Is there a special virtue for 'Umrah on the night of the twenty-seventh of Ramadan?

The questioner : May Allah keep you safe, Shaykh Muhammad. This questioner asks: Is there a special virtue for 'Umrah on the night of the twenty-seventh? We ask for clarification. May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them in excellence until the Day of Judgment. There is no special virtue for 'Umrah on the night of the twenty-seventh of Ramadan over the other nights or the other days of Ramadan. In fact, if one intends to single out that night for 'Umrah, it is a bid'ah (religious innovation), because that was not reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) or from his Companions. For this reason, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) mentioned that worship cannot be singled out for a specific time or place except with evidence from the Shari'ah. What was reported regarding the night of the twenty-seventh and the other nights of the last ten days is that . Laylat al-Qadr (the Night of Decree) is not fixed to the night of the twenty-seventh; rather, it may be on the night of the twenty-first, or the twenty-third, or the twenty-fifth, or the twenty-seventh, or the twenty-ninth, or the night of the twenty-second, or the twenty-fourth, or the twenty-sixth, or the twenty-eighth, or the thirtieth. It is not restricted to a specific night in all years.

The presenter : Yes.

The questioner : The Sunnah came with this from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), where he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw it on the night of the twenty-first. A group of the Companions came to him and informed him that they had seen it in the last seven nights, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: .

The Shaykh : Yes, the night of the twenty-seventh is the most likely to be the Night of Decree. It corresponds to Laylat al-Qadr. As for it being fixed as the Night of Decree every year, this is not correct. And even if it is the night of the twenty-seventh, it is not singled out for 'Umrah, but rather it is singled out for standing in prayer, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):

The presenter : All of them.