asalamualikum...
* Ramadaan 1427 = 2006 *
by *Shaykh Muhammad al-Maaliki حفظه الله *
on Saturday, October 14th, 2006
http://albaseerah.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4377
Dear Brothers and Sisters, today, Friday, the first day of the last ten
nights of Ramadaan as we lived last night, the first night of the last ten
nights of Ramadaan. These nights which Allaah تعالى swore by in Suratul Fajr
by saying “By the dawn and the ten nights and the prayers in them (which is
the shaf’ and witr).”
وَالْفَجْرِ{1} وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ{2} وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
*{By the dawn. By the ten nights. And by the even and the odd (of all the
creations of Allâh).}* [Al-Fajr 89:1-3]
These nights in which *Laylatul Qadr* is included, the night which Allaah
تعالى said in Suratul Qadr equals the reward of 84 years of worship as He
تعالى says:
لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ {3} تَنَـزَّلُ الْمَلائِكَةُ
وَالرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ أَمْرٍ {4} سَلامٌ هِيَ
حَتَّى مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ
*{The night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is better than a thousand months (i.e.
worshipping Allâh in that night is better than worshipping Him a thousand
months,
i.e. 83 years and 4 months). Therein descend the angels and the Rûh [Jibrîl
(Gabrîl)] by Allâh’s Permission with all Decrees, (All that night),
there is Peace (and Goodness from Allâh to His believing slaves) until the
appearance of dawn.} *[Al-Qadr 97:3-5]
These nights which the people who love Allaah found it too late, or too far
from them during the whole year, counting the days, nights, hours, minutes
and seconds in order to reach it. They were waiting for a long while for it
to come, and today they are here, so what shall they do in it?
‘Aishah رضي الله عنها as related in Bukaahri and Muslim said that: *The
Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم when the last ten nights approached he used to
spend all night awake and he would wake up all his family (members) and he
became more serious in worship.*[1]
Although he was *always* serious in worship and he was the best worshipper
ever known; but he spent all night in worship as stated in another hadith: *“In
the first twenty nights of Ramadaan, Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used to mix
between sleeping and praying at night, but in the last ten nights the
Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم didn’t sleep and always spent the whole night
worshipping Allaah by different forms of worship – either worshipping Him by
standing in prayer or worshipping Him by reciting the Qur’aan or worshipping
Him by invoking and supplicating Him.” *[2]
All these kinds of worship and remembrance of Allaah are great (forms of)
worship which the Muslims should exercise in these days. And she (‘Aishah
رضي الله عنها) also stated that *“he صلى الله عليه وسلم used to do more
worship in these last ten nights than any night in the year”*[3] and that is
why Ibn Hajr said that *“in this hadith there is an encouragement to
continue worshipping Allaah in the last ten nights of Ramadaan and there is
a signal or an indication to end Ramadaan in a good way.” *
--
Masjid Ahlul-Quraan wa As-Sunnah of New york
http://www.seekknowledge.org
http://www.albaseerah.org
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