Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām 3, record 201 of the digital edition

Translation

From him, from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from Ali, who said: I was with Abu Abdillah (a.s), peace be upon him, and Abu Basir said to Imam (a.s): “The night in which that which is hoped for is to be hoped which night is it?” Imam (a.s) said: “The twenty-first or the twenty-third (of the Month of Ramadan).” He (Abu Basir) asked: “And if I do not have the strength for both of them?” Imam (a.s) said: “How easy are two nights for what you seek!” I asked: “Sometimes we see the new moon in our region, then someone comes to us from another land informing us of something different.” Imam (a.s) said: “How easy it is to seek it over four nights!” I asked: “May I be your ransom, is the twenty-third night, ‘the night of al-Juhaniyy’?” Imam (a.s) said: “That is indeed said.” I asked: “Sulayman ibn Khalid narrated that on the nineteenth [of Month of Ramadan], the names of the pilgrims are written.” Imam (a.s) said: “O Aba Muhammad, the names of the pilgrims are written on the ‘Night of Qadr’, along with (the decrees of) death, trials, provisions, and all that will occur until the same time the following year. So seek it on the twenty-first and the twenty-third (of the Month of Ramadan). Pray one hundred rak’ahs on each of them, and keep them alive (with worship) if you are able.” I asked: “And if I am not able?” Imam (a.s) said: “Then there is no harm in applying a little sleep to your eyes at the start of the night. Indeed, the gates of the heavens are opened in (month of) Ramadan, the devils are chained, and the deeds of the believers are accepted. What a blessed month Ramadan is! It used to be called, in the time of the Messenger of Allah (swt), may Allah (swt) bless him and his family, ‘al-Marzuq’ (the blessed and provisioned one).”

Translation: Haydar Ali Shaykh ibn Muhammad — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.