Why 27th night is more favoured for Laylatul Qadr?

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Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

 

JAZZALLAHU ANA SAYYEDINA MUHAMMADAN MA HUWA AHLAHU

 

Imam Ahmad Radi Allahu anhu reports that Ibn Abbas Radi Allahu anhu once said: “It seemed that people would never stop telling Sayyedina RasoolAllah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam about how, in their dreams, they had seen which of the last ten nights was the Night. So Sayyedina RasoolAllah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam eventually declared: “As I cannot help but notice,your dreams repeatedly suggest that it is one of the odd-numbered nights among the final ten. If anyone is really keen to investigate, let him focus his research on the seventh night of the final ten.”

 

Ibn Abbas Radi Allahu anhu is reported as having said to Sayyedina Umar Radi Allahu anhu: “I made a careful study of all the uneven numbers [afrad], and I had to conclude that none was more worthy of note than the number seven [as-sab'a].”

 

To demonstrate the special significance of the number seven, we shall now repeat what a certain learned scholar had to say on the subject:

 

“There are seven heavens, and there are seven earths.

 

“There are seven nights [in a week].

 

“There are seven celestial spheres [aflak], and there are seven constellations[nuj'm].

 

“There are seven laps to be covered at a brisk pace [say] between [the small hills] of as-safa and al-Marwa.

 

“There are seven circuits to be performed in the circumambulation

[Tawaf] of the House [of Allah].

 

“There are seven ingredients in the physical constitution of a human being, seven ingredients in his basic diet, and seven slits or cavities in the surface of his face.

 

“There are seven seals [khawatm]

 

“There are seven verses [ayat] in the Sura of Praise [surat al-Hamd].

 

“There are seven modes [ahruf] of reciting the Quran.

 

“There are seven oft-repeated verses [as sabul mathani].

 

“In the act of prostration [sujd] during the ritual prayer [salat], seven parts of the body are brought into contact with the ground.

 

“There are seven gates of Hell [Jahannam], and Hell has seven names, corresponding to its seven descending steps or levels [darakat].

 

“There were seven Companions of the Cave [Ayat al-Kahf].

 

“In the course of seven nights, the tribe of Ad was annihilated by the wind.

 

“For seven years, Joseph [Yusuf alayhis 'salam] remained in prison.

 

“There were [two sets of] seven cows [baqarat] in the dream of the king of Egypt, as mentioned by Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He) in the Sura of Yousuf alayhis 'salam [surat Yusuf]:

 

And the king said: “I saw in a dream seven fat cows, and seven lean ones devouring them.”

 

“There would be seven years of drought, and then seven years of

plenty, according to the prediction made by Sayyedina Yousuf alayhis 'salam"

 

“There are seventeen cycles [Fard rakat], all told, in the five daily prayers[salawat]"

 

 

Ref : Ghunyatul Talibeen by Hazrat Sayyedina Shaykh syed Shah Abdul Qadir Jilani mehboob-e-Subhani Qutbe Rabbani Radi Allahu anhu

[Faizan-e-Mustafa]

JazakAllahu Khayra for the informative article.

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