I said to Ubayy bin Kaab, "Abu Mundhir, tell me about Laylat al-Qadr, for our companion was asked about it and replied, 'Whoever stands in prayer the whole year through will catch it.'"He said, "May Allah have mercy on Abu Abdul-Rahman. By Allah, he knew it was in Ramadan." Musaddad added in his version, "But he disliked that people should rely on that alone," or, "He preferred that they not rely on it." Then both narrators agreed on the rest. "By Allah, it is indeed in Ramadan, on the twenty-seventh night, without exception."I asked, "Abu Mundhir, how did you come to know that?"He replied, "By the sign that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told us about."I asked Zirr, "What is the sign?"He said, "The sun rises on the morning of that night like a basin, with no rays, until it climbs higher."
حدثنا سليمان بن حرب ومسدد المعنى قالا حدثنا حماد بن زيد عن عاصم
قلت لأبي بن كعب أخبرني عن ليلة القدر يا أبا المنذر فإن صاحبنا سئل عنها فقال من يقم الحول يصبها فقال رحم الله أبا عبد الرحمن والله لقد علم أنها في رمضان زاد مسدد ولكن كره أن يتكلوا أو أحب أن لا يتكلوا ثم اتفقا والله إنها لفي رمضان ليلة سبع وعشرين لا يستثني قلت يا أبا المنذر أنى علمت ذلك قال بالآية التي أخبرنا رسول الله ﷺ قلت لزر ما الآية قال تصبح الشمس صبيحة تلك الليلة مثل الطست ليس لها شعاع حتى ترتفع
Etc. Hadith no. 762.Reference: Muslim narrated it in the Book of Fasting, chapter on the merit of Laylat al-Qadr and the encouragement to seek it, hadith no. 1169, from the hadith of Asim, through the same chain.