عَنِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُنَيْسِ الْجُهَنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّ لِي بَادِيَةٌ أَكُونُ فِيهَا، وَأَنَا أُصَلِّي فِيهَا بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ، فَمُرْنِي بِلَيْلَةٍ أُنْزِلُهَا إِلَى هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ. فَقَالَ: انْزِلْ لَيْلَةَ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ.

‘Abdullah ibn Unays al-Juhani (radiyallahu anhu) narrated that he said to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ : “I have a place in the desert wherein I live and pray with the praise of Allah. Command me with a night that I should come to this mosque (al-Masjid al-Nabawī).”

The Prophet ﷺ responded: “Come on the 23rd night.”

[Sunan Abū Dāwūd (no. 1380); al-Albānī: hasan şahih]

Originally published: 23 April 2022