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and that he has taken his allotted provision in full. He went on to say: Among the matters of faith we affirm is that Allah descends every night to the lowest heaven during the last third of the night, extending His Hand and declaring, “Is there anyone who will ask…?”—as reported in the hadith—and likewise on the night of mid-Shaʿbān,
واستوفى رزقه.
إلى أن قال: ومما نعتقد أن الله ينزل كل ليلة إلى السماء الدنيا في ثلث الليل الآخر، فيبسط يده فيقول: «ألا هل من سائل» الحديث وليلة النصف،