Editing Night of Power (section)

==Date==
The specific date of ''Laylat al-Qadr'' is not mentioned in the Quran.<ref>''Islam and state in Sumatra: a study of seventeenth-century Aceh''. p. 128.</ref><ref>Marjo Buitelaar. ''Fasting and feasting in Morocco: women's participation in ramzan''. p. 64.</ref> Muhammad said God told him the exact date in a dream, but as he went to tell his [[sahaba|companions]] about it, he saw two people fighting and God made him forget the date.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ahadith.co.uk/chapter.php?page=4&cid=2&rows=10|last=Sahih Bukhari|title=Chapter: 2, Belief. Hadith No. 47|access-date=10 May 2020|archive-date=2 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602141914/https://ahadith.co.uk/chapter.php?page=4&cid=2&rows=10|url-status=live}}</ref>   

According to the Islamic calendar, an Islamic day begins at [[Maghrib (prayer)|''Maghrib'' prayer]] (sunset). The Night of Power thus spans ''Maghrib'' to [[Fajr (prayer)|''Fajr'' prayer]] the following dawn.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Night of Power - Laylatul Qadr 2023 |url=https://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/giving/islamic-giving/ramadan/laylatul-qadr/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Islamic Relief UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> 

===Sunni Islam===
[[Sunni Islam |Sunni]] Muslims believe ''Laylat al-Qadr'' is most likely one of the odd-numbered nights among the last ten of Ramadan (i.e., the 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th, or 29th). Some scholars opine the odd-numbered night falling on a Friday is the year’s ''Laylat al-Qadr''.<ref name="Arefi">{{cite journal|title=The importance of Qadr night and the secret behind it's being hidden|url=http://www.daftarmags.ir/Journal/Text/PayamZan/Article/index.aspx?JournalNumber=245&ArticleNumber=31365|journal=The Message of Woman|language=fa|last1=Mohammad Younes|first1=Arefi|access-date=12 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813225931/http://www.daftarmags.ir/Journal/Text/PayamZan/Article/index.aspx?JournalNumber=245&ArticleNumber=31365|archive-date=13 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Parsa|first1=Farvardin|title=Laylat al-Qadr from the viewpoint of Sunni Muslims|url=http://www.bashgah.net/fa/content/show/7168|website=Andisheh Club|access-date=12 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821120152/http://www.bashgah.net/fa/content/show/7168|archive-date=21 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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! Last five odd nights !! Gregorian date<ref>{{cite web |url=https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/islam/ummalqura.htm |title=The Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia |access-date=18 November 2020 |archive-date=11 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611040922/http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/islam/ummalqura.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 1442 || 4 May 2021, 6 May 2021, 8 May 2021, 10 May 2021 or 12 May 2021
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| 1444 || 11 April 2023, 13 April 2023, 15 April 2023, 17 April 2023 or 19 April 2023
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| 1445 || 31 March 2024, 2 April 2024, 4 April 2024, 6 April 2024 or 8 April 2024
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|20 March 2025, 22 March 2025, 24 March 2025, 26 March 2025 or 28 March 2025
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=== Shi’a Islam ===
{{see also|Assassination of Ali}}[[File:Qadr night in Imam Reza Shrine.jpg|thumb|Iranians observing Qadr Night in [[Imam Reza shrine]]]]
[[File:Qadr night in Jamkaran 2.jpg|thumb|Iranians observing Qadr Night in [[Jamkaran Mosque]]]]

[[Shia Islam|Shi’a]] Muslims similarly believe ''Laylat al-Qadr'' to be one of the last ten odd-numbered nights in Ramadan, with the [[19 Ramadan|19th]], [[21 Ramadan|21st]], and especially the [[23 Ramadan|23rd]] being most important.<ref name="Oxford" /> The date of 19 Ramadan is the anniversary of [[Imam]] [[Ali|ʿAlī]]’s [[Assassination of Ali|assassination]] while praying in the [[mihrab]] of the [[Great Mosque of Kufa]], leading to his death on 21 Ramadan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alseraj.net/maktaba/kotob/english/FourteenInfallibles/ABiographical/ahlulbayt14/imam-ali.html#a16|last=Syed Muhammad Askari Jafari|title=A biographical profile of Imam Ali|access-date=10 May 2020|archive-date=9 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909182938/http://www.alseraj.net/maktaba/kotob/english/FourteenInfallibles/ABiographical/ahlulbayt14/imam-ali.html#a16|url-status=live}}</ref>

Shi’a’s say [[Ali|ʿAlī]] (who is also the fourth [[Rashidun Caliphate|Rashidun]] [[Caliphate|Caliph]] to Sunnis) had special insight and intimacy with God on this night. [[Imam Sadiq]] is quoted as saying in Tafsir "al-Burhan" (vol. 4, p.&nbsp;487):

<blockquote>Once Imam Ali was reciting Surat al-Qadr and his sons, [[Hasan ibn Ali|Imam Hasan]] (a) and [[Husayn ibn Ali|Imam Husayn]] (a) were near him. Imam Husayn (a) asked his father: "Father, how come we feel a different sensation when you recite this surah?" Imam Ali(a) replied, "O son of the Prophet and my son! I know things from this chapter that you are not aware of now. When this surah was sent down to the Prophet he asked me to go to him. When I went to him he recited this surah, then he put his hand on my right shoulder and said: O my brother and my successor! O the leader of my nation after me! O tireless fighter with my enemies! This surah is yours after me, and is for your two sons after you. Gabriel who is my brother among the angels informs me of the events of one year of my nation at the night of Qadr. And after me he will give this information to you. This surah will always have a shining light in your heart and in the heart of your successors until the rising of the dawn of the day of reappearance of [[Qa'im Al Muhammad|Qa'im]] [the one who rises, a title for the [[Mahdi|Islamic Messiah, Mahdi]]]."<ref name=":02">{{Cite news|title=Imam Mahdi (a) in Chapter al-Qadr|url=https://www.al-islam.org/message-thaqalayn/vol-12-no-2-summer-2011/imam-mahdi-chapter-al-qadr-muhammad-reza-hakimi/imam-mahdi#chapter-al-qadr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406153257/https://www.al-islam.org/message-thaqalayn/vol-12-no-2-summer-2011/imam-mahdi-chapter-al-qadr-muhammad-reza-hakimi/imam-mahdi#chapter-al-qadr|archive-date=6 April 2019|access-date=21 March 2020|newspaper=Al-Islam.org|date=10 August 2016 |language=en}}</ref></blockquote>

[[Ibn Abbas]] was meanwhile aware of both the date and day of the week.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sahih Bukhari|title=Chapter: 32, Night prayer in Ramadan (Taraweeh). Hadith No: 239|url=http://ahadith.co.uk/searchresults.php?page=2&q=Night+of+Qadr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603220151/https://ahadith.co.uk/searchresults.php?page=2&q=Night+of+Qadr|archive-date=3 June 2020|access-date=10 May 2020|quote=Ibn Abbas added "Search for it on the twenty-fourth (of Ramadan)"}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bombay Tract and Book Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1SYNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA30|title=Life of Mohammad|date=1856|location=Bombay|page=30|access-date=12 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104220030/https://books.google.com/books?id=1SYNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA30|archive-date=4 November 2020|url-status=live}} In Islam night precedes day, so that, for example, "the night of the 23rd" is not the night between the 23rd and the 24th but the night between the 22nd and the 23rd.</ref> Hence, Shi’as have generally concluded it falls on the 23 Ramadan.<ref name="Religious Celebrations" />

According to other [[Hadith|hadiths]], destinies are written on the night of 19 Ramadan, finalized the night of 21 Ramadan, and ultimately confirmed the night of 23 Ramadan.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Klini, Sufficient Principles, 1996, vol. 2, p. 772.}}</ref>

Two other possible dates for ''Laylat-al-Qadr'' are 27 Ramadan and 15 [[Sha'ban]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Kashani, Manhaj Al-Sadiqin, 1344, vol. 4, p. 274, quoting Eftekhari, \"Prayer and the Night of Power from the perspective of Musa Sadr\", p17}}</ref>

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|28 May 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dang.com/ramadan-calendar/ |title=Ramadan Calendar {{CURRENTYEAR}} |website=Islamicfinder |access-date=23 April 2019 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423060658/https://www.islamicfinder.org/ramadan-calendar/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Calendar center of Geophysics institute of Tehran University, 1398 Calendar" (in Persian) |url=https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/TYear/Data/Ordibehesht-Khordad1398.pdf |website=calendar.ut.ac |access-date=12 May 2019 |archive-date=12 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512075053/https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/TYear/Data/Ordibehesht-Khordad1398.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|16 May 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Calendar center of Geophysics institute of Tehran University, 1399 Calendar" (in Persian) |url=https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/News/data/Doc/Calendar%201399-Full.pdf |website=calendar.ut.ac |access-date=5 April 2020 |archive-date=25 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525003250/https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/News/Data/Doc/Calendar%201399-Full.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|5 May 2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Calendar center of Geophysics institute of Tehran University, 1400 Calendar" (in Persian) |url=https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/News/Data/Doc/Calendar%201400-Full.pdf |website=calendar.ut.ac |access-date=3 April 2022 |archive-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127184855/https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/News/Data/Doc/Calendar%201400-Full.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|24 April 2022<ref>{{cite web |title=Calendar center of Geophysics institute of Tehran University, 1401 Calendar" (in Persian) |url=https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/News/Data/Doc/Calendar%201401-Full.pdf |website=calendar.ut.ac |access-date=3 April 2022 |archive-date=2022-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424133750/https://calendar.ut.ac.ir/Fa/News/Data/Doc/Calendar%201401-Full.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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