What is the validity of the claim that the Night of Decree is the twenty-ninth night?
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Question:
The second question is this: A preacher delivered the Friday sermon for the festival at the end of Ramadan this year and claimed that the Night of Decree is the twenty-ninth night and that the congregation of his mosque shook hands with Jibril. What is the ruling on this statement, which has spread among the people? What is the guidance regarding this sermon?
Answer:
This has no basis. Allah concealed the Night of Decree in all the nights of the month so that the Muslim would strive in all the nights of the month. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sought it in the middle ten nights, and he would perform i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) in the middle ten nights seeking the Night of Decree. When it became more likely to him that it was in the last ten nights, he moved his i'tikaf to the last ten nights, and he continued to perform i'tikaf in the last ten nights of Ramadan until he departed this world. So, Allah knows best, it is in the last ten nights of Ramadan without certainty; because it is possible in all the nights of the month. Yes.
The second question is this: A preacher delivered the Friday sermon for the festival at the end of Ramadan this year and claimed that the Night of Decree is the twenty-ninth night and that the congregation of his mosque shook hands with Jibril. What is the ruling on this statement, which has spread among the people? What is the guidance regarding this sermon?
Answer:
This has no basis. Allah concealed the Night of Decree in all the nights of the month so that the Muslim would strive in all the nights of the month. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sought it in the middle ten nights, and he would perform i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) in the middle ten nights seeking the Night of Decree. When it became more likely to him that it was in the last ten nights, he moved his i'tikaf to the last ten nights, and he continued to perform i'tikaf in the last ten nights of Ramadan until he departed this world. So, Allah knows best, it is in the last ten nights of Ramadan without certainty; because it is possible in all the nights of the month. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3013] ما صحة القول بأن ليلة القدر هي ليلة التاسع والعشرين؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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