THE PURPOSE OF LAYLAT AL-QADR IS TO PRAY A LOT?
▪️Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar Bāzmūl (حفظه الله) stated:
The purpose of Laylat al-Qadr isn’t to pray a lot, for the Messenger (ﷺ) never prayed more than eleven units in Ramaḍān or any other month. Also, what was meant by the Messenger (ﷺ) tightening his waist wrapper during the last ten nights is iʿtikāf, which was clarified in his (ﷺ) biography. Praying a lot wasn't the intended meaning.
Furthermore, the purpose of Laylat al-Qadr isn’t to perform a specific ritual. No! this isn’t its purpose. Its purpose is for the slave of Allāh to prepare and spend this night in supplication and remembrance. Haven't you see the Ḥadīth collected by al-Tirmidhī from ʿĀishah (رضي الله عنها) who said: “O Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ)! If I knew what night Laylat al-Qadr was, what should I say?” He (ﷺ) said: “Say: ‘O Allāh, indeed, You pardon, and You love pardoning, so pardon me.’” Al-Tirmidhī said: “This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ.”
Therefore, the Messenger (ﷺ) didn’t direct her to pray a lot, nor to make a lot of supplication, nor to perform a specific ritual of worship; instead, he taught her this supplication.
▪️Ziyād related from Mālik—in al-Muwaṭṭa’, in the Book of I‘ʿikāf, in the Chapter of What Was Mentioned about Laylat al-Qadr—that he heard that Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib (رضي الله عنه) used to say: “Whoever was present for the ʿIshāʾ prayer on Laylat al-Qadr has taken his portion of it.”
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