If one coincides with the Night of Decree and stands in prayer as we do, recites the Qur'an, and makes supplication, does he attain the reward of eighty-three years of worship?

The questioner : He is asking, meaning, the one who stood in prayer on the Night of Decree, and indeed it was the Night of Decree, and he stood as we do, recited the Qur'an, and made supplication, does he attain the reward of such and such years, eighty-three years?

The Shaykh : The answer to this is that he attains the amount of goodness in his prayer.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : As for the value itself, that requires a complete person. Like the forgiveness that is arranged for, for example, the prayer.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : The prayer is an expiation for what is between it and the Friday prayer.

The questioner : And Ramadan.

The Shaykh : Until the Friday prayer and Ramadan, and so on, everything according to its measure.

The questioner : Even my Shaykh, if one prays in the Haram, is it a hundred thousand on the same weight? A person who prays and makes supplication other than on the Night of Decree, and of course, he has reward and recompense, and it is better and heavier with the recitation and prayer, so what is the difference between this night and the Night of Decree that the brother Abu 'Abdullah is asking about?

The Shaykh : The strength of the hope in the answer.

The questioner : Meaning, there is no special status...

The Shaykh : This is the special status. The strength of the hope in the answer on one hand, and the virtue that Abu 'Abdullah asked about on the other hand. Is the answer understood?

The questioner : ... .