Name: What Counts As Catching Laylatul Qadr? | Taraweeh Reflections
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 May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow us to catch Laylatul Qadr.  Ameen.  Alhamdulillah, we're in the best ten nights of the year.  May Allah allow us to be focused and sincere,  and bid'nillahi ta'ala realize the full reward of every single one of these blessed nights.  Allahumma ameen.  What does it mean to catch Laylatul Qadr?  So I actually wanted us to think about this question in a schematic way,  because nothing in the shari'ah, nothing in our taskiyah, nothing in our spirituality is random.  Everything has a logic to it, everything has a coherence to it.  And so when someone asks the question, what does it mean to catch Laylatul Qadr?  And I'm not talking about the idea of, you know, what does it look like outside,  and the sun the day after, and the peacefulness of the night.  I mean for you as an individual, what does it mean to have caught Laylatul Qadr?  May Allah azza wa jalla allow us all to catch Laylatul Qadr.  Allahumma ameen.  There are two things I want you to think about, bid'nillahi ta'ala,  as we talk about this particular subject.  There are two levels of catching Laylatul Qadr,  and in general, when it comes to seasons of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's mercy,  when Allah gives us an opportunity, a season or a place,  where His mercy is more present to us, or there is a greater opportunity,  there are two levels of observance.  Number one is to witness, al-mushahadah, to witness.  Number two is al-'amal, are the deeds that are present therein.  So first and foremost, al-mushahadah, to witness something.  Secondly, to perform extra deeds, to perform blessed deeds during that time.  So I want you to think about everything in our deen that's relegated to a time or a place,  and think about how this scheme fits insha'Allah ta'ala for a moment.  Observance means, how do I know that I fasted a day of Ramadan?  Al-mushahadah, I witnessed the day of Ramadan, I did not eat or drink.  I witnessed that day of Ramadan, insha'Allah.  ذهب الضماء وابتلت العرق وثبت الأجر, insha'Allah.  Hopefully, the reward of that fast is maintained,  preserved, so long as I didn't do anything to break my fast.  In the physical sense, that would mean nullifying it by eating or drinking.  In the spiritual sense, that would mean nullifying it by backbiting, or gossiping,  or lying, or arguing, or doing something that would compromise it spiritually.  Otherwise, I caught that day of Ramadan, I fasted that day of Ramadan.  When we talk about hajj, when we talk about umrah,  when we talk about being present on the day of Arafah.  فَلَا رَفَثَ وَلَا فُسُوقَ وَلَا جِدَالَ فِي الْحَجِّ  Allah defines hajj, and the acceptance of hajj, first and foremost, by what?  The lack of violating that hajj.  الحج المبرور, when the Prophet ﷺ talks about an accepted hajj,  you can read any book of hadith, and the word مبرور here, of accepted,  refers to not violating the hajj.  Meaning, if you go there, and you pass the miqat,  you pass the station in your ihram, and you don't violate your ihram,  and you perform what needs to be performed,  you can consider yourself amongst those who witnessed that day.  You witnessed the day of Arafah, you witnessed the umrah, you witnessed the hajj.  So this is the first level.  Ramadan is first and foremost defined by that,  and the last ten nights are first and foremost defined by that.  In Salatul Isha, لا يصلها إلا الأشقى  No one will reach hellfire except for the one who is deprived.  الأشقى  الأشقى, the deprived one,  is a person who even if they are placed in the center of khayr,  in the center of goodness, they're immersed in it,  they will still find a way to miss out on the mercy of Allah SWT.  عمر بن عبد العزيز رحمه الله صدق قد خاب وخسر  من خرج عن رحمة الله التي وسعت كل شيء  Indeed, a person has lost and failed when they find themselves  excluded from the mercy of Allah,  though it encompasses all things.  How could you miss out on the mercy of Allah SWT?  الأشقى is the person who missed out  despite the fact that they were right in the middle of it.  They had the opportunity, but they were deprived of that good.  And when the Prophet ﷺ talked about a gathering of goodness,  he said هم القوم, they are a group of people,  if someone is amongst them.  لا يشقى لهم جليس  A person who is sitting amongst them will not be deprived.  I say this to first and foremost give you some hope,  but at the same time give you a warning.  That as Al-Hafidh Ibn Rajab رحمه الله says,  you want Laylatul Qadr to be accepted,  what counts as catching Laylatul Qadr?  As a believer being awake at the time of Laylatul Qadr,  not doing anything to violate it,  even if you just prayed Salatul Isha,  and you prayed Salatul Fajr,  and you attended some halaqat,  and you made some dhikr,  you didn't backbite, you didn't sin,  you didn't insult anybody,  you didn't disobey Allah SWT,  you are present on the night of Laylatul Qadr.  Alhamdulillah, that's observing Laylatul Qadr.  InshaAllah ta'ala the reward of Laylatul Qadr خي…

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