Al-Sharḥ al-MumtiʿIbn al-'Uthaymin

The Sixth Discussion: It has been reported that whoever stands in prayer on Laylat al-Qadr will have his previous and future sins forgiven. However, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said: “Every hadith containing the words ‘and his future sins’ is unsound, because this is one of the Prophet’s exclusive distinctions, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him. Not even the people of Badr were told this; rather, they were told: ‘Do whatever you wish, for I have forgiven you’ (1).” This was because they performed that tremendous good deed in that battle, so that tremendous good deed became an expiation for what came after it. What he, may Allah have mercy on him, said is correct.

His statement, “Its odd-numbered nights are more emphatic,” means: the odd-numbered nights of the last ten are more emphatic, due to the Prophet’s saying, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him: “Seek it on every odd-numbered night” (2). So which are its odd-numbered nights?

The answer is: the twenty-first, twenty-third, twenty-fifth, twenty-seventh, and twenty-ninth. These are five nights in which it is most hoped for. This does not mean that it can only occur on the odd-numbered nights; rather, it may occur on both odd and even nights.

Note: There is an issue here which many people practice. They believe that performing ʿumrah on Laylat al-Qadr has a special virtue, and so they perform ʿumrah on that night. We say: singling out that night for ʿumrah is an innovation, because it singles out an act of worship for a time which the Lawgiver did not specifically designate for it. What the Prophet, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, encouraged on Laylat al-Qadr is standing in prayer, concerning which the Messenger, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, said: “Whoever stands in prayer on Laylat al-Qadr with faith

(1) Reported by al-Bukhari in Kitab al-Jihad wa al-Siyar (Jihad and Military Expeditions), chapter: “When a Man Is Compelled to Look at the Hair of Protected Non-Muslim Women and Muslim Women When They Disobey Allah, and to Strip Them” (3081); and by Muslim in Kitab al-Fada'il (Virtues), chapter: “Among the Virtues of Hatib ibn Abi Balta'ah and the People of Badr” (2494), on the authority of Ali. (2) Its authentication has previously been cited on p. 491.
المبحث السادس: ورد أن من قام ليلة القدر غفر له ما تقدّم من ذنبه وما تأخر، لكن قال شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية ﵀: كل حديث ورد فيه «وما تأخر» غير صحيح؛ لأن هذا من خصائص النبي ﷺ؛ حتى أهل بدرٍ ما قيل لهم ذلك؛ بل قيل: «اعملوا ما شئتم فقد غفرت لكم» (١)؛ لأنهم فعلوا هذه الحسنة العظيمة في هذه الغزوة، فصارت هذه الحسنة العظيمة كفارة لما بعدها، وما قاله ﵀ صحيح. قوله: «وأوتاره آكد» أي: أوتار العشر آكد؛ لقول النبي ﷺ «التمسوها في كل وتر» (٢) فما هي أوتاره؟ الجواب: إحدى وعشرون، ثلاث وعشرون، خمس وعشرون، سبع وعشرون، تسع وعشرون، هذه خمس ليال هي أرجاها، وليس معناه أنها لا تكون إلا في الأوتار، بل تكون في الأوتار وغير الأوتار. تنبيه: هنا مسألة يفعلها كثير من الناس، يظنون أن للعمرة في ليلة القدر مزية، فيعتمرون في تلك الليلة، ونحن نقول: تخصيص تلك الليلة بالعمرة بدعة؛ لأنه تخصيص لعبادة في زمن لم يخصصه الشارع بها، والذي حث عليه النبي ﷺ ليلة القدر هو القيام الذي قال الرسول ﷺ فيه: «من قام ليلة القدر إيماناً
(١) أخرجه البخاري في الجهاد والسير/ باب إذا اضطر الرجل إلى النظر إلى شعور أهل الذمة والمؤمنات إذا عصين الله وتجريدهن (٣٠٨١)؛ ومسلم في الفضائل/ باب من فضائل حاطب بن أبي بلتعة وأهل بدر ﵃ (٢٤٩٤) عن علي ﵁. (٢) سبق تخريجه ص (٤٩١).

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