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The month of Ramadan enjoys and
intrinsic superiority over all the other months of the year. Likewise, it’s last
‘Ashra or ten days are superior to the two earlier ‘Ashras, and lailatul Qadr or
the Night of Power, generally, falls in it. That is why, the sacred Prophet
(peace & blessings upon him) devoted himself more intensively to prayer and
other forms of worship during it and urged others, also, to do the same.
Ayesha (RA) related to us that “the Apostle of Allah (peace & blessings upon
him) strove harder and took greater pains to observe prayer etc., during the
last ten days of Ramadan than during the other days.” [Muslim]
It is related by Ayesha (RA) that “when the last ten days of Ramadan began the
Apostle of Allah (peace & blessings upon him) would gird up the loins and keep
awake in the nights (i.e., he used to spend the whole of the nights in prayer
and worship), and, also, wakened the members of his family (so that they, too,
could partake of the blessings of the nights of that month).” [Bukhari]
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