The virtue of performing 'Umrah on the twenty-seventh night of Ramadan?

Question : May Allah reward you. The questioner says: I came from my country to perform 'Umrah, and I now wish to perform 'Umrah on the twenty-seventh night to obtain its virtue. How should I proceed, and from where should I enter the state of ihram?

Answer : I say: May Allah reward this man for his intention. This man has intended good, but the deed will not be accepted unless it is sincere for Allah and in accordance with the Sunnah. The Night of Decree has no special virtue regarding 'Umrah. Whoever says that 'Umrah has a special virtue on the Night of Decree has introduced an innovation into the religion.
For the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not leave anything containing good without teaching it to his Ummah. Did he say to his Ummah: "Whoever performs 'Umrah on the Night of Decree will have such and such"?
He never said this. Rather, he said: "Whoever stands in prayer on the Night of Decree with faith and seeking reward..." There is no special virtue for the Night of Decree in 'Umrah, nor in charity, nor in any righteous deed, except in one deed: standing in prayer on that night only. So let us be patient with Allah and His Messenger, and let us follow the Shari'ah of Allah. We do not single it out for 'Umrah, nor for charity, nor for anything else. Then who says that the twenty-seventh night is the Night of Decree? Who says this? No one can say that, O people. The Night of Decree could be the twenty-seventh, the twenty-fifth, the twenty-ninth, the twenty-third, or the twenty-first. All of these are possible. The Night of Decree occurred in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the twenty-first night, on the twenty-third night. It is not the twenty-seventh night. In this month of ours, we do not know whether this night is the Night of Decree—I mean the twenty-seventh night—or the coming night, or one of the nights that have passed?
So this is an error of the people from two aspects. The first aspect is that they cannot say with certainty that this is the Night of Decree, meaning the twenty-seventh night. Second, even if it were certainly the Night of Decree, it has no special virtue over other nights except in standing in prayer on it.