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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Night of Decree is not fixed to the twenty-seventh night

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The Shaykh : The Night of Decree, but the most likely nights are the odd-numbered ones, and the most likely of the odd-numbered ones is the twenty-seventh night. The odd-numbered nights are the twenty-first, the twenty-third, the twenty-fifth, the twenty-seventh, and the twenty-ninth. These are five nights, and the most likely of these odd-numbered nights is the twenty-seventh; it is the most likely. However, it is not established that it is the twenty-seventh night every year; it may be the twenty-seventh night this year and the twenty-first night in another year. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was shown the Night of Decree, then he was made to forget it; Allah made him forget it. But he said:
I saw myself prostrating in its morning in water and mud رأيتني أسجد في صبيحتها في ماء وطين
. In the morning of that night, meaning the Fajr prayer, he prostrated in water and mud. So the sky rained that night, and the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) mosque was on a canopy, meaning on palm fronds. If the rain was light, it did not reach the Companions, but if it was heavy, it reached the ground and wet the ground. Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
My two eyes saw the traces of water and mud on the forehead and nose of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), from his praying Qiyam on the night of the twenty-first. فأبصرت عيناي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وعلى جبهته أثر الماء والطين من ليلة إحدى وعشرين
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1095Sahih (Darussalam)
. So when was it in that year? The twenty-first night. And a group of the Companions saw it in another year; they saw it in the last ten nights. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
I see that your dreams agree regarding the last week; so he who wants to seek it should seek it in the last week (during the night). أرى رؤياكم قد تواطأت في السبع الأواخر فمن كان متحريها فليتحرها في السبع الأواخر
Sahih Muslim 1165a
. And this was in that year. But the most emphasized night is the twenty-seventh.
Source alathar.net

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