Praying at Night in Ramadhan

[Muslimah]

Sahih Muslim : Book 6, Book Name 'Kitab Al-Sawm' Number 2625]


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>Abu Sa 'id al-Khudri (Radi Allah Anhu) reported that Allah's Messenger


>(sal-allahu- alleihi-wasallam ) spent in devotion (in i'tikaf) the middle


>ten nights of the month of Ramadan, and when twenty nights were over and it


>was the twenty-first night, he went back to his residence and those who


>were along with him also returned (to their respective residences). He


>spent one month in devotion. Then he addressed the people on the night he


>came back (to his residence) and commanded them as Allah desired (him to


>command) and then said: I used to devote myself (observe i'tikaf) during


>these ten (nights). Then I started devoting myself in the last ten


>(nights). And he who desires to observe i'tikaf along with me should spend


>the night) at his place of i'tikaf. And I saw this night (Lailat-ul-Qadr)


>but I forgot it (the exact night) ; so seek it;In the last ten nights on


>odd numbers.