La nuit de l'immense valeur

C'est le mois de la Nuit de l'Immense Valeur (Laylatoul-Qadr). 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.

Ibn `Abd al-Salam a dit dans son Qawa`id (Règles): "La bonne action (al-hasana) cette nuit-là vaut mieux que 30 000 bonnes actions sur une autre. Abu Bakr al-Warraq a dit: "Le royaume de Salomon était de cinq cents mois, et le royaume de Dhu al-Qarnayn était de cinq cents mois, et Dieu a fait que les actes accomplis pendant cette nuit l'emportent sur les deux royaumes."

Il est rapporté d'Ibn Mas`ud qu'il a dit: "Il incombe au croyant d'avoir l'intention de le dépenser en prière depuis la toute première nuit du mois de Muharram (le premier mois de l'année) jusqu'à la fin de l'année, de sorte qu'il tombera très certainement dessus. Nawawi a dit: "Nul ne se voit accorder le bénéfice de son excellence sauf celui à qui Dieu montre son occurrence exacte." Mawardi a dit: "Et il est souhaitable pour celui qui le sait, de ne pas le révéler."

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 awrad 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)