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Volume 3, Page 144b: Its virtue
The night of qadr is the most virtuous night of the year.
Allah says in the Qur'an: "We revealed it on the night of
power [that is, qadr]. What will tell you what the night of
power is? It is better than a thousand months." Any
action therein, for example, reciting the Qur'an, making
remembrance of Allah, and so on, is better than acting for one
thousand months which do not contain the night of qadr.
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is preferred to seek this night
It is preferred to seek this night during the last ten
nights of Ramadan, as the Prophet, upon whom be peace, strove
his best in seeking it during that time. We have already
mentioned that the Prophet would stay up during the last ten
nights, would wake his wives, and then would remain apart from
them to worship.
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which night is it?
Scholars hold different opinions as to the night which is
the night of qadr. Some are of the opinion that it is the
21st, some say the 23rd, others say the 25th and still others
say it is the 29th. Some say that it varies from year to year
but it is always among the last ten nights of Ramadan. Most
scholars, though, vouch for the 27th.
Ahmad recorded, with a sahih chain, from Ibn 'Umar that the
Prophet said: "He who likes to seek that night should do
so on the 27th. Ubayy ibn K'ab said: By Allah, and there is no
God but Him, it is during Ramadan--and He swore to that--and
by Allah, I know what night it is. It is the night during
which the Prophet ordered us to make prayers, the night of the
27th. Its sign is that the sun rises in the morning white and
without any rays." This is related by Muslim, Abu Dawud,
Ahmad, and by at-Tirmizhi who called it sahih.
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praying and making supplications during the night of qadr
Al-Bukhari and Muslim record from Abu Hurairah that the
Prophet, upon whom be peace, said: "Whoever prays during
the night of qadr with faith and hoping for its reward will
have all of his previous sins forgiven."
As to the supplication during the night of qadr, 'Aishah
said: "I asked the Messenger of Allah: 'O Messenger of
Allah, if I know what night is the night of qadr, what should
I say during it?' He said: 'Say: O Allah, You are pardoning
and You love to pardon, so pardon me.' " This is related
by Ahmad, Ibn Majah, and by atTirmizhi, who called it sahih.
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