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A'udhu billahi Sami'il -'Alim min ash-Shaytan ir-rajim
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim
Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen
Wala `Udwan illa `alaz-Zalimin
Wal-`Aqibatu lil-Muttaqin
Allahumma salli wa salim wa barik ala abdika rasulika
Muhammadin salallahu alayhi wasalam
wa 'ala aalihi wa sah bihi wasalam tasliman kathira
What is tonight?
What's tonight? Did someone really just say Saturday?
(audience laughing)
27th night of Ramadan
Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen
Is there any significance to the 27th night of Ramadan?
Specifically? And this is what I want to address
bi-idhnillah Ta'ala
And I want us to actually see it from the lens
of the community of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
Now we see all of these narrations
about the special nature of the last ten nights.
And then you start to find some narrations
that suggest something very interesting
that Rasulullah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam pushed harder
as the end of Ramadan came closer.
So for example, there's a beautiful narration
from Nu'man ibn Bashir radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
He says that "We prayed with the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam one year and it was the 23rd
night and we prayed with him until we finished
about a third of the night in prayer and then that same year
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam stood up and he led
us in prayer on the 25th night.
and we prayed until we finished about half of the night
in prayer" and then he said "We prayed with the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
on the 27th night of Ramadan" and he said
"We prayed with him until we thought we were going
to miss Suhoor"
Okay?
That's one narration. Another narration
from Bilal al-Habashi radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
the mu'azzin of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
That Bilal radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu said
"Seek out Laylatul-Qadr in the last week of Ramadan".
ibn Umar radiAllahu ta'ala Anhuma also says
"in the last seven of Ramadan"
See you have these narrations right?
And here is a very interesting narration, one that causes
a lot, a lot of of Ulama to come to a conclusion
about this 27th night of Ramadan.
And here is the scene. Who was the first Khalifa
to gather the people behind one Imam for tarawih?
You guys are gonna have to answer me,
we need energy Insha'Allah
- (inaudible answer from audience)
- Umar ibn al-Khattab radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
Very good! So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
We know that in his lifetime he prayed a few nights
with the Sahaba in tarawih in congregation
and then the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam was afraid
that it would be taken as a fardh
on the Ummah. That it would become an obligation for them,
so the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam instead encouraged
them to do their tarawih at home. Right?
Just so that it would not be written as an obligation
upon us. So that was the wisdom of the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
However, the Sunnah is established in that regard.
Now when Umar ibn al-Khattab radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu assumed
the Khilafa and it was only two and a half year
after the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam death
because the Khilafa of Abu Bakr radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
was very short. People were praying in the Masjid again
but there were praying in groups.
So you had some groups praying with an Imam
that would read 20 Ayat per Raka'ah
and he would read them very very very fast.
You had some group praying with 25
you had some groups praying with 30 ayat
So praying behind different Imams and Umar ibn al-Khattab
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu gathered them behind one Imam.
What was the name of that Imam ?
- (someone from the audience) Ubayy ibn Ka'b.
- (Sh. Omar) Ubayy ibn Ka'b.
Remember that! Ubayy ibn Ka'b radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
Who is Ubayy? Ubayy radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu is a man
that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said
that you should take the Qur'an from him
He put him in the category of ibn Mas'ud
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu, Salim Mawla Abi Hudhayfa
He put him in that high category of people
to take the Qur'an from.
Okay ?
That is Ubayy ibn Ka'b radiAllahu Anhu
Ubayy is the person the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
told "Allah commended me to read Qur'an to you,
to read Suratul Bayyina to you"
And Ubayy radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu said Ya Rasulullah
Sammani? Wait a minute, Allah said my name ?
He said "Yes Allah said your name" and he started to cry
before the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
could even recite Qur'an to him. The fact
that Allah told the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
to recite a Surah to him by name is very special
to Ubayy ibn al-Ka'b radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
So he is a companion who reads the Qur'an the way
that it should be read, lives the Qur'an, who receive
the Qur'an from the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and so he's leading the Sahaba in Jamma'ah, in tarawih
within a decade of the death of the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam in the masjid of the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
Okay
Now, Ubayy ibn Ka'b radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu,
What was the point of all of this ?
Ubayy was the person who said
"I swear by Allah that Laylatul Qadr is the 27th night"
You see now why it is so significant ?
(Dr Omar laughs)
He's not just some companion, it's not just a hadith.
It's from an authority. Particularly in Qur'an, an authority
in Ramadan, a person who has high ranking amongst the Sahaba
who says "I swear by Allah that Laylatul Qadr
is the 27 night of Ramadan, I heard it
from the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
that the 27th night is Laylatul Qadr"
If you're sitting in the Masjid of the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and it's Ramadan and Ubayy radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
stands up and he says that, isn't that going
to land in your heart in a certain way ?
It will right ?
It will! SubhanAllah! So what happens then ?
You then find these other narrations.
Narration from Mu'awiya radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
that Laylatul Qadr is the 27th night.
Some other Sahaba that also said the same,
the 27th, the 27th, the 27th.
And someone took Ubayy ibn Ka'b radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
to the side, it's also another narration, and he said
"O Ubayy" he said "Your brother ibn Mas'ud
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu was asked about Laylatul Qadr
and he said whoever wants to catch Layaltul Qadr,
let him observe every night in prayer,
not the last ten. Period!"
(Sh. Omar laughs)
"You want Laylatul Qadr, you need to observe
every single night looking for Laylatul Qadr".
So the point was , Work! Push yourself!
So Ubayy radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu responded, he said
Rahimahullah, Rahimahullah May Allah have mercy on him!
Arada alla ya takila, ya takilan naasu
"He did not want, may Allah have mercy on him,
my brother ibn Mas'ud did not want people to get lazy
and complacent". But he reaffirmed
"I heard the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
tell me it was the 27th night".
How do we come to terms with this ?
Another narration by the way.
An old man who came to the
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and he told the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
"Ya Rasulullah, it's hard for me to do all these last
ten nights". The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
told him "Seek out the odd nights then".
He said "Ya Rasulallah, I can't even do all
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of the odd nights".
Faqaalallahu Alayhi Saltu Wasallam wa alayka bhissabi'a
"Then, make sure that you catch the 27th night"
It's an authentic narration as well.
What do we take from all of this ? Well first and foremost
Ubayy radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu was being truthful.
No one doubts the authority of Ubayy radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
However, the question is, is it the 27th night
every single year or was it just that time that the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam was telling him that?
Another possibility is the
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
was saying that the twenty-seventh of the last
ten nights is the most likely of the odd nights
on a recurring basis to be Laylatul Qadr.
That's also a possibility right? It is the most likely
of the last ten nights to be Laylatul Qadr.
That's also a possibility there because we already mentioned
the Hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
that they prayed with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and Laylatul Qadr that year was the 23rd night
Is there any practical benefit to this or did I just waste
ten minutes of your time? Or eight minutes of your time.
Here is what I will say about this, which is very important.
The practical benefit of this is that
Ubayy radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu did not only show up to lead
qiyam on the 27th night even though he thought
that it was 27th night for sure. He would lead the Sahaba
every single night. He didn't leave his i'tikaf
There is absolutely no indication
of the Sahaba taking breaks at this time.
However, one of the practical benefits and some
of the Ulama mentioned about the narration of that old man
If you have the situation of that old man, so let's say
for example you work a job that gives you night shifts
and your job's only gonna give you one or two nights off
from the last ten nights. Then, on the basis of that Hadith
Maybe you say all right, well if I can only take one night
off of the last ten nights so I can only observe the full
i'tikaf the full Qiyam, I'll take
the 27th night because there's some particular
likelihood or probability according to some
of the companions that this one is the most likely night.
However, for everybody else, SubhanAllah every single one
of the last ten nights was precious. You also don't know
if you're odd is even or your even is odd.
The moon sighting, you don't know! So you push yourself
and you push yourself and you push your self.
With all that have been said dear brothers and sisters,
it's 27th night!
(Sh. Omar laughs)
Push yourself! Push yourself! If you were in that masjid
and Ubayy radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu stood up and said
"I swear by Allah, Rasulallah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam"
pointing to the grave "told me it was
the 27 night and I don't want you to get lazy
and complacent but I told you it was the 27th night".
Imagine if Sheikh Yasir stood up, wearing the vest,
(audience laughing)
his vest, in all of its glory and said
"it's the 27th night"! It's gonna land in a certain way
right ? Seriously, dear brothers and sisters Alhamdullilah
for what we have, what a blessing of Allah
Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la we have it.
Push yourself tonight, don't waste any of these precious
moments because if you were sitting in that masjid
with the Sahaba and you just heard that, Oh my God!
This is a night! It's not the night for sure
but it's a night and of course the practical benefit,
even if it was 90% that 27th night is Laylatul Qadr
every single year, are you really gonna miss out on
khairun min alfi shahar for the last ten nights
even if it's 10%. And the last benefit I'll say
in this regard by the way, the last two nights of Ramadan
This is most likely gonna be a 30 night Ramadan.
The 30th night, seek it until its last moment!
Every indication is that the Sahaba only picked up
their worship as the last two nights have been along
One of the things that you see happen and it's natural
sometimes is that after the 27th night,
everything kinda dips. It's like we're getting to Eid mode
right after the 27th night. No, no, no!
We have a few more precious nights, we still have
the 29th night out there and the 30th night
could be Laylatul Qadr too because the odd could be even
and the even could be the odd, let's push ourselves
insha'Allah ta'ala and let's remember
our brothers and sisters in al-Aqsa in our dua'a
Do not leave your brothers and sisters out. I know how many
people are watching the videos and following the news,
our hearts need to be connected right ? Concern needs
to be there. Let that concern translates into du'a.
May Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la liberate them, may Allah
Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la grant them victory
over their oppressors. May Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la free
that sacred masjid, the first qibla of the muslims.
May Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la free it from occupation
and free it from oppression. Allahumma ameen.
Don't forget them and don't forget the other muslims
who are not only having to think about the last ten nights
you know, whether or not they can adjust
their sleep schedules, they're having to worry
about grenades falling on them and military boots
on their necks and people mistreating them
while they try to pray. So don't forget them dear brothers
and sisters in your du'a tonight
Jazakumullahu khairan
As Salaam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu