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Peace be upon you and the peace of God and the blessings of Allah.

My beloved brothers and sisters, the 27th of Ramadan is a very, very important date.

And the reason I say this is because of the narration of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him,

wherein he speaks about searching for the night of decree, the night of power or the night of decree in the Arabic language,

Laylatul Qatr. When we search for it, the idea is to be able to worship Allah through a number of days, not just one.

But as human beings, we would like to know what is the night.

We want to know, we have a bit of impatience. So people ask, when is this night exactly?

The true answer is it's in Ramadan. Right? So it has to be in Ramadan.

You can't come out in the Al-Hijjah and say, hey, we've got to search for Laylatul Qatr because the days of the Al-Hijjah are indeed very, very auspicious.

Like the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him says, there are no days in which good deeds are more loved by Allah than the first 10 days of the Al-Hijjah.

Mamiin Ayyamin al-Alamalus Salehu fi Hinnah Ahabba Illahi min Hathiil Aashim. Those are the days of the Al-Hijjah.

The first 10 days of the Al-Hijjah are the most powerful days in the lunar calendar. But the nights we're talking about the nights.

The most powerful nights are the nights of Ramadan. Indeed, without a doubt.

And from them, they are powerful nights towards the second half of Ramadan. In the last 10 nights, there is a greater chance that Laylatul Qatr is in those 10.

The ones we are in right now. And then he says, the harraw Laylatul Qadrifil wittrim min al-Aashiril Awakhir ibn Ramadhan.

And then he says, the night of the night of the night of the night of the night of the night of Ramadan.

By engaging in extra acts of worship, by seeking the forgiveness of Allah, by praising Allah, by reading some Quran, by engaging in more salat or prayer, by doing my tarawih, by enjoying that, by not indulging in that which is prohibited.

Especially on those nights. You and I know prohibitions are prohibitions. Be it in Ramadhan or out of Ramadhan. But what is of importance is when Allah has given the value to a certain night more than others to do something wrong in that particular night would be even worse.

In Surah Al-Hajj Allah speaks about those who ensure the sanctity of that which Allah has given value to.

That is a sign of the piety of the heart. When Allah Almighty tells you this is an auspicious occasion. This is a blessed place to do wrong in that particular place or on that particular occasion intentionally would be damaging to our belief in faith in Allah Almighty.

So my brothers and sisters to search for the night is very important. We've already brought it down to the odd nights from the last ten nights. That does not mean it didn't go by already.

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