بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Sheikh Saalih ibn Fawzaan Al-Fawzaan said:
All praise is due to Allah, and may the peace
and salutations of Allah be upon his Messenger, his family and companions
To proceed:
Certainly, the last 10 days of Ramadhaan are
blessed. From their virtues, is that Laylatul Qadr (The Night of Decree) is most
likely to fall within them. It is the night that Allah has emphasized its
affair in his Book and the Prophet -may the peace and salutations of Allah be
upon him- encouraged standing in prayer
on it.
He -may the peace and salutations of Allah be
upon him- said, “Whoever stands and prays on Laylat al-Qadr out of faith and
in the hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.”
Allah said about it in the Quran:
}لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ{
“The Night of
Al-Qadr (Decree) is better than a thousand months.” [Surat Al-Qadr:
3]
Performing good deeds on this night is better
than performing good deeds for a thousand months. This is for he whom Allah
makes successful. The Prophet said “Whoever
stays up and prays on Laylat al-Qadr out of faith and in the hope of reward...”
Meaning, faith in its virtues and hope in seeking its reward which has been
promised for it.
The Prophet -may the peace and salutations of
Allah be upon him- said “Whoever stays up and prays on Laylat al-Qadr out of
faith and in the hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.”
Allah has hidden this night in this month,
however it is most correctly viewed that it would fall in the odd last 10
nights, on the 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th,
and the 29th. However, the more correctly according to the people of
knowledge is it will fall on the 27th night of Ramadhaan (there are strong
proofs that point towards the 27th and the 29th).
Nevertheless, whoever stands in prayer on these nights, while believing in its
virtue and seeking its reward has obtain great goodness. Indeed Allah grants it
to whomsoever he wills.
As for the one who stands to pray on some nights
and leaves other nights then he may not have attained Laylatul-Qadr because it
may have fallen on a day that he abandoned praying.
This night has many virtues.
Firstly: It is the night which the Qur’aan was revealed
down. Allah said,
} إِنَّا
أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ {
“Verily! We have
sent it (this Qur’aan) down in the night of Al-Qadr.” [Surat Al-Qadr:
1]
Secondly: It is better than a thousand months.
Thirdly: It is the night that yearly actions and fates
are decreed. Actions, fates and lifespans are decreed in the Preserved Tablets
fifty thousand years before the creation of the heavens.
However that is a general decree, whereas on
this night specific decrees are made. Allah decrees what will happen in the
year. This is why it is called ‘the Night of Decree’ Allah said,
}فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ{
“Therein (that
night) is decreed every matter of ordainment.” [Surat Ad-Dukhaan
4]
Fourthly: Whoever stays up and prays on Laylat al-Qadr
out of faith and in hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.”
Great virtues are gathered in this night. It is
a blessed and virtuous night. It is a night of Decree and its (true) value is
only known by Allah. This night reappears for us every Ramadhaan. Every Ramadhaan
that arrives, it has a Laylat al-Qadr in it. This is from the blessing of
Allah. So what do you think about the one who Allah has been blessed to attain
Laylat al-Qadr every year? The one who Allah has made successful to attain it
every year! This is a great and generous reward.
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