Sunan Abi Dawud 1383

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Abd al-Ala narrated to us: Said informed us, from Abu Nadrah, from Abu Saeed al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Seek it during the last ten nights of Ramadan, and seek it when nine, seven, and five nights remain. I said: Abu Saeed, you know the counting better than we do. He said: Yes. I asked: What are the ninth, seventh, and fifth? He said: When twenty-one nights have passed, the following night is the ninth remaining; when twenty-three have passed, the following night is the seventh remaining; and when twenty-five have passed, the following night is the fifth remaining. Abu Dawud said: I do not know whether I missed something from his report or not.