Reviving Laylatu L-Qadr

Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya Sadat As’habi RasuLillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Dastur Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Faiz Daghestani, Sheikh Nazim al-Haqqani. Madad. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.

Tonight, as a tradition, the 27th of Ramadan is celebrated as Laylatu l-Qadr. People try to stay awake tonight. It is a nice tradition. However, it is not clear when Laylatu l-Qadr is. Allah ﷻ has hidden it. This night is better than thousand months, better than a lifetime. People wonder how to identify this night. Certainly, our Holy Prophet ﷺ has a Hadith where the weather of this night is described. People can study it as much as they want, they cannot find it. There is an easy way Allah ﷻ willing. It is the way of our Holy Prophet ﷺ, the way of Tariqa; you should know every night as Laylatu lQadr. You should worship equally the whole year. You should show respect to other nights. There are 355 days according to the Hijri year. If you don’t skip a night in it, you won’t miss Laylatu l-Qadr. You will have received its favors and Thawab. As you worship other nights with this intention, you will receive favors and Thawab from that as well.

Thank Allah ﷻ, the Ādāb (etiquette/morals) of our Tariqa is based on the way of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. You pray two Rakaʿāt Qiyam ul-Layl before going to bed and then you wake up for Tahajjud prayer. So you revive that night even if you go to bed. The goal is not to stay awake all night, but to worship right before the sleep and to pray Tahajjud later. That will be the revival; you don’t miss it anyway then and you will earn its virtues. You shouldn’t say, “I am tired. I won’t get up tonight”. Do not say you are sleepy. Shaytan can bring the sleep sometimes. Always pray two Rakaʿāt before going to bed. And when you pray two Rakaʿāt Tahajjud, waking up before Fajr time, that night will be revived. It will be as if you stayed awake all night, says our Holy Prophet ﷺ. Therefore, whoever worships on the 27th for the honor of Laylatu l-Qadr will earn its virtues.

It is same for everything. Muslims should not underestimate their duties. You cannot underestimate anything you do. Do not say, “Let me skip doing this and that today”. You cannot find these valuable things once again. Holy Prophet ﷺ says that it is same with food. There is a bite in every food which contains blessings and cure. Do not neglect it. Clean your plate and don’t leave anything in it. Blessings and cure can be in what you leave there. There is benefit and wisdom in everything. Do not underestimate anything. May Allah ﷻ help us. May Allah ﷻ bless us with Laylatu l-Qadr. Insha’Allah there will be many more years with the coming of the Sahib. The Dua for tonight is: may Allah forgive us. “You love forgiving, forgive us, O Allah” is the Dua of Laylatu l-Qadr. You can always make it, tonight and on other nights insha’Allah. May Allah ﷻ bless us with it.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 8 May 2021/26 Ramadan 1442 Morning Prayer, Akbaba Dergah