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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Seeking the Night of Decree by standing in prayer during the last ten nights

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Question:
He says: Regarding the hadiths concerning the twenty-seventh night, they are all authentic. So if a person stands in prayer on this night and leaves the rest, has he attained the Night of Decree?

Answer:
Allah knows best about the Night of Decree. He concealed it throughout the month of Ramadan, so one does not attain it except by standing in prayer on all the nights of Ramadan, in which case he attains it in reality, or with certainty. As for if he stands in prayer on some nights and leaves off standing in prayer on the remaining nights, he is not guaranteed that he has attained the Night of Decree; because the Night of Decree might be in the nights he left off. However, there are nights that are more hopeful than others. First, the last ten nights are the most hopeful. Second, the odd-numbered nights, such as the twenty-first, twenty-third, twenty-fifth, and twenty-seventh, and the twenty-seventh is the most emphasized and most hopeful of them. This is a matter of seeking it out, not a matter of certainty. Yes.
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/281 — archive.org (13:41)

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