Saif Morad – Laylatul Qadr, Seize The Opportunity That Only Comes Once A Year

During the time of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi

wa sallam, there was an orphan.

And this orphan boy he had a garden

and one day he was building a fence

a wall around his garden so that there

would be separation between him and his neighbor.

And while he was constructing this wall there

was a big palm tree that was in

the way.

So he went to his neighbor Abu Lu

Baba and he told him that your tree

is in the way of my wall, so

why don't you give it to me? You

have so many other trees, one tree is

not gonna harm you. And Abu Lu Baba

refused.

So he said, Okay then, at least sell

it to me.

And Abu Lu Baba refused again.

So this yateem, this orphan, he got upset

and he went to the Prophet

and he complained to him about Abu Lu

Baba.

So the Prophet

called for Abu Lu Baba

and he asked him to give that tree

to this boy. But Abu Lu Baba refused.

So the Prophet

told him that, Okay, at least sell it

to him. And Abu Lu Baba still refused.

And then the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

gave him the deal of a lifetime.

He said, Give him that tree

for a tree in Jannah.

And everyone is paying attention to this offer

that the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is

giving Abu Lu Baba.

Yet he still refused

because this was his haqq, this was his

right, and the prophet

cannot force him to give up his right.

So Abu Loubaba walks off and this young

boy is crying.

And one of the Ansar, Abu Daha, wants

to capitalize on this offer.

So he rushes to Abu Lu Baba and

he tells him that do you know my

garden?

And Abu Duhda's garden was famous in Madinah.

It had over 600 palm trees.

And he told him that I'll give you

my entire garden for that one tree

and Abu Nubaba couldn't believe it. And you're

gonna give all that up for 1 single

tree you can take it.

The tree is yours.

So Abu Duhda went to the Prophet

and told him that if I were to

get that tree

would you give me the same deal? And

the Prophet

said yes.

So Abu Daha said I have purchased that

tree and I give it to this young

boy. I give it to this orphan.

And the Prophet

started saying

That how many heavy trees does Abu Duhda

have in Jannah? And he kept repeating this.

So Abu Duhda he saw an opportunity

and he capitalized on it. And opportunities

are all around us.

Every second is an opportunity to get closer

to Allah. But there are some opportunities

that don't come around too often. Like the

month of Ramadan.

30 days only comes around once a year.

The month of Ramadan is a tremendous opportunity.

The doors of Jannah are open. The doors

of hellfire are closed. A caller is calling

O seeker of good come forth. And every

day Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala frees people from

the hellfire.

And this is the month for us to

get forgiven. This is the month for us

to earn the mercy of Allah.

But Ramadan is a month long. If we

didn't take advantage of the beginning we still

have time.

But in Ramadan comes one night

that is the greatest night of the year

and if a person misses this opportunity

then they have missed out on tremendous

amount of reward from Allah. Allah says that

this night

is better than a 1000 months.

Worship during this night is better than a

1000 months of worship

and if we miss it we can't guarantee

that we're going to be around to see

another one.

So we cannot afford to miss this night.

And if we look at the example of

the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, he used to

strive harder during the last 10 nights.

He would make the most of these last

10 nights.

And he said that whoever stands in prayer

during laylatuluqadr

believing in Allah and only seeking reward from

Him alone,

then their past sins will all be forgiven.

So following His example we need to take

our worship to another level during these last

10 nights.

Sleeping 1 or 2 hours less during these

10 nights is not going to harm us.

If a person cannot

utilize all 10 nights at least they need

to utilize

all the odd nights.

This is the bare minimum so that they

don't miss out on Laylatul Qadr.

And the night starts at Maghre.

So we should have a schedule

exactly how I'm going to utilize these nights.

What can I do when? When I'm busy

I can utilize this time in remembering Allah

Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And the best action that

we can do on Laylatul Qadr, if we

look at the hadith,

is to stand in prayer as much as

we can.

If the masajid are open,

then we go for qiyamul layin. We try

to spend the night in prayer standing reciting

the Quran in prayer making dua in the

salah. And if a person can't go to

the masjid then they can pray at home.

They can open the mushaf, they can open

their phone and read from the Quran.

And a person can do other acts of

worship as well. The important thing is to

make the most of this opportunity

because none of us can guarantee

that we will live to see another one.