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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it correct to assert that the Night of Decree is the twenty-seventh night?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: Shaykh, the twenty-seventh of Ramadan is the Night of Decree. If it is established with certainty, is it the evening of the twenty-sixth until the dawn of the twenty-seventh, or the day of the twenty-seventh itself until the dawn of the twenty-eighth? And what is the evidence?

Answer:
Allah concealed the Night of Decree in the month of Ramadan, so one cannot assert with certainty that it is a specific night. Rather, it is hoped for on the twenty-seventh night more than any other, and it is sought on the twenty-seventh night more than any other. As for asserting with certainty that it is the Night of Decree, that is not the case; Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) concealed it so that we would strive throughout the entire month. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4423] هل يصح الجزم بأن ليلة القدر هي ليلة السابع والعشرين؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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