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Section
Nine - The excellence of the last ten
nights of Ramadan and laylatul-qadr
Question:
What are the signs of Laylatul-Qadr (the night
of power)?
Response:
From amongst the signs of laylatul-qadr is
that it is a calm night and the believer's
heart is delighted and at peace with it, and
he becomes active in doing good actions, and
the sun on the following morning rises clearly
without any rays.Shakyh
Ibn al-'Uthaymeen / (Fataawa Ramadan, Volume
2/Page 852/ Fatwa No. 841), also (Fataawa
ash-Shaykh Muhammad as-Saalih al-Uthaymeen,
Volume 1/Page 563)
Distinguishing
a particular night with worship
Question:
Some people seek laylatul-qadr so they active by offering
their prayers and other forms of worship whilst they
do not do likewise on other nights in Ramadan, so is
this in accordance with that which is correct?
Response:
No! It is not in accordance with that which is correct,
for certainly laylatul-qadr changes. So it could be
on the night of the twenty seventh, and it could be
on any other night as has been indicated in many ahaadeeth.
It has been confirmed that the Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) said: ((In that particular year laylatul-qadr
was revealed on the night of the twenty first)). Therefore
it is not befitting for a person to specify his stand
(in prayer) on a particular night or distinguish a night
which he yearns to be laylatul-qadr (likewise). (Rather)
striving in all of the last ten nights is from the guidance
of the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam), since
when the last ten nights arrived he would tighten his
waist belt and awaken his family and used to spend them
all awake (in worship). So that which is befitting for
the prudent believer is to strive in all of the last
ten nights such that the reward does not pass him by.Shaykh
Ibn al-Uthaymeen, (Fataawa Ramadan, Volume 2/Page 855/Fatwa
No.844), also (Fiqh al-Ibaadaat libni 'Uthaymeen, Page
207)
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