Translation: 18 Laylat Al-Qadr is one of the odd nights of the last ten nights of Ramadhan. Its exact timing is not known, yet some scholars guess that it is usually the 27th night of this blessed month. The Noble Koran was sent down from the Preserved Tablet to the first firmament on that night.
Translation: 634. Narrated Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad: ' I heard Abu-Huraira saying: ' The Messenger of Allah said: " Indeed, Allah accepts zakat and takes it with His right hand and causes it to grow as one of you raises his foal in a way that a mere mouthful of bread becomes as gross as * Uhud Mountain. " Abu-Huraira said: " The confirmation to this is Allah statements:
Translation: " Have not they Known that Allah accepts repentance from His slaves and receives their gifts of charity, and that Allah is verily the Oft-Returning, Most Merciful? * (9: 104) And
Translation: " Allah will deprive Riba (usury) of all blessing, but will give increase for deeds of charity; for He loves not ungrateful and wicked creatures. " (2: 276) (At-Termizi)
Translation: Abu-Issa said: " This Hadith is Hasan Saheeh and some people of knowledge said about this Hadith, and the like of it, that speak about the Attributes of Allah and his descending to the lower heaven each night, that we must believe in them without similarity, anthropomorphism, nor materializing. The same is the opinion of the majority of the Muslims. As for Al- Jahmiyya, they denied such Hadiths claiming that this is a form of anthropomorphism, although Allah has mentioned in many a verse in His Book about Him having a Hand, Hearing, and Him having Sight; but Al Jahmiyyah have interpreted this in a way that opposes the way that the people of knowledge interpreted them. They said: ' Indeed Allah did not create Adam with His Hand, because the meaning of the Hand here refers to His Mightiness. ' Ishaq ibn Ibraheem refutes their way of thinking as saying: ' Anthropomorphism occurs if one says: His Hand is exactly or nearly like ours or His Hearing is exactly or nearly like ours. This is the forbidden anthropomorphism. If one says: ' Yes. He has a Hand, Hearing, and Sight without describing them or resembling them to ours, this is not anthropomorphism.
Translation: This is because Allah says in His Book: 64 "... There is nothing whatever like unto Him, and He is the One that hears and sees (all things). * " (42: 11)
Translation: 635. Narrated Abu-Zarr: ' We observed fasting (in the month of Ramadhan) with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he did not lead us (in Al-Qiyam) until there were
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Translation: seven nights remaining of the month then he led us (in Al-Qiyam) until the third of night had passed. Then he did not lead us (in Al-Qiyam) on the sixth (night) and led us (in Al-Qiyam) on the fifth (the 25th night) until the middle of the night had passed. We said: " O Messenger of Allah! It would be better if you led us (in Al-Qiyam) for the rest of our night! " He said: " Indeed, he that stood. (in the prayer) with the imam until he completes the prayer, the reward of standing for the whole night will be recorded for him. " Then he did not lead us (in Al-Qiyam) until there were three nights remaining of the month and led us on the third of them (the 27th night) and summoned his family and wives and led us until we feared lest we should not catch up the time of falah. " The narrator asked Abu- Zarr: ' What is falah? " He said: * Sahoor 19 (the pre-dawn meal). "
Translation: 636. Narrated A'isha: " The Messenger of Allah used to do i'etekaf in the last ten nights of Ramadhan and he used to say: " Seek Laylat Al-Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadhan. " (At-Termizi)
Translation: Abu-Issa said: " The Hadith of A'isha is Hasan Saheeh. And most of the narrations confirm the saying of the Prophet: ' Seek Laylat Al-Qadr on the odd nights of the last ten nights of Ramadhan. " It was narrated also that it is liable to be either on the 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th, 29th, or the last night of Ramadhan. "
Abu-Issa also said: ' Al-Shafe'e said: " I guess that the Prophet ﷺ used to answer according the question of the one asking. It might be said to him: ' Should we seek it on such and such night, and he would say: " Yes. " " Al- Shafe'e further said: " The most reliable narration with me is that which says it is the 21st night. " "
Abu-Issa said: ' It was narrated that Obayy ibn Ka'ab might swear that it is the 27th night saying: ' The
Messenger of Allah has told us its precursors, hence we counted and memorized [ the date]. 335 "
It was narrated that Abu-Qilaba said: " It moves within the last ten nights. "
Translation: 637. Narrated Zirr: ' I said to Obayy ibn Ka'ab: " How did you, Abul-Monzir, come to know that it is the 27th night? " He said: " Yes indeed, the Messenger of Allah told us that it is the night whose sun rises without rays, so we counted and memorized [ the date]. And by Allah, Ibn Mas'oud has realized that it is in Ramadhan and it is the 27th but he disliked to inform you lest you should rely on that. " (At-Termizi)
Translation: Abu-Issa said: " The Hadith is Hasan Saheeh 27
Hadith 638: Hadith 638
638. Narrated Oyaina ibn Abdul-Rahman: ' My father narrated to me: " Laylat Al-Qadr was mentioned to Abu- Bakra who said: ' I will not seek it except in the last ten nights of Ramadhan due to a thing I heard directly from the Messenger of Allah.He said: " Seek it in the remaining nine nights, the remaining seven nights, the remaining five nights, or the last three nights. " Oyaina further said: + Abu- Bakrah used to perform the prayer in the first twenty days of Ramadha n like his prayer in the rest of the year. When the last ten came he used to perform the prayer as much as he could. "
Translation: 639. Narrated A'isha: ' The Messenger of Allah used to strive20 in the last ten nights (of Ramadhan) more than any nights else. ' (At-Termizi)
Translation: 640. Narrated A'isha, may Allah rest her soul ' I said: " O Allah's Messenger! Tell me, if I know which 20 To do acts of worship.
Translation: night Laylat Al-Qadr is, what (prayers) should I say on it? " He said: " Say: ' O Allah, You are the Forgiving and You love forgiveness, so forgive me. " " (Reported by the Al-Khamsa (The Five), except Abu-Dawood, At- Termizi and Al-Hakim authenticated it.)