 مفاتيح أو مفتاح الجنانات رتن by سيد محسن الأمين في نمو الثلاثة ورسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم where the holy prophet outlines the best of days, the best of months and the best of nights and the best of books favorable to Allah سبحانه وتعالى ورسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم says Allah has favored Friday out of all other days and out of the months Allah has favored the month of Ramadan and in the month of Ramadan Allah has favored ليلة القدر ليلة القدر as it says in Arabic language it's ليلة and ليلة means night and قدر is power or which has got many blessings so if we put ليلة القدر together it means a night of power and by that we mean that الله سبحانه وتعالى when he says in the holy Quran إنه أزلناه في ليلة القدر for example in Surat Al-Qadr then he talks about this special night so ليلة القدر is a night of power it's not like any other night it is a night which is a special night and it comes only once in a year and it is in the holy month of Ramadan as mentioned in Surat Al-Dukhan that this is the night ليلة القدر on when the Quran was revealed so we understand from this verse in the Quran and from the Seer of the Holy Prophet that the revelation of the Holy Quran as a divine book was twofold there were two types of revelations يعني the same Quran that we have between our hands today this revelation that descended upon the Rasulullah there were two types of revelations for the same Quran one is known as a نزول دفعي and one which is تدريجي يعني a revelation of the Quran in its entirety upon the heart of Rasulullah on a single night this is one and then number two you have the revelation of the Quran over a period of 23 years so as historical events unfolded in front of Rasulullah these verses were revealed by جبرايل in accordance and this is how the people and the common masses were exposed or were aware of the revelation that was descending upon the Rasulullah in addition to this we have the revelation in its entirety and each form of revelation of the same Quran has its own hikmah has its own divine wisdom behind it but ليلة القدر is that night that divine glorious night where the entire Quran the Quran in its entirety was revealed upon the heart of Rasulullah صلى الله عليه و آله و سلم and hence this is the first aspect or the first dimension of the significance of ليلة القدر number two the second important dimension of ليلة القدر as Allah سبحانه وتعالى mentions in سورة الدخان فيها يفرق كل أمر حكيم ليلة القدر is that night where Allah سبحانه وتعالى seems for us our destiny for the coming year in regards to our health in regards to our wealth who lives and who dies is all decided within these nights of ليلة القدر شيخ خبيسيز that Allah سبحانه وتعالى is destined in this night who is going to be born and who is going to be passing away during this whole coming year there are people who are present in the last holy month of Ramadan they were present in the nights of قدر the nights of power but Allah سبحانه وتعالى had destined for them that before the arrival of the next ليلة القدر they will be away from this world they will pass away and there are individuals who will get married that Allah سبحانه وتعالى will destined for them as a result of that marriage that Allah سبحانه وتعالى is going to bless them with offspring so a new person will come into this world and the person will depart all of that will be destined on ليلة القدر is that it? no شيخ خبيسيز الله سبحانه وتعالى will determine how much the level of sustenance he will reveal upon each individual and sustenance is not only financial sustenance رزق has been described as being for example risk of knowledge sustenance and knowledge sustenance and health Allah سبحانه وتعالى will say you've lived your life suffering from poor health as a result of you supplicating to me and asking me and calling upon me in ليلة القدر I have determined for you that you will be better الله says in the Holy Quran يمح الله ما يشاء ويثبت وعنده أم الكتاب يمح الله ما يشاء الله may change وتبهي wish الله may delete وتبهي wills ويثبت and he may decide to assert to keep the way it is whatever he wants وعنده أم الكتاب the knowledge of the book the knowledge of our future is with him when he says يمح الله ما يشاء ويثبت it means that destiny can be changed number one by dua the way the holy prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم has said لا يرد القضاء إلا الدعا number two by your own supplications which you do on specific nights like Laila to Al-Qadr number three by giving sadaka sadaka can protect us from many calamities not only that the holy prophet says if you want the angels to forget about you for you to live longer make sure you are in good contact with your family members صلى الله عليه وسلم so yes قضاء is one thing destiny is one thing but that destiny الله has given us opportunity for us to change it is we who can decide to make it the way we want because he says in the holy Quran ادعوني أستجب لكم ask me and I will fulfill whatever your wishes three important Islamic events that took place in history and Laila to Al-Qadr which continues to happen every year in that the Malayka descend upon the Imam of our time مبعث مأراج and Laila to Al-Qadr مأراج بعد we have the concept of إسراء and مأراج a heavenly journey a divine journey embarked upon by رسول الله where he travels from Makkah to Masjid Al-Kufa and then to Masjid Al-Aqsa and we also have narrations from Ahlulbayt that Masjid Al-Aqsa in essence is one of the masjid in the third of fourth heavens for a divine journey embarked upon رسول الله from Makkah where he goes and he ascends the heavens and gets to the closest metaphorical metaphorically speaking the closest point in regards to proximity towards الله سبحانه وتعالى such that you have the verses in the Quran that say فَقَانَ قَابَ كَوْسَينِ أَوْ أَدْنَا for your information and the information of the viewers the heavenly journey of me'araj was not a one-off journey in fact we have within our hadith that رسول الله went on me'araj over 100 times during his life during his prophethood 23 years of declaring prophethood رسول الله embarked on me'araj a number of times sometimes in the month of Rajab sometimes in the month of Rabi'ul Awal in Jamad-u Thani and so on so forth and even in Shahr-ul Ramadan so the event of me'araj رسول الله's heavenly journey happened a number of times but there is one me'araj or this one journey which is known as the grand journey which we describe as me'araj in which all the details are mentioned in the books of history but the earth is when الله سبحانه وتعالى when the holy prophet was engaging in Ibadah as he was usually doing in the cave in Ghar-e-Hirah in the outskirts of the city of Mecca رسول الله as all the other prophets and messengers they always chose a secluded location for their Ibadah and for their supplication to Allah سبحانه وتعالى in that event in that day in that time the archangel Jibra'il came down and descended upon the holy prophet and he said to the holy prophet of Islam يا رسول الله اقرأ which is well known by everyone that the archangel Jibra'il explained to the holy prophet يا رسول الله after 40 years of you supplicating to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and living your life in the best of ways الله has chosen for you to start your prophethood from now he explained the responsibility laid upon the holy prophet by Allah سبحانه وتعالى يا رسول الله you will have to do this you will have to convey this message to this group of people Allah has sent you to prophethood to the people of the Arabian Peninsula to guide them out of the ignorance that they are living in and keep in mind that these day also marks the revelation of the first ayahs of the Qur'an however this does not contradict the revelation of the Qur'an in its entirety during Laylatul Qadr there are two different events but the common denominator between both these events is that both of them include the revelation of verses or the dissension of verses upon the Rasulullah from my readings from the books of Ulumul Qur'an sciences of the holy Qur'an and the tafaseer of the holy Qur'an is that Laylatul Mab'ath or the day of Mab'ath جيبرايل came to Rasulullah صلى الله عليه و عليه و سلم to declare to him and to the world that the holy prophet has been appointed as Rasul however the first Surah to be revealed سورة إقرع بسم ربك الذي خلق and the whole Qur'an to be revealed in the sky of this world that happened during the holy month of Ramadan proof of that is what Allah سبحانه وتعالى says in Surah Al-Baqarah the verses starting from ayah number 183 up to ayah 187 of Surah Al-Baqarah they discuss about أحكام الشهر مضان in each we find that Allah سبحانه وتعالى says شهر رمضان الذي أنزل فيه القرآن هدى للناس وبينات من الهدى والفرقان شهر رمضان أنزل فيه القرآن it is in eat the holy Qur'an was revealed so the holy Qur'an was revealed as the whole of it in شهر رمضان ليلة القدر and that's why it's so important for us to recite the holy Qur'an in that particular night and other nights Qur'an was revealed part here, part there a piecemeal here, a piecemeal there this happened during different months but when we talk about revelation of the holy Qur'an in its totality it happened during the holy month of Ramadan and it was in ليلة القدر so ليلة القدر is a gateway to going through to the map earth and the meiraj of Rasool Allah ﷺ the end result of the bi'at and the meiraj is ليلة القدر because through meiraj and map'at we come to reach ليلة القدر which is reaching أهل البيت and the holy Qur'an because Rasool Allah ﷺ comes to say it lead in the last hours of his life on numerous occasions he spoke about this rewaya and this message but he repeated it in the last moments of his life all Muslims I am leaving behind two precious things two precious items you will never go astray until you let go of these two precious items اللي تاريكوا فيك المثقلين كتاب الله وعطرتي أهل البيتي لن تظلوا ما إنتمسكتم بهما so ليلة القدر is a translation of this narration that Rasool Allah ﷺ left behind the Ahlul Bayt and the holy Qur'an for the guidance of mankind according to narrations if we are looking at the hadith from the holy prophet Muhammad ﷺ أئمة أهل البيت ﷺ then we come to learn that ليلة القدر can be أئمة can be found on the 19th night of Shah Ramadhan or 21st night of Shah Ramadhan or 23rd night of Shah Ramadhan there are other narrations which says even 25th or 27th even 29th those odd nights so it is a night which can be found on these nights within last 10 nights of Shah Ramadhan there are other narrations or there are narrations by Rasool Allah ﷺ that come and say that spend the last 10 nights of the holy month of Ramadhan and supplicate to Allah ﷺ so they've given us a general type span of when maybe ليلة القدر will lie in one of these nights in the last 10 nights of Shah Ramadhan there are other narrations that come and specifically outline 3 or 4 nights out of the last 10 nights of Shah Ramadhan why? because أهل البيت they were seen to excessively supplicate and worship Allah ﷺ in the last 10 nights of Shah Ramadhan more than the other nights no, they were worshipping الله ﷺ in the other nights of Shah Ramadhan but they concentrated they encouraged the the Muslims to worship Allah ﷺ more and more in the last 10 nights so the 3 nights or the 4 nights in Shah Ramadhan in the last 10 nights of Shah Ramadhan are the nights of the 19th the 21st the 23rd and there are some narrations it's the 27th of Shah Ramadhan but we have more narrations that come and explain that the most important night which is known to be ليلة القدر is the 23rd the night of the 23rd of Shah Ramadhan هذا المبارك yeah, it's a very good question in terms of why not one night? why three? or even why more than three? when you look at the the importance of the night and the blessings which are there and the reward immense reward which is there if Allah ﷺ would make it just one night it could be easy maybe I'm saying easy could be easy for people to say okay we are going to stay this particular night until we get the blessings of it and then we leave but Allah ﷺ wants to see some sort of efforts from us so he says I will hide it within these nights either the whole last 10 days of Shah Ramadhan or within specific nights or at least 3 in order for you to show that eagerness that you want to go closer to Allah ﷺ Allah loves us and Allah ﷺ likes يا الله يا ربي مولايا and so on and so forth he wants to hear that we call him we go near him and we besiege him we pray to him he wants to see that from us that's why he made it in night of 19th and 21st and even 23rd in order for us to be able to go closer to Allah ﷺ that's number one number two it could be maybe let's say night of 19th 19th night I didn't do much Ibad I miss to do some acts of worship Allah is giving me another opportunity come my servant 21st is there for you if I did something maybe I wasn't satisfied with whatever I did there is another night which is 23rd and so on and so forth but at the same time look at the the geography of this world which we are living in you can see that for example in Europe and America especially Europe the month of Ramadan will be in summertime so we don't have much time of Ibad at night maybe we will have less than three hours for us to do our work of night of Qadr but other people in other parts of the world Africa and Asia and other areas of Middle East they have plenty of time to do Ibad so imagine if we want to compare ourselves to those who are there they have plenty of hours to do their Ibad we won't be able to do it in one night Allah سبحانه وتعالى again is giving us another opportunity to say okay you in summertime one night is not enough I'll give you three and I know people when they go for Ibad of Laila to Qadr they don't want to be disturbed by anything because they know the importance and secret and spirituality which is there so they want to be there in terms of Ibadah for them to finish أعمال all the du'as or supplication recitation of the Holy Qur'an and so on and so forth so I think for me it is a blessing from Allah سبحانه وتعالى that he has given us not only one night but three and maybe five or seven or so on and so forth one of the أعمال of Laila to Qadr of the night of destiny or the determining or the power is keeping awake أحياء ليلة القدر keeping awake until the early hours of the next day the seerah of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he used to make sure he stays awake to find these or this particular ليلة القدر now a question هل أنا just stay awake not doing anything or engaging in other activities or I have to stay awake to engage in specific activities because the right individual will say okay that's easy I would like to stay awake all night I will engage in for example watching programs on TV or playing games or going out no the sole purpose of أهل الميت encouraging Muslims and what we need to do أحياء staying awake the night of ليلة القدر is to supplicate to Allah سبحانه وتعالى in whatever means you see fit there are individuals who like to stay at home in the confinement of their homes they choose a location for themselves and they themselves by themselves they supplicate to Allah سبحانه وتعالى they put their prayer mat and they say they stay on their prayer mat duration of that night between recitation of the Holy Quran between recitation of the supplications received by أهل الميت عليه وسلم between repenting and seeking repentance doing استقفار between for example paying charity or between increasing their knowledge and studying the knowledge of أهل الميت عليه وسلم so these are the recommended acts of doing أحياء staying awake just for the sole purpose of supplicating to Allah سبحانه وتعالى there is a hadith which the Holy Prophet all the family of the Holy Prophet the wives of the Holy Prophet say that when the last ten of شهر مضان used to come or approach كان رسول الله سبحانه وتعالى عليه وسلم يشد مئزره the Holy Prophet would tie his waist tight this is a metaphor a qunaya to say that رسول الله would wake up would be busy to do عبادة on these ليالي which are known as القدر on ليلة القدر and in his seerah you can see that he stayed awake for the whole night till فجر he recited quran he recited dua he used to advise his companions to do the same he used to ask the family members أهل البيت and others to be awake why? because it's a special night why special night? الله سبحانه وتعالى says in surah al qadr ليلة القدر خير من الف شعر this one night of qadr is better than a thousand months for that it means if you do عبادة and Allah سبحانه وتعالى accepts your عبادة the acts of worship on this particular night the way the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used to do it means that the thawab the reward of your a'mal of one night will be equal to a thousand months it is equally about 80 plus years of a human this is the life of a human being so the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used to do a lot of عبادة on these nights which are known as ليلة القدر and we have a rewired from Ahlul Bayt it is advisable for an individual to spend ليلة القدر by the shrines of Ahlul Bayt and specifically by the shrines of أمام صلى الله عليه وسلم why? because it is definite that Allah سبحانه وتعالى will answer the call of that individual who is next to the burial site of أمام صلى الله عليه وسلم and not only that Allah سبحانه وتعالى for the blessings of أمام صلى الله عليه وسلم will instruct the Malaiqa to wipe away all of the sins and mistakes and wrongdoings of that moment and of course on top of dua we have Qur'an to recite the Holy Qur'an and as per the أعمال which are done on the ليلة القدر of course we have صورة القدر you have صورة الإخلاس you have صورة الدخان صورة الروم and many other صورة this is to say don't forget Qur'an because Qur'an is the book which was revealed in ليلة القدر شهر رمضان الذي أنزل فيه القرآن شهر رمضان is the month which the Holy Qur'an was revealed and if the Holy Qur'an was revealed in شهر رمضان I think the best of أعمال also to be done is to recite the Holy Qur'an on ليلة القدر رفع المصاحف placing the Holy Qur'an on top of the head and supplicating to Allah سبحانه وتعالى in his name and the names of أهل الميت عليهم السلام ورفع المصاحف الله's name and the names of the fourteen infallibles ten times and concluding that with asking الله سبحانه وتعالى for your utmost or utmost important requirement and request that you want from Allah سبحانه وتعالى and we usually say that make the first of دعاء and the first of supplication to Allah سبحانه وتعالى at the end of that act the hastening and the quickening of the reappearance of Imam Al-Mahdi عجل الله تعالى فرجو الشريف and one of the recommended act in that night is to pray for the well-being of Imam Al-Mahdi عجل الله تعالى فرجو الشريف so when you pray for the Imam you remember your Imam in the Lailة القدر and this is the night that the angels come down upon Imam Al-Mahdi عجل الله تعالى فرجو الشريف the Imam will not forget you the Imam will include you in his prayers in his دعاء and when you receive the dua of an Imam of an infallible Imam الله سبحانه وتعالى will surely will answer their call the best dua to ask for in my humble opinion on Lailة القدر is praying to hasten the reappearance of Mawlana صاحب الأمر والزمان عجل الله تعالى فرجو الشريف and as important as important to that dua is to pray يا الله make us or make me to be deserving to be from amongst the companions of Imam Al-Hujja this is as important as asking دعاء for hastening the reappearance of Imam I may be praying for the reappearance of the Imam God forbid God forbid when the Imam reappears I end up being one of the enemies of the Imam who will challenge the Imam why because the Imam comes with a manhaj that contradicts my personal ideological political or social or economic understanding of Islam hence much as it is important to pray for the dua of the Imam person needs to pray that يا الله if this if this dua happens in my lifetime which I pray يا الله you make it happen also make me deserving to be from amongst the companions of the Imam as you know that Laylatul Qadr one of the خصوصيات is that when the ذهور of the 12th Imam happens the صيح the cry of جبرايل will also occur on the 23rd night of شحر رمضان which is one of the nights of Laylatul Qadr the best of أعمال in Laylatul Qadr number one is to recognize الله سبحانه وتعالى that معرفة of الله is very important معرفة of الله can come through reading Qur'an with تفسير and understanding معرفة of الله سبحانه وتعالى can come through our دعاء by رساتش of دعاء we know who are we asking معرفة of الله can come through our prayers when we do physical actual صلاة قيام رقوس وجود قونوت and so on and so forth if we know that we are asking الله سبحانه وتعالى so the best action which we need to do is to know and recognize الله as الله سبحانه وتعالى our معرفة will come through reading through learning from the scholars through listening to the lectures if we can be able to understand الله سبحانه وتعالى properly then that by itself will change our future that by itself it will make us to be better people that by itself it will make me keep myself away from that which is حرام and I will go to do that which is واجب however when we say knowing Allah knowing Allah is the highest form of عبادة which we can do it by reading by studying by asking by listening to the scholars however there are many other أعمال which we can do when we talk about best أعمال there is no best of أعمال to be done on ليلة القدر like to repent to go back to Allah سبحانه وتعالى look at the children when they cause trouble to their parents and they leave the family they go away sometimes something comes into their mind and they say no we are wrong let's go back to our mom and dad that returning to the father and mother of for their children to return to them can you imagine how happy a mother and father will be when they see their children coming back and if that can happen in the holy month of Ramadan and if that can happen in the ليلة القدر now imagine Allah سبحانه وتعالى when we wrong ourselves and sometimes Shaytan makes us to forget Allah سبحانه وتعالى Allah knows because he says in the Holy Quran ولا تكونك الذين نصد الله فأنساهم أنفسهم don't be like those people who forget Allah because Allah will cause them to forget themselves so now we have this realization that we need to go back to Allah through the way of Tawbah and repentance that is the best form of عبادة which we need to know during the ليلة القدر but for those people who have not wronged themselves they are sincere obedient people the best أعمال is دعه مسألة by sitting and asking Allah سبحانه وتعالى there will be many people many many things which will be realized one when you do دعه and you ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى it shows that you know who are you doing دعه too you know that you are supplicating Allah سبحانه وتعالى that realization through دعه an act which shows humility and humbleness it is as if you are saying يا الله I don't have anyone except you this دعه is very important and Shaytuan doesn't want us to do دعه he may confuse us not to be able to do دعه