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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Signs of the Night of Decree and the Non-Falling of Stars

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some scholars mention that one of the signs of the Night of Decree is that no stars fall in it, because the angels

Answer:
are stationed
for which Allah has sent down no authorityمَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ
[Yusuf 12:40]
. Yes, Allah concealed it. He concealed the Night of Decree so that we would strive in every night of the month to seek out the Night of Decree, so that our reward with Allah would be great. This is the purpose and the wisdom: that Allah concealed it so that we would strive in every night of the month, so that we would have attained the Night of Decree and stood in prayer during the nights of Ramadan, and thus we would receive both rewards.
Source شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب : قول الله - تعالى - : { أيشركون ما لا يخلق شيئا وهم يخلقون } — islamhouse.com (52:58)

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