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In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful. All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honorable prophets and messengers. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and upon his family, and peace and blessings be upon him. So, my brothers and sisters, all praise belongs to Allah. We are in the last ten days of Ramadan. The fadhilat of these last ten days or last ten nights, I think everybody knows. We have the hadith of Uyayna bin Abdur Rahman and Ruzal Anuma who narrated, My father narrated to me the night of Al-Qadr was mentioned in the presence of Abu Bakr. So he said, I do not search for it due to something that I heard from Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam, except for during the last ten nights. For indeed I heard him say, search for it when nine remain or when seven remain or when five remain or during the last three nights. He, Uyayna said, during the 20 nights of Ramadan, Abu Bakr used to perform salah just as he performed salah during the rest of the year. But when the last ten began, he would make extra effort to pray more in the night. Now we know the hadith of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam also where he, sallallahu alaihi wasallam came out of his house. There was some argument happening in the masjid. He came out and he said to the people arguing loudly, he said, Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala had informed me about the exact night of Laylatul Khadr. But because of this argument that is going on in the masjid, Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala caused me to forget it but search for it in the last ten nights of Ramadan in the odd nights. So 21st, 23rd, 27th, 29th are the odd nights of Ramadan al-Kadr. Now on a side note, of course, this also teaches us the danger and the, you know, the problem with raising voices and arguing and so on in the masjid. But in this case, think about this, that Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam was made to forget the night, the exact night. But Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala caused him to advise us to search for the night of Laylatul Khadr in the last ten nights. Now there is obviously everything there is khair, alhamdulillah. And the benefit of this is that it gives us the opportunity of worshipping Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala with great sincerity and devotion, which of course he was due all the time. But at least in this case, in these nights, the last ten nights of Ramadan al-Kadr and in the odd nights. Now the thing I want to say to you is please don’t fall into arguments. Again, the whole issue of problem with us today is that we argue about useless things. So don’t fall into arguments about is it the 21st night tonight or is it possible that it is not, maybe it is the 20th, maybe it is the 22nd, because in Saudi Arabia it is 22nd or in Pakistan it is 21st and this and that. I mean all kinds of people who do not understand either astronomy or don’t understand the Deen, may Allah have mercy on us, we make these statements and we get into arguments. The best thing is treat that entire period of the last ten nights of Ramadan al-Karim as if every night is an odd night. Because even if you take the fact that Ramadan, the starting of Ramadan, because it’s based on moon sighting, sometimes there’s a different sighting. So people have, they start one day in one place and a day later in another place. It is possible that when you are observing 21st night in your country, it is actually 22nd and vice versa. So the best thing to do is treat all those nights as if they are the 25th, as if they are the Laylatul Khadr. Worship Allah SWT with complete and total dedication to Him for this because of the benefit and the fazilat and the position and the maqam and the magnitude of the Laylatul Khadr. Worship Allah SWT to grant us the Laylatul Khadr with khair and aafiyah inshaAllah.
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