Is Laylat al-Qadr fixed to a specific night, or does it move?

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Question:
The questioner says: Shaykh, this is Abu Hamid. He asks: Is Laylat al-Qadr fixed on a specific night every year, or does it move from one night to another?

Answer:
Laylat al-Qadr is in Ramadan without a doubt; it is in Ramadan. As for which specific night it is, Allah has not specified this for a great wisdom, which is that the Muslim should strive in all the nights of Ramadan. Whoever strives in all the nights of Ramadan attains the two virtues: standing in prayer in Ramadan, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Whoever establishes prayers during the nights of Ramadan faithfully out of sincere faith and hoping to attain Allah's rewards (not for showing off), all his past sins will be

من قام رمضان إيمانا واحتسابا غفر له

Sahih al-Bukhari 37

his previous sins are forgiven, and standing in prayer on Laylat al-Qadr

ما تقدم من ذنبه، وقيام ليلة القدر

The second virtue is standing in prayer on Laylat al-Qadr, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Whoever spends the night of Lailat Al-Qadr in prayer out of faith and in the hope of reward, he will be forgiven his previous sins.

من قام ليلة القدر إيمانا واحتسابا غفر له ما تقدم من ذنبه،

Sunan an-Nasa'i 2193Sahih (Darussalam)

So the Muslim should strive in all the nights of Ramadan, attend the tarawih prayer with the Muslims, and attend the tahajjud prayer. If he does not leave out some of the nights, it is hoped for him, it is hoped for him, that he has attained Laylat al-Qadr. As for the one who stands in prayer on some nights and leaves out others, he is not guaranteed that he has attained Laylat al-Qadr, because it may be in the nights he left out. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3503] هل ليلة القدر محددة بليلة معينة أم أنها متنقلة؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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