Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 739
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ فَقَدْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَيْلَةً فَخَرَجْتُ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِالْبَقِيعِ فَقَالَ " أَكُنْتِ تَخَافِينَ أَنْ يَحِيفَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ وَرَسُولُهُ " . قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّكَ أَتَيْتَ بَعْضَ نِسَائِكَ . فَقَالَ " إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَنْزِلُ لَيْلَةَ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَيَغْفِرُ لأَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَدَدِ شَعْرِ غَنَمِ كَلْبٍ " . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ عَائِشَةَ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْحَجَّاجِ . وَسَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدًا يُضَعِّفُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ وَقَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنْ عُرْوَةَ وَالْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ .
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Ahmad bin Mani' narrated to us: Yazid bin Harun informed us: Al-Hajjaj bin Artah narrated to us, from Yahya bin Abi Kathir, from 'Urwah, from 'Aishah, who said: One night I could not find the Messenger of Allah. I went out and found him at Al-Baqi'. He said: ‘Did you fear that Allah and His Messenger would treat you unjustly?’ I replied: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I thought you had gone to one of your wives.’ He said: ‘On the night of mid-Sha'ban, Allah, Mighty and Sublime, descends to the lowest heaven and forgives more people than the number of hairs on the sheep of Banu Kalb.’ A report on this topic is also narrated from Abu Bakr As-Siddiq. Abu 'Isa said: We know the hadith of 'Aishah only through this route, through Al-Hajjaj. I heard Muhammad declare this hadith weak: Yahya bin Abi Kathir did not hear from 'Urwah, and Al-Hajjaj bin Artah did not hear from Yahya bin Abi Kathir.