Muwatta Malik #733
I'tikaf in Ramadan
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي زِيَادٌ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مَنْ، يَثِقُ بِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أُرِيَ أَعْمَارَ النَّاسِ قَبْلَهُ أَوْ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَكَأَنَّهُ تَقَاصَرَ أَعْمَارَ أُمَّتِهِ أَنْ لاَ يَبْلُغُوا مِنَ الْعَمَلِ مِثْلَ الَّذِي بَلَغَ غَيْرُهُمْ فِي طُولِ الْعُمْرِ فَأَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ .
Ziyad related to me from Malik that he had heard a man he trusted
of the people of knowledge say, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, was shown the lifespans of the people
(who had gone) before him, or what Allah willed of that, and it was as
if the lives of the people of his community had become too short for
them to be able to do as many good actions as others before them had
been able to do with their long lives, so Allah gave him Laylat al-
Qadr, which is better than a thousand months."
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This hadith is #733 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of I'tikaf in Ramadan.