Kamal El-Mekki – Searching For Laylatul Qadr
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The importance of the last 10 nights of the year is emphasized, specifically the night of Layretion Al Qadr. The weight and pressure of the night can lead to peaceful night for believers, and individuals should pursue their dreams and balance their schedules with work. The church's stance is to see effort from his subsidiary, and it is a combination of different acts of worship. It is emphasized that individuals should not break records and not give up on their work schedules.
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Brothers and sisters,
in Islam,
after this many days of Ramadan
have passed, it is only natural that we
speak about the last 10 nights of Ramadan
and more specifically
speak about Laylat
al Qadr.
And
from the importance
of the last ten, the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam was described when the last
3rd of the night or the last 3rd
of the month of Ramadan comes in. The
prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, the expression is
that he would tighten his belt and he
would wake his family up for his prayer,
and he would increase and intensify
in acts of worship.
So we have this opportunity. The first thing
is some of us maybe we're not too
pleased with how the month has gone and
we had a higher standard for our acts
of worship and we're not very pleased with
what we've done so far.
So the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said, man
Quran Ramadan, Iman and wahiti sabin roofirallahuatukadamindabi.
Whoever stands the night of Ramadan
seeking full reward and with full iman, he
will have his past sins forgiven. So maybe
I'm not too proud of my qiyam.
The prophet said,
Whoever,
fast the month of Ramadan, seeking
the reward with Allah and with full iman
belief, he will have his past sins forgiven.
And maybe I'm not too pleased with my
work there.
There is still another opportunity.
And Nabi sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said,
whoever stands,
stands
means he's praying.
Whoever stands
because
the scholar said when an act of worship
is mostly comprised of one action,
like standing for example, then it will be
expressed in terms of that same action. And
there are many examples of this in the
Quran where Allah
mentions standing and hereby standing it means salah.
So the prophet said whoever stands the the
night of Al Qadr,
the he will have his past sins forgiven.
And the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam from the
importance
of laylatul Qadr, he was trying to figure
out when it was so the Ummah can
benefit benefit from it. So in this Ramadan,
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam,
he made a and
he stayed at tikaf in the masjid, which
would be usually in the last 10, but
the prophet did it in the last 20
just hoping to look for and identify.
And then when the middle ten days of
Ramadan passed, so now it's the 20th day
and we enter the last 10,
then it was revealed to him that what
you seek is ahead of you. So we
know that it is in the last 10
nights of Ramadan.
Allah Subhanahu Ta'ala says in the Quran,
Indeed, we have sent it down
in this night of Al Qadr.
And why was it given this name? And
there are various number of explanations.
So the
one of them says that it's called Laylat
Al Qadr, the night of Al Qadr
because
because of its position, its rank, its position,
and it's the great honor of this night.
So So it was called Lirat Al Qadr.
Another explanation is that the earth becomes tight
and packed with angels
by a number of things. The first thing
is, what is the value and how do
I benefit and if the earth is filled
with angels?
In one hadith, the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam said the number of angels on earth
is equal to the number of pebbles on
earth. Yeah. And there are millions and millions
and millions of angels, but what what does
that have to do with me?
All these angels are making dua for the
believers on this night. Millions upon millions of
angels making dua for you to be forgiven
to for you
tightening when something is tightened and we have
many examples of that in the Quran. Allah
says
or whether
So
from the tightness and constriction.
So the earth is tight and constricted
loaded with angels who are there to make
dua for you
or that because of the weight of that
night, it's called.
Or because
the scholar said, and, the Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala
the
that Allah
revealed this book of heavyweight
upon a prophet that that has high rank
upon an ummah that has high position.
And
and there's another famous explanation that it's late
Qadr because
on that night, the Qadr, the decree of
Allah for the next year is revealed during
that night as well.
And Allah
says
this is
in. Indicating that the decrees also come down
on that night,
and the scholars say that
all
these are can all be correct at the
same time. Okay?
It is a night of great weight and
measure with Allah
and that's also because the angels are many
on that night and it's also a night
when the decree is sent down type.
So
so we have then
indeed we have sent it down. And what
was sent down? The Quran. And one of
the famous explanations is that the Quran was
sent from the heavens
to the earthly heavens, to the worldly heavens
on that special night.
As you know, this is common in the
Quran when something is of great weight and
measure Allah
will ask you again and what would make
you know. How would you know how great
that night is?
The night of Al Qadr is better than
a 1000 months. It is not just equal
to a 1000 months or 84 years. Allah
Azzal said,
it is far better than a 1000 regular
months.
And
it is better than a 1000 months. So
the scholar said if you are worshiping Allah
on this night, if Allah gives you tawfeeq
and you're doing acts of worship, it will
be better than doing that act of worship
continuously for a 1000 months or for 84
years. Better than that.
The angels ascend descend
descend on this day and that's similar to
what we were saying. The earth is packed
full with angels.
And the roar is Jibril alayhis salaam. And
one of the amazing things is that Jibril
alayhis salaam since the passing of the prophet
sallallahu alaihi salam,
he doesn't have any reason to come down
to earth. He doesn't come down to earth
because there's no revelation
to to bring down upon anyone.
So they said, this is such a great
night that Jibril Alaihi Salam, Arruh Shadid Al
Khua, the leader of the angels,
the most powerful of the angels, he comes
down on this night. Only on this night.
They come down by the command and the
permission of their lord
as that it is,
a a night of peace and a peaceful
night which also entails that there is also
the best behavior and peace amongst the believers
until
the Fajr comes. And Nabi salallahu alaihi salam
was once told by Jibril
when the late little Qadr is. And he
said he was coming to tell the believers
and on the way he saw 2 people
having,
22 men fighting with each other. He said,
so I was caused to forget it. And
the scholar said it's not befitting that
the the night that is supposed to be
a night of peace and peaceful has any
type of fighting or or that kind of
indication in it.
So now the the important question becomes when
is.
And then the other thing we want to
answer is what do I do
for these 10 nights and what do I
do if it is?
We have
so much evidence all of it authentic
and
for the most part you can say conflicting.
We have Abu Sayed al Khudri narrating
that the prophet
mentioned that after when it's later,
the fajr of that night, he's going to
be making sujood
on water and mud.
It rained that night,
and when the prophet got up from sujud
after fajr, they saw
some, like the signs of mud that he
had made Sujood on mud and there was
some water. So Abu Saeed al Khadri mentions
this and that happened to be the 21st
of Ramadan.
And then there's another narration about him saying
the same thing about happening on the 23rd
of Ramadan.
Then we have Ubayb Nukab radiAllahu anhu swearing
that it was on the 27th. He swore
by Allah that it's on the 27th of
Ramadan. Then we have Abdullah ibn Umar
the the the it shifts every year. Yeah.
And last year is on 21st, this year
is on 25th, next year 27th and so
on and so forth. And then others such
as a minority opinion say that it's the
same night every single year.
The whole point is that,
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam also indicated in
some hadith that it is more likely to
be on the,
odd, or odd nights. And then another narration
mentions it's more likely to be on the
7th on the last 7th. So it could
be before that.
Seek it in the last 7.
The whole point
is for
the servants of Allah azzuajal
to put effort in the last 10.
Because if you try to to use math
and pinpoint where it's gonna be, you're not
gonna
you're not going to settle upon anything that
is certain. So the whole point is for
people to put effort
in all the 10
trying to seek it out.
So there are a number of things. So
then what should we do and how do
we seek it and how do we balance
that with work and other things?
And the point is to put whatever effort
you're able to do, whatever you're capable of
doing. Yeah. And no one is asking anyone
to break their neck and to stay up
all night and to go to work and
to come back and stay another night and
things of that sort. Everybody knows their schedule.
Everybody knows what they can bear.
And you are able to make put a
combination of different acts of worship.
So you're going to pray, you're going to
make dhikr of Allah azza wa Jal, you're
going to recite Quran, you're going to make
dua to Allah, azzawajal.
Aisha radallahu anha, when she asked
the prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, if it
is and if I know it's And so
the scholar said something
that you might also get a sense when
it's little Qadr because Aisha said if I
figure out that it's little Qadr, if I
know,
you know, through a a feeling of peace
or what have you, what should I say?
And the prophet tells her to say,
In this place, in this time, if you
feel and if you know and if even
if you don't know, it's
you're asking Allah
for
to be pardoned.
And the scholar said there is nothing that
is heavier on the believer
than their sins.
And so we're badly in need of our
sins to be forgiven and to be removed.
So in this place here,
An Nabi is
telling Aisha
to ask for the highest level, not just
for forgiveness
where you're a the sin
is
pardoned,
but it's still in your records. But for
the highest level, al-'Afu,
where it's not even mentioned in your records.
So but that doesn't mean that Aisha
meant that she's just going to sit all
day or all night and just make that
dua because we said
that the qiyam which is means the salah.
So you're between salah and dhikr and dua
and Quran
and making this specific dua that the prophet
said, and everyone just do does whatever they
can.
And what if my work schedule is so
difficult? It doesn't allow me to do all
10 pipe. In this case, if you were
given the option between the odd nights and
the even nights, what would you do?
Someone is so busy, then focus on your
your odd nights.
And then to throw some further confusion, Yani.
What if one country fast a day before
another country?
And then that year, 27th Ramadan
is.
For the other country, it will be on
26th.
So the scholar say it could even be
on uneven. So the whole point is for
us to put effort.
Ask Allah Subha Ta'ala for His forgiveness. Indeed,
those who ask for His forgiveness shall prosper.
Sisters, if it's,
if they have just given birth postpartum or
if they if if it's the their time
of menses,
a lot of them also start to panic.
Like, what do I do if it's that
time for me? And the answer is, as
we mentioned, it is a combination of different
acts of worship. Prayer is not the only
thing that you're able to do on that
night. You are able to stay up and
make the you're able to stay up and
make dua to Allah.
So there are other things you can do,
but the whole point is that Allah
wants to see efforts from his servants. He
wants to see you try. And if you,
even if you you try and you don't
necessarily
break records with your and break records with
the amount of that you recited, Allah
also understands your situation, your schedule, and Allah
azzawajal is a shakiranashakuran.
That's such an important description of Allah azzawajal
because it means he appreciates whatever you do.
He even if you put little forward, Allah
appreciates it. And Allah, if we didn't understand
this about Allah,
we would belittle everything we would do. We
would feel why why would Allah appreciate this
for me? This is nothing. But Allah is
a shakr and shakur. He appreciates whatever you
do. And that's why you do a good
deed instead of writing it as 1, he
multiplies it by 10, then multiplies it by
7, then multiplies it by 10, and only
someone who is truly appreciative would do something
like that.
So with that, we ask Allah
to make us of those who recognize the
truth as clear truth and follow the best
of it and to make us of those
who recognize falsehood as clear falsehood and abstain
from
it.