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NO such thing as “Laylatul Jaa’izah”*

 🔺 *NO such thing as “Laylatul Jaa’izah”*🔺


by Asma bint Shameem 


Do NOT pick out the NIGHT BEFORE EID as something “special” or “virtuous” and do NOT make any SPECIAL ibaadaat on it. 


Why not?


Because there’s NO PROOF of any SPECIAL VIRTUES for the night before Eid. 


And there’s NO SUCH THING as “Laylatul Jaa’izah” that’s proven from the authentic ahaadeeth of the Prophet ﷺ.


Although it is true that Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala frees people from the fire of Hell at the end of Ramadhaan, the hadeeth talks about “the last NIGHT of RAMADHAAN”. 


And NOT “the night of EID”. 


You see, the “night” in Islaam begins BEFORE the day. 


Thus, the night starts at MAGHRIB and lasts till Fajr. Then the day starts AFTER Fajr and lasts till the next Maghrib. 


So when Allaah forgives people in the last night of Ramadhaan, that forgiveness happens in the LAST NIGHT of RAMADHAAN, which is the night BEFORE the last day of fasting. 


And it’s NOT the night when the moon for Shawwaal has been sighted and the next day is Eid. 


So DO NOT think that the night before Eid should be spent in special ibaadaat or that this night has extra virtues. 


There’s no proof of that. 


The hadeeth that is reported about Laylatul Jaa’izah and spending the night in special worship is either EXTREMELY WEAK or even FABRICATED. 


The “so-called” hadeeth says:

"Whoever stays up on the night of Eid, his heart will not die on the day when hearts die." 


This hadeeth is NOT saheeh. And it was classified as FABRICATED by Shaykh al-Albaani. 

(Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth al-Da'eefah wa'l-Mawdoo'ah by Sheikh al-Albaani)


That means that the Prophet ﷺ DID NOT spend the night before Eid in any SPECIAL ibaadaat and he DID NOT TEACH the Sahaabah to do that either. 


They spent the night before Eid, as they  USUALLY spent the rest of the nights of the year. 


🍃 Ibn Taymiyah said:


"The ahaadeeth in which the nights before the two Eids are mentioned are FALSELY attributed to the Prophet ﷺ.” 


🍃 Ibn al-Qayyim said regarding the actions of the Prophet ﷺ in the night of Eid:


“Then he ﷺ SLEPT until morning, and did NOT pray any night prayers that night, and nothing is established from him regarding night prayers during both nights of Eids.”

(Zad al-Ma’ad 2/247)


🍃 Shaykh al-Albaani said:


“It is not permissible to gather together for the night prayer except during the Taraweeh prayer in Ramadhaan, and on the first night if Ramadhaan is established, immediately after the Maghrib prayer, for example, such that we are obligated to fast tomorrow; This night is prescribed to pray according to Taraweeh prayers, but it is not the last night of Ramadhaan. 

As it has been proven to us that tomorrow is the Eid, it is not permissible to celebrate this Eid night individually, nor is it permissible to celebrate it as a group...”


🍃 Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said: 


“There has been a hadeeth about the virtue of observing the two nights of Eid, but it is a hadeeth that scholars have spoken about, and it is NOT permissible to prove this Sunnah with such a Hadeeth.”

(Majmoo’ Fataawaa wa Rasaa’il volume 16 - Chapter of the Eid prayer)


🍃 Shaikh Azeez Ibn Farhan al-Anzi said:


“What is narrated about staying awake the whole night before the day of Eid is NOT AUTHENTIC at all.


All of the ahaadeeth that mention such are all inauthentic, and differ from fabricated to extremely weak classifications.

Therefore, what is wrong is the concept that some have that the night before Eid has virtue or is special in regards to staying awake. Therefore, one should pray as he does on any normal day, but as for intending specifically the night before Eid to stay awake to do such and such, this is incorrect.


Some scholars of Fiqh mentioned doing such but NONE of this is established or authentic and it is closer to *innovation*.

*WARN the people of this matter*.”


So don’t think this night has ‘special virtue’ and don’t pick this night out for any specific ibaadaat. 


HOWEVER , if you wake up *every night* for Qiyaam or Tahajjud and it is part of you NORMAL nightly routine to pray and worship at this time, then it is okay to do so. 

 

But to *specifically* PICK OUT the night before Eid, thinking there is extra reward and special status to worship this night is not correct.


We should only go by PROOFS from the authentic sources when it comes to acts of ibaadah. 




And Allaah knows best

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