَلْيَرْجِعْ ». قَالَ فَرَجَعْنَا وَمَا نَرَى فِى السَّمَاءِ قَزَعَةً قَالَ وَجَاءَتْ سَحَابَةٌ فَمُطِرْنَا حَتَّى سَالَ سَقْفُ الْمَسْجِدِ وَكَانَ مِنْ جَرِيدِ النَّخْلِ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يَسْجُدُ فِى الْمَاءِ وَالطِّينِ قَالَ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ أَثَرَ الطِّينِ فِى جَبْهَتِهِ.

It was narrated that Abu Salamah said: “We were talking about Lailat Al-Qadar, so I went to Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri [may Allah be pleased with them], who was a friend of mine, and said: ‘Let’s go out to the palm trees.’ So he came out, wearing a khamisah, and I said to him: “Did you hear the Messenger of Allah (SAW) mention Lailat Al-Qadar?” He said: “Yes; we observed I’tikaf with the Messenger of Allah (SAW) during the middle ten days of Ramadan, and we came out on the morning of the twentieth. The Messenger of Allah (SAW) addressed us and said: ‘I was shown Lailat Al-Qadar but I forgot it’ – or ‘I was caused to forget it, so seek it in the last ten nights, on the odd-numbered nights. And I saw that I was prostrating in water and mud, so whoever was observing I’tikaf with the Messenger of Allah (SAW), let him go back.’ So we went back and we did not see any clouds in the sky, then a cloud came and it rained, until the roof of the Masjid, which was made of palm branches, flowed with water. The Iqamah was called for the prayer, and I saw the Messenger of Allah (SAW) prostrating in water and mud, until I saw the trace of mud on his forehead.”