LA NUIT DE LAYLAT UL QADR
The Night of Power,' concealed in one of the odd nights in the last ten days of Ramadan;
the night on which the Qur'an was first revealed by Jibraeel to the Prophet Muhammad
,
and which the Qur'an itself describes as "better than
a thousand months."[Al-Qadr (97:3)]
Ibn `Abd al-Salam said in his Qawa`id (Rules): "The good deed (al-hasana) on that
Night is better than 30,000 good deeds on another." Abu Bakr al-Warraq said: "Suleyman's
kingdom was five hundred months, and Dhu al-Qarnayn's kingdom was five hundred months, and God has made the
deeds done during that night outweigh both kingdoms."
1 - Start by reciting the intention the niyah:
Nawaytu ’l-arbā’īn, (I intend the forty (days of seclusion);)
nawaytu ’l-itikāf, (I intend isolation;)
nawaytu ’lkhalwah, (I intend seclusion)
nawaytu ’l-uzlah, (I intend discipline (of the ego);
nawaytu ’r-riyāda,
nawaytu ’s-sulūk (I intend to travel in God’s Path;)
nawaytu ’š-šiyām lillāhi ta’alā al-‘Adhīm fī hādhal-jāmi’i.
(I intend fasting, for the sake of God the Almighty, in this mosque.)
2 - After Isha Salat and sunnah Salat , do Adab of the Tariqa ( Wadheefa )
3 - The intention of the Siyaam the day of Lailatu-Qadr
4 - Salat Taraweeh ( 20 Rak’ats )
5 - Salat Tassabeeh ( 4 Rak’ats ) in Jama’a ( group ).
6-Salat al-Shukr with Dua’ al Qunut ( 2 Rak’ats ) in Jama’a
7-Salat al-Witr in Jama’a
8 - You finish by standing up in front of Qibla after salat al-Witr to make 100 Salawats
Khatm al Khawajakan and Dhikr.
9 - Then, Surviving the night of recitation of Qur’an and other Awrad until the Fajr or arising sun.
10 - It is the better to pray from 20 Rak’ats to 100 Rak’ats in your third portion of the nighstand to recite in each Rak’at surat al-Fatiha with the first ayah ( verse ) only, from the second surah till the last.
It’s advisable for the next day, to make inshAllah, a sacrifice for thinking Allah ( S.W. T ) and to amend of your Siyaam, given to the people of Tariqa and the Ummah of Sayidina. Muhammad
. and to distributed it to the Poor people and the needy.This is what Mawlana
Shaykh Abdullah Daghistan
used to do ( may Allah bless his soul ) Ameen.
I-You say Bye to Ramadan Mubarak:
Al-Wadaa’u Al-Wadaa’u ya shahr al-Amaan.
Al-Wadaa’u Al-Wadaa’u ya shahr al-Qur’aan
Al-Wadaa’u Al-Wadaa’u ya shahr al-ghurfaan
Al-Wadaa’u Al-Wadaa’u ya shahr al-Ihssaan
Al-Wadaa’u Al-Wadaa’u ya shahr al-Taraaweeh
Al-Wadaa’u Al-Wadaa’u ya shahr al-Tassaabeeh
Al-Wadaa’u Al-Wadaa’u ya shahr al-Qanaadeel
Al-Wadaa’u Al-Wadaa’u ya shahr al-Siyaam
Al-Wadaa’u Al-Wadaa’u ya shahr al-Qiyaam
Al-Wadaa’u Al-Wadaa’u ya shahr al-Fuqaraa’
Al-Wadaa’u Al-Wadaa’u ya shahr al-Aytaam
Al-Wadaa’u Al-Wadaa’u ya shahr al-‘Atq wa al- Najaat
Al-Wadaa’u Al-Wadaa’u ya shahr al-Ramadan alldhee Onzila feehi al-Qur’an
Al-Wadaa’u Al-Wadaa’u ya shahr al-Birr wa al-‘Atiyyah
1-Dua’ after that:
Lam na’arif qadraka wa lam nahfid hurmatuka ya shahr la-Ghufraan, faarda ‘annaa, wa laa tashku minnaa ilaa al-Rahmani wa kun shaahidan lanaa bil fadli wa al-Ihssan.
II-To say also bye to your Qiyaam in the third portion of the night, in order that Ramadan make for you Shafa’a ( intercession ) in shaa Allah, in the presence of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala.
III-To give to Ummat of Sayyidina. Muhammad
al-Tabarruk.
The practices of Laylat ul Qadr in PDF format (eng)