Lailatul Qadr, Is it Significant To You?

One of the most distinctive aspects of the month of Ramadhan is that

it includes lailatul qadr (the night of power), which is the most blessed
night of the year. This is that very night in which Allah Ta’ala chose to
reveal the Holy Quran upon our beloved Rasool (s.a.w.). This is also
the night wherein Allah decides the destiny, sustenance, birth, and
death etc. for His creation. It is mentioned in the Holy Quran that this
night is better than a thousand months (83 years & four months) as
Allah himself speaks:

SIGNIFICANCE

“The night of al qadr is better than a thousand months.” (verse 3

Surah Al Qadr).

This means the worship performed in this night brings more reward
than that worship carried out for the period of a thousand ordinary
months.

In the authentic teachings of Rasoolullah (s.a.w.), it is mentioned that

Allah Ta’ala showers his special mercy in this night towards the
inhabitants of the earth, accepts the duaas made by his servants and
forgives all those people who repent sincerely, as Rasoolullah (s.a.w.)
has stated in a hadith

“Whosoever stood up in front of Allah on the night of qadr with Iman

and true conviction of attaining reward from Allah, in return, Allah will
forgive all his previous sins.” (Muslim)

WHEN?

According to authentic sources lailatul qadr falls in any one of the last
five odd nights of Ramadhan i.e. 21, 23, 25, 27 and 29th, as we are
told in the hadith related by Ibne Umar (r.a.), Rasoolullah (s..a.w.)
said “ ...and, search for lailatul qadr in the odd nights of the last ten
days of Ramadhan.”

WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IN THIS NIGHT?

In this night a person should make worship of Allah Ta’ala

exceptionally. One can engage in the offering of nafl (Sunnah) prayers
as much as possible or in supplications, in the recitation of the Holy
Quran or by any other good deed, which is not contrary to the Shariah.

“The person who deprives himself from the blessings of Lailatul qadr,
indeed has deprived himself of all good and none other than an
ignorant person is deprived from such good.” (Ibne Majah).

Considering this hadith, we should attempt to spare some time for the
worship of Allah Ta’ala on this auspicious night.

The most profound way to derive benefit from the blessings of this
night, is to stay awake for the whole night and spend it in prayers, but
people who cannot do so, for any reason, should at least spare a
reasonable portion of the night for Allah. Some rakaahs should be
offered in the least, after midnight as tahajjud, the Quran should be
recited, duaas be made, and any form of zhikr should be constantly
uttered.

Once, the beloved wife Aiysha (r.a.) inquired from Rasoolullah (s.a.w.)
as to what duaa should be made on the lailatul qadr, upon this
Rasoolullah (s.a.w.) taught her the following duaa
"Allahumma innaka afuwwun kareemun tuhib-bul af-wa fa-afo
anni"
(O Allah, You are the One who grants pardon for sins, loves forgiving,
so forgive me.)

Indeed the blessings of our Lord are

innumerable, but fortunate are those who reap
them and regard them as significant.
Abu Mas'ud 'Uqba ibn 'Amr al-Ansari al-Badri reported that the Messenger of Allah,
(PBUH), said, "Anyone who shows the way to something good has the same
reward as the person who does it." [Muslim]

E.g. if you encourage someone to go for Salah, or pay Zakat and the person actually
goes ahead and prays or pays Zakat, Allah will reward him for the good deeds and at the
same time give you (the one that encouraged them to do good) an equal reward as he
has given them- without decreasing what he gave them.

So Encourage Other To Do Good And Refrain From Bad Deeds