Seeking the Night of Decree in the last ten nights
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is reported regarding the Night of Decree, which is mentioned in the Sunnah as being sought? Is it the twenty-seventh night, or the last night of the month, the twenty-ninth?
Answer:
It is possible that it is any night of the month, but it is more certain that it is in the last ten nights. The scholars have differed on which of the nights in the last ten it is: some hold that it is the twenty-first night, some hold that it is the twenty-third night, and some hold that it is the twenty-seventh night. The strongest opinion, according to Imam Ahmad, is that it is the twenty-seventh night. However, one should not limit oneself to this night; rather, one should strive in all the nights of the last ten, because every night is a possibility for it being the Night of Decree. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, what is reported regarding the Night of Decree, which is mentioned in the Sunnah as being sought? Is it the twenty-seventh night, or the last night of the month, the twenty-ninth?
Answer:
It is possible that it is any night of the month, but it is more certain that it is in the last ten nights. The scholars have differed on which of the nights in the last ten it is: some hold that it is the twenty-first night, some hold that it is the twenty-third night, and some hold that it is the twenty-seventh night. The strongest opinion, according to Imam Ahmad, is that it is the twenty-seventh night. However, one should not limit oneself to this night; rather, one should strive in all the nights of the last ten, because every night is a possibility for it being the Night of Decree. Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 13 فتاوى على الهواء - 20 / 09 / 1433هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (56:29)
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