<aside> <img src="/icons/moon_gray.svg" alt="/icons/moon_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Abu Huraira (ra) reported Allah's Messenger ﷺ as saying:
“Whoever established prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven.”
Source — Sahih al-Bukhari
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<aside> <img src="/icons/moon_gray.svg" alt="/icons/moon_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Narrated Aisha (ra): Allah's Messenger ﷺ said:
“Search for the Night of Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadan.”
Source — Sahih al-Bukhari
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<aside> <img src="/icons/moon_gray.svg" alt="/icons/moon_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Anas ibn Malik (ra) reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said when the month of Ramadan began:
“Verily, this month has presented itself to you. There is a night within it that is better than a thousand months. Whoever is deprived of it has been deprived of all good. None is deprived of its good but that he is truly deprived.”
Source: Sunan Ibn Majah
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The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ used to practice i`tikaf for the entirety of the last ten days of Ramadan.
Ash-Shafi’i (d. 204 H) said that some of the pious predecessors preferred to spend this night in prayer, some in Quran, some in dua, and all are rewarded by Allah.
Many scholars mentioned that what’s to be avoided beyond sin is wasting time on that precious night, unnecessary socializing with people, arguing, shopping, etc. One should keep in mind that the night technically starts at Maghrib(sunset), and be heedful of how time is spent from that point onwards.
Du’a for Laylat al-Qadr
<aside> <img src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/d818736a-e13a-4db9-8392-3c7f0f5b5454/dua.png" alt="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/d818736a-e13a-4db9-8392-3c7f0f5b5454/dua.png" width="40px" /> Aʾisha (ra) narrated that she said: “O Messenger of Allah, if I know when the Night of Al-Qadr is, what should I say in it? He said:
Allāhumma innaka ʿafūwun tuḥibbu al-ʿafwa fa-ʿfu ʿannī
O Allah, indeed You are all-Pardoning, You love pardoning, so pardon me.
Source: At-Tirmidhi
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May Allah give us all the blessings of Laylat al-Qadr - Ameen
