The Wisdom of Concealing the Night of Decree

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Question:
What is the wisdom behind concealing the Night of Decree?

Answer:
We have referred to this and said that the wisdom, and Allah knows best, is so that the Muslim strives in all the nights of Ramadan. If he strives in all of them and stands in prayer throughout them, then he will have encountered the Night of Decree, and the additional nights will be an increase of good for him. He will have stood in prayer during the nights of Ramadan and during the Night of Decree, so his reward will be complete: he will have obtained the reward of the Night of Decree and the reward of standing in prayer during the remaining nights. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Whoever stands in prayer during Ramadan out of faith and seeking reward, his previous sins will be forgiven. And he said regarding the day of Friday: There is an hour in which no Muslim servant who is standing in prayer misses it;

من قام رمضان إيمانا واحتسابا غفر له ما تقدم من ذنبه، وقال في يوم الجمعة ساعة لا يصادفها عبد مسلم وهو قائم يصلي

would ask Allah for a thing (that is good) but He would give it to him

يسأل الله شيئا إلا أعطاه،

Sahih Muslim 852a

But this hour is not known in which of the hours of the day it occurs, so that the Muslim strives throughout the entire day of Friday. This is so that he completes the hours of this day with righteous deeds, and so that he also catches this hour, thereby obtaining a great reward. Yes.

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