and in "al-Musnad" (1/376, 406, 452, 457) from two other routes from Ibn Masʿūd who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) informed us that the Night of Decree is in the middle of the last seven nights.

"Indeed, Allāh loves that when any of you does a deed, he perfects it." It is said in "al-Majmaʿ" (4/98): "Reported by Abū Yaʿlá from ʿĀʾishah, and in its chain is Muṣʿab ibn Thābit, whom Ibn Ḥibbān deemed reliable, but a group weakened him." And in "al-Taqrīb": "Weak in ḥadīth." I said: Al-Ḥākim authenticated a ḥadīth for him (2/301) regarding waiting for prayer, and al-Dhahabī agreed with him, which is from their leniency. The ḥadīth is attributed by al-Suyūṭī to al-Bayhaqī alone in "al-Shuʿab," and al-Munāwī said: "In it is Bishr ibn al-Sarī, who was criticized for his Jahmī views, and the author should have mentioned more of its narrators, as among them are Abū Yaʿlá, Ibn ʿAsākir, and others." I said: If there is no one in the chain of al-Bayhaqī to be scrutinized except this Bishr, then the isnād is strong in my view, because the criticism al-Munāwī referred to regarding Bishr does not undermine him, as he is reliable in himself, indeed more than that, as in "al-Taqrīb": "Reliable, precise, criticized for Jahmī views, then he repented and apologized." Even if his views were to undermine his narration, it is not permissible after he repented and apologized. And if Muṣʿab ibn Thābit is in the chain of al-Bayhaqī, then al-Munāwī has strayed far by not criticizing the ḥadīth because of him but rather because of the reliable and precise one! The first scenario seems apparent. And Allāh knows best. The ḥadīth has a supporting narration that strengthens it somewhat, with the wording: "Indeed, Allāh loves from the worker, when he works, that he does well." Reported by al-Bayhaqī in "al-Shuʿab" from the ḥadīth of Quṭbah ibn al-ʿAlāʾ ibn al-Minhāl from his father from ʿĀṣim ibn Kulayb from Kulayb ibn Shihāb al-Jarmī, raised [to the Prophet]. Its cause was narrated by al-ʿAlāʾ who said: Muḥammad ibn Sūqah said to me: Let us go to a man of virtue, so they went to ʿĀṣim ibn Kulayb, and among what he narrated to us was that he said: My father Kulayb told me that he attended a funeral with his father, which he attended with the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) while I was a boy, understanding and comprehending. The funeral reached the grave, and it was not yet prepared, so the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) kept saying: Level the niche for this. Until the people thought it was a sunnah, then he turned to them