Chapter on Sunnahs of the Month of Ramadan

Al-Husayn ibn Said, from al-Qasim ibn Urwah, from Abdullah ibn Bukayr, from Zurarah, from one of the two Imams عليه السلام, peace be upon them, who said: I (narrator) asked Imam عليه السلام about ‘the nights in which ghusl is recommended in the month of Ramadan.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “The night of the nineteenth, the night of the twenty-first, and the night of the twenty-third.” And Imam عليه السلام said: “On the night of the nineteenth, the delegation of the pilgrims is written therein, and ‘therein every wise affair is distinguished.’ (Surah Ad-Dukhan 44:4) And the night of the twenty-first, Jesus عليه السلام, peace be upon him, was raised therein, and therein the successor of Moses عليه السلام, peace be upon him, was taken, and therein the Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام, peace be upon him, was taken (martyred). And the night of the twenty-third, and it is the Night of ‘al-Juhani’” And his hadith is that he said to the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family, ‘Indeed, my dwelling is far from Madinah, so command me with a night in which I should enter.’ So the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم commanded him with the night of the twenty-third.”