Laylat ul-Qadr – What to say?


حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ كَهْمَسِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ وَافَقْتُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ مَا أَدْعُو قَالَ، ‏تَقُولِينَ

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي‏

It was narrated from ‘A’ishah that she said, “O Messenger of Allah, what do you think I should say in my supplication, if I come upon Laylat ul-Qadr?” He said, “Say:

Allahumma innaka ‘afuwwun tuhibbul-‘afwa, fa’fu ‘anni.

(O Allah, indeed You are Pardoning, and You love pardoning, so pardon me.)‘”
Sahih – Sunan Ibn Majah 3850

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