Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1728
حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ شَبَّةَ بْنِ عَبِيدَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَسْعُودُ بْنُ وَاصِلٍ، عَنِ النَّهَّاسِ بْنِ قَهْمٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مَا مِنْ أَيَّامِ الدُّنْيَا أَيَّامٌ، أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ أَنْ يُتَعَبَّدَ لَهُ فِيهَا، مِنْ أَيَّامِ الْعَشْرِ. وَإِنَّ صِيَامَ يَوْمٍ فِيهَا لَيَعْدِلُ صِيَامَ سَنَةٍ، وَلَيْلَةٍ فِيهَا بِلَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Umar ibn Shabbah ibn Ubaydah narrated to us; Mas‘ud ibn Wasil narrated to us, from al-Nahhas ibn Qahm, from Qatadah, from Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘There are no days in this world during which worship of Allah, Glorified is He, is more beloved to Him than during the ten days. Fasting one day in them equals fasting for a year, and a night in them is like the Night of Decree.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source refers to ‘the ten days’ without naming a month, and the translation leaves them unnamed.
The final comparison is rendered as ‘a night in them is like the Night of Decree’ without specifying the form of worship during that night.