Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #26604

Qutaibah narrated to us, Yaqoub bin Abd al-Rahman al-Iskandarani narrated to us, on the authority of Suhail bin Abi Salih, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, that The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, “God descends to the lowest heaven every night when the first third of the night has passed, and He says, ‘I The King: Who is the one who calls upon Me, so I answer him? Who is the one who asks Me, so I give him? Who is the one who asks Me for forgiveness, so I forgive him? And he does not stop. Likewise until the dawn comes.” He said, and on the authority of Ali bin Abi Talib, Abu Sa’id, Rifa’ah al-Juhani, Jubayr bin Mut’im, and Ibn Masoud, Abu Darda, and Uthman bin Abi Al-Aas. Abu Issa said: The hadith of Abu Hurairah is a good and authentic hadith. This hadith was narrated In many ways, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace. It was narrated on his authority that he said, “God Almighty descends when He remains “The last third of the night.” This is the most correct of the narrations.