asalamualikum... * Ramadaan 1427 = 2006 * by *Shaykh Muhammad al-Maaliki حفظه الله * on Saturday, October 14th, 2006 http://albaseerah.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4377
This night, the night of Laylatul Qadr can be found anywhere in the world. In it Allaah sends down all the blessings, all the sustenance of the coming year, all mercy – and when we say ‘all mercy’ we don’t mean all mercy of His سبحانه و تعالى, but all mercy which He سبحانه و تعالى gives to the mankind in this life would be seen in that night. As in the hadith reported by ibn Maajah on the authority of Anas ibn Maalik and authenticated by Imaam al-Albaani in his book Saheeh at-Targheeb hadith number 986. He صلى الله عليه وسلم said to the sahaabah when Ramadaan first came: *“Verily this month has approached you now. In it is a night which is better than a thousand months whosoever loses that night and misses it is the one who misses the whole good – the whole khair, and whoever misses that night or he said: nobody would miss that night except he was a great loser.”*[4] So we need to show to Allaah what pleases Him in these nights. We need to do *i’tikaaf* if we can, in any masjid in the world although there are different opinions amongst the scholars, and we respect all the scholars. * i’tikaaf* is to free yourself from all relations except the one with Allaah. So, you remain in the mosque away from this life, away from dunya, away from its attractions, away from problems and whatever is in it, just to worship Allaah. You also refrain from slandering, backbiting, mocking, cheating and harming others. This is in order to make your body parts are at peace and feel mercy so that it may enjoy the blessings of this night, and so that Allaah may make it after Ramadaan a better body and that is why Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used to do *i’tikaaf*, as in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah in Saheeh Bukhaari that * “the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used to do i’tikaafin every Ramadaan for ten days but when it was the last year that he left he did i’tikaaf for twenty days.” *[5] That was only to free himself for worshipping Allaah so that Allaah تعالى may make him one of those who stand on the night of Laylatul Qadr, the night in which Allaah تعالى sends down all blessings, mercy and sustenance. The ‘Ulamaa and the Salaf (the pious worthy predecessors) used to treat this night differently from all others. They used to stay in the masjid and between Maghrib and ‘Eesha they took a shower, used perfume and incense and they put on their best clothes then stood for ‘Eesha, Taraaweeh and Qiyaamul-Layl in a good way. So we need to show Allaah تعالى in this night what pleases Him سبحانه و تعالى and what makes us very strong. And the best of what is done in these nights besides Qur’aan is du’aa – supplication, as Imaam Sufyaan ath-Thawri said, *“Du’aa in that night is more beloved to me than prayer” * and he meant to show just how important du’aa is – it is more important than prayer. So one needs to show Allaah a lot of du’aa (supplication). This is why when ‘Aishah رضي الله عنها asked the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, *“If I see Laylatul Qadr what should I say in it?” The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told her to say: “O Allaah You are One who forgives and You love forgiveness so forgive me.”*[6] اللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي And that is reported by Imaam at-Tirmidhi. We need to spend this night in a good way. We have to be away from all that can destroy the beauty of this night of Laylatul Qadr. We have to avoid fighting, quarrelling and debating. Just free yourself for worshipping Allaah even if others are willing to debate or talk about others, even if they say ‘this is about Deen’ just say ‘the Salaf used to close all the books of hadith which are better than your talk, and only open the Qur’aan. So they lived only with Qur’aan in the last ten nights.’ -- Masjid Ahlul-Quraan wa As-Sunnah of New york http://www.seekknowledge.org http://www.albaseerah.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "shiagroup" group. To post to this group, send email to shiagroup@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to shiagroup+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/shiagroup?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
