People’s eagerness to perform 'Umrah on the twenty-seventh night of Ramadan and their belief that this has a basis in the Shari'ah: is this correct?
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The Shaykh : They are extremely eager to perform 'Umrah and believe that 'Umrah has a special merit on this night. Does this have a basis in the Shari'ah?
The answer is that it has no basis in the Shari'ah. There is nothing in the Shari'ah indicating that 'Umrah on this night is better than 'Umrah on the previous night or the following night. Laylat al-Qadr is specifically distinguished by standing in prayer, not by 'Umrah. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 2206Sahih (Darussalam) He said that; he did not say that. If he did not say it, why do we single out this night for 'Umrah? Why do we make a time for 'Umrah that is distinguished from other times, when Allah the Exalted and His Messenger did not make a time distinguished from others for performing this rite? Yes, the entire month of Ramadan, from its beginning to its end, is distinguished in that whoever performs 'Umrah in it is as if he performed Hajj.
The answer is that it has no basis in the Shari'ah. There is nothing in the Shari'ah indicating that 'Umrah on this night is better than 'Umrah on the previous night or the following night. Laylat al-Qadr is specifically distinguished by standing in prayer, not by 'Umrah. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
