What are the signs of Laylatul-Qadr (the Night of Decree)?

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

1) In the narration of ‘Ubayy b. Ka’b:

أَنَّهَا تَطْلُعُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لاَ شُعَاعَ لَهَا

… on that day (the sun) would rise without having any rays. (Sahīh Muslim 762)

In a variant wording:

مِثْلَ الطَّسْتِ حتى ترتفعَ

… resembling a dish, until it becomes high. (Ibn Khuzaymah 2193. Declared Sahīh lighayrihi by Al-Albānī)

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2) In the narration of Ibn ‘Abbās:

ليلةُ القدْرِ ليلةٌ سمِحَةٌ ، طَلِقَةٌ ، لا حارَّةٌ ولا بارِدَةٌ ، تُصبِحُ الشمسُ صبيحتَها ضَعيفةً حمْراءَ

Laylatul-Qadr is an easy and moderate night. It is neither hot nor cold. On the morning following it, the sun rises weak and reddish (Sahīh al-Jāmi’ of Al-Albānī 5475)

In a variant from Ibn ‘Abbās himself: “The devil rises with the sun every morning, except on Laylat al-Qadr, for it (the sun) rises on that morning white with no rays.” (Musannaf ibn Abī Shaybah #8757, Hasan – authenticated by al-Haythamī in Majma al-Zawāid 3/176)

In a narration from Ibn Mas’ūd himself:”…for the sun rises every morning between the two horns of the devil, except on the morning of the full moon, when it rises white with no rays.” (Musannaf ibn Abī Shaybah #8762, Sahīh)

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3) In the narration of Jābir:

لا يخرجُ شيطانُها حتَّى يُضيءَ فجرُها

The devils will not be able to come out until Fajr (Ibn Khuzaymah 2190. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī)

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4) In the narration of Abū Hurayrah:

وإن الملائكةَ تلك الليلةَ أَكْثَرُ في الأرضِ من عَدَدِ الحَصَى

During that night, the angels on earth are more than the numbers of pebbles. (Ibn Khuzaymah 2194. Declared Hasan by Al-Albānī)

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