A Subtle Point about Asking for Forgiveness on Lailah Al-Qadr
The shaikh, Dr. Khālid Ḍaḥawī Al-Ẓafīrī, may Allāh protect him, said:
Why is being forgiven and pardoned especially something to be asked for on Lailah Al-Qadr [the Night of Decrees]?¹
Ibn Rajab says:
Asking to be forgiven and pardoned on Lailah Al-Qadr, after having worked hard to do [good] deeds during it and during the [last] ten nights [of Ramaḍān], is only [something that] has been commanded [of us to do] because those who truly know [Allāh] work hard to do [good] deeds, and then they don’t see for themselves any good deeds done, any [particular] state [achieved], any statement [worth making]. So they go back to asking to being forgiven and pardoned, the same way a sinner or one with shortcomings might [ask].
Laṭāʾif Al-Maʿārif, p. 242
¹In the well-known supplication: O Allāh, You are forgiving and love to forgive, so forgive me [my sins and shortcomings]. (Tr)
Source: twitter.com/almadani_k. 14 Apr 23.
لماذا خص العفو بالسؤال في ليلة القدر
قال ابن رجب:
(وإنما أمر بسؤال العفو في ليلة القدر بعد الاجتهاد في الأعمال فيها وفي ليالي العشر، لأن العارفين يجتهدون في الأعمال ثم لا يرون لأنفسهم عملا صالحا ولا حالا ولا مقالا فيرجعون إلى سؤال العفو كحال المذنب المقصر )
لطائف المعارف ص٢٤٢— د. خالد ضحوي الظفيري (@almadani_k) April 13, 2023