The ruling on one who specifies the Night of Decree?

The questioner : The questioner asks: What is your view regarding what is reported from some of the noble scholars that the Night of Decree in this month was the twenty-fifth night?

The Shaykh : Who are these noble scholars? Do they know the unseen? It is part of the wisdom of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) that He concealed the Night of Decree from the servants, so that people would strive in all the nights of the ten, and so that the lazy one would be distinguished from the sincere one. For the sincere one finds it easy to stand in prayer during these nights and to stay up seeking this night, whereas the lazy one finds it difficult to stand in prayer during all these nights and he is lazy in seeking the night. So it is part of the wisdom of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) that He concealed it from His servants. And if a person hopes for himself and says that the Night of Decree this year is such-and-such a night, then naturally he will become lazy in working in the remaining... what?

Another questioner : No, no, no.

The Shaykh : ...of the nights of the month, meaning he says the night I am seeking has already passed, so he becomes lazy. Therefore, what a person should do is have his hope encompass all the nights, even if some nights are more likely than others, such as the twenty-seventh night, which is the most likely of the odd-numbered nights, and likewise the odd-numbered nights.