Lailatul Qadr, Is it Significant To You?
The night of al Qadr is better than a thousand months.” (verse 3 Surah Al Qadr). “
WHEN? According to authentic sources lailatul qadr falls in any one of the last five odd nights of Ramadhan i.e. 21, 23, 25, 27 and 29th, as we are told in the hadith related by Ibne Umar (r.a.), Rasoolullah (s..a.w.) said “ ...and, search for lailatul qadr in the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadhan.”
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IN THIS NIGHT? In this night a person should make worship of Allah Ta’ala exceptionally. One can engage in the offering of nafl (Sunnah) prayers as much as possible or in supplications, in the recitation of the Holy Quran or by any other good deed, which is not contrary to the Shariah.
Once, the beloved wife Aiysha (r.a.) inquired from Rasoolullah (s.a.w.) as to what duaa should be made on the lailatul qadr, upon this Rasoolullah (s.a.w.) taught her the following duaa "Allahumma innaka afuwwun kareemun tuhib-bul af-wa fa-afo anni" (O Allah, You are the One who grants pardon for sins, loves forgiving, so forgive me.)