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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible for a person to inform about the Night of Decree if he sees it?

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Question:
Is it permissible to inform about the Night of Decree if a person sees it at that very moment?

Answer:
This is the Night of Decree, which Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has concealed, and no one knows it, so that people would strive in worship throughout the entire month. However, one may see signs; one may see signs in some of the nights. These are probabilistic signs, not certain ones. Allah knows best.
Therefore, one does not inform people about it because it is not certain, and Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has concealed the Night of Decree. So no one can know it. Rather, the Muslim must strive in all the nights, especially the last ten nights, for it is in Ramadan, and it is in the last ten nights. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to seek it in the last ten nights, and he would increase his late-night prayer and worship in the last ten nights more than in other times, and he would perform i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) in the last ten nights seeking the Night of Decree. As for anyone claiming to know the Night of Decree in a specific night, that is incorrect.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز للإنسان الإخبار عن ليلة القدر إذا رأها؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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