ليلة عظيمة القيمة

إنه شهر ليلة القدر (ليلة القدر). A large number of the commentators have said that deeds done on that night are better than the deeds of 1,000 months which do not contain a Night of Immense Worth. Ibn al-`Imad said: “We have sent it down on the Night of Immense Worth” indicates that the night is better than the day. A thousand months add up to 83 years and four months, or 30,000 days and 30,000 nights.

قال ابن عبد السلام في كتابه قواعد (القواعد): "العمل الصالح (الحسنة"إن العمل في تلك الليلة خير من ثلاثين ألف حسنة في غيرها" قال أبو بكر الوراق: كان ملك سليمان خمسمائة شهر، وكان ملك ذي القرنين خمسمائة شهر، فرجح الله العمل في تلك الليلة الملكين".

"وروي عن ابن مسعود أنه قال: (ينبغي للمؤمن أن ينويها من أول ليلة من شهر محرم إلى آخر السنة، حتى يصادفها لا محالة). قال النووي: (لا ينال فضلها إلا من أطلعه الله على وقوعها). قال الماوردي: (وينبغي لمن علمها أن لا يبديها)."

Adab Lailatu ‘l-Qadr

• Intention: Nawaytu’l-arbaʿīn, nawaytu’l-iʿtikāf, nawaytu’l-khalwah, nawaytu’r-riyāḍah, nawaytu’s-sulūk, nawaytu’l-ʿuzlah, nawaytu’ṣ-ṣiyām lillāhi taʿālā fī hādhā’l-masjid.

  I intend (to perform) the forty (days of retreat), I intend (to retreat in) isolation, I intend (to retreat in) solitude, I intend (to perform) the retreat, I intend (follow) the Path, I intend (to perform) the spiritual practices for Allah the Highest in this place of worship.

• After the night prayer and the following sunnah (two raka’ats), recite the adab of the TarIqa [i.e.: the small wazIfa.
• Express the intention to fast the next day
• Pray Salatu Tarawih [20 raka’ats].
• Pray Salatu Tasabih [four raka’ats in jama’at].
• Pray Salatu Shukr [thanksgiving prayer (two raka’ats in jama’at)].
• Pray Salatu l-Witr with Qunut invocation (three raka’ats in jama’at).
• Khatmu l-Khwajagan and
• Then stay awake all night reading the Holy Qur’an and practising the أوراد until sunrise.
• It is praiseworthy to pray during the vigil from 20 to 100 raka’ats reciting (during its execution) Suratu l-Fatiha together with the first verse (or verses) only, from the second Surah till the last.
• During the following day it is advisable to make two sacrifices for the sake of Allah, the Exalted, to thank Allah and to amend (the shortcomings) of your fast. You should offer it for the community of the Prophet Muhammad (s) and for the people of the TarIqa, distributing the meat to the poor and the needy. This is a tradition that Mawlana Sultan al-Awliya’ always followed throughout his life.

(Thanks to Shaykh Adnan Kabbani)