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The Last Ten Days of Ramadan

 
 

The Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessing of  Allah be upon him) said, “If any Muslim comes out of Ramadan without gaining forgiveness and goodness, he is a real loser” (Ibn Hibban and Thabarani).

The last ten days of Ramadan are very special days in the life of every Muslim. According to Muslims, they are the most blessed days in the blessed month of Ramadan, the month the Qur’an was revealed. Muslims believe that although the Prophet Muhammad (PBH) was promised Paradise , he used to exert himself even more in worship during these last ten days, hoping to draw closer to Allah. The Prophet’s wife `Aysha (May Allah please with her) said: “With the start of the last ten days of Ramadan, the Prophet used to tighten his waist belt (i.e., work hard) and used to pray all the night, and used to keep his family awake for the prayers” (Bukhari).

For Muslims, the last ten days should be a time to perfect one’s fast and avoid anything that may break it. It is a time to give more charity and to settle disputes and forgive one another. It is also a time for soul searching, evaluating one’s life, supplicating, and asking forgiveness. This should be done sincerely because if Allah accepts the supplications, the reward is the remission of one’s sins.

The best time to do it is in the last part of the night. Abu Hurayrah (R) reported that the Prophet (PBH) said: “When the last one third of the night remains, our Lord, the Glorious One, (His mercy and kindness) descends towards the lower heaven and proclaims: Is there anyone supplicating to Me, so that I grant his supplication? Is there anyone begging of Me for anything, so that I grant him his wish? Is there anyone who seeks My forgiveness, so I forgive him?” (Bukhari and Muslim).

During the last third of Ramadan, one should read more Qur’an and remember Allah more often, even constantly.

The last ten days are also known for i`tikaf (spiritual retreat). The Prophet (PBH) used to perform i`tikaf in the Masjid during the last ten days of Ramadan, barely sleeping during that time. I`tikaf requires a total devotion to Allah; it is a sort of vacation with Him. The time is spent worshiping, performing ritual Prayers, reading the Qur’an, making Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) and du`a’ (supplication).

Lailathul Qadr

The great value of the Night of Power (Lailatul Qadr) has been emphasized in the Qur’an and in the traditions of the Prophet (PBH), at various places. In the Qur’an, a whole chapter is devoted to this theme: We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of power: And what will you know what the Night of Power is? The night of Power is better than a thousand months.  Therein come down the angels and the Spirit by Allah permission, on every errand.  Peace! ..... This until the rise of morn! {Qadr}.

The Prophet (PBH) is reported to have said:  “The past sins of a person who remains engaged in acts of worship in the night of Power with faith and awareness of Reckoning will be forgiven” (Agreed).

It is, indeed, Allah’s wisdom and kindness that He has left this night unrevealed and has simply referred to it as one falling in the last ten days of Ramadan. This, as a matter of fact, encourages Muslims to adorn all the last ten nights of Ramadan with acts of worship, supplication and invocation in search of this night. 

Most traditions agree that Lailathul Qadr falls in the last ten days of Ramadan, probably in the last seven days, and is one of the odd nights.  Ibn Umar (May Allah please with him) narrates: “Lailathul Qadr was shown in dream to some of the Companions of the Prophet as occurring in the last seven days (of Ramadan).  On it the Prophet remarked that as their wishing to find it should search for it in the last seven days”.  Aysha (R) narrates: “The Prophet of Allah (PBH) used to observe seclusion in the Masjid (I’thikaf) in Ramadan in its last ten days and told (us) to search for Lailathul Qadr in the last ten days of Ramadan”.  In another Tradition related again by A’ysha, may Allah be pleased with her, the prophet of Allah, blessings and peace be on him, said: “Search Lailathul Qadr in the odd night of the last ten days of Ramadan” (Bukhari).

 

 

 


 
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