Question 1175: A commentator on a Wahhabi channel said that the Messenger of Allah himself did not know exactly what night Laylat al-Qadr (the Night of Power) was! Is this true?

Answer
✅Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:
1 عن زرارة عن أَبي جَعْفَرٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ سُئِلَ عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ فَقَامَ خَطِيباً فَقَال بَعْدَ الثَّنَاءِ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّكُمْ سَأَلْتُمُونِي عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَ لَمْ أَطْوِهَا عَنْكُمْ لِأَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ بِهَا عَالِماً
📚Faqih, Vol. 2, p. 97
Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: 'The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) was asked about Laylat al-Qadr; so the Prophet stood up for a sermon and after praising God Almighty, he said: 'As for what follows, you have asked me about Laylat al-Qadr, and I have not concealed it from you due to my own ignorance...!''.
2 زرارة عَنْ أَبِي جعفر قال: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْر قال هِيَ لَيْلَةُ إِحْدَى وَ عِشْرِينَ أَوْ ثَلَاثٍ وَ عِشْرِينَ قُلْتُ أَ لَيْسَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ لَيْلَةٌ قَالَ بَلَى قُلْتُ فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِهَا قَالَ مَا عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ خَيْراً فِي لَيْلَتَيْن
📚Tahdhib, Vol. 3, p. 58
Zurarah said: 'I asked Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) about Laylat al-Qadr.' He said: 'That night is the 21st or the 23rd!' I said: 'Is it not just one night?' He said: 'Yes!' I said: 'Tell me about it!' He said: 'What harm is there to you if you do good deeds on two nights!'
3 عبدالواحدالْأَنصاري قال: سَأَلْتُ أَبا عبداللَّه عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ قال إِنِّي أُخْبِرُكَ بها لَا أُغْمِي عَلَيْكَ هِيَ لَيْلَةُ أَوَّلِ السَّبْعِ و قَدْ كَانَتْ تَلْتَبِسُ عَلَيْهِ لَيْلَةُ أَرْبَعٍ و عِشْرِين
📚Mustadrakat al-Sarair, p. 17, Hadith 2
Abdul Wahid said: 'I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about Laylat al-Qadr.' The Imam said: 'I will tell you about it and I will not conceal it from you! That night is the first of seven nights!' And he was mistaken about it being the 24th night!
4 It was said to Abu Ja'far: 'Do you know Laylat al-Qadr?' He said: 'And how can we not know [Laylat al-Qadr] when the angels circle around us during it!'
📚Tafsir al-Qummi, Vol. 2, p. 431
It was said to Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): 'Do you know Laylat al-Qadr?' The Imam said: 'How can we not know Laylat al-Qadr when the angels circle around us in it!'
5 From Dawud ibn Farqad, he said: 'I asked him about the saying of God Almighty, 'Indeed, We sent it down on Laylat al-Qadr. And what will make you know what Laylat al-Qadr is?' He said: 'Whatever will be from this year to the next, of death or birth, is sent down in it.' I said to him: 'To whom?' He said: 'To whom could it be?! Indeed, people in that night are in prayer, supplication, and asking, and the owner of this matter is busy! The angels descend to him with the matters of the year from sunset until dawn, of every matter. It is a greeting for him until dawn appears.'
📚Basair al-Darajat, p. 220
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'On Laylat al-Qadr, whatever will be from that time of the year until such a day, of good and evil or death or life or rain, is written, and the pilgrims are also written in it, and then these are delivered to the people of the earth!' I said: 'To whom among the people of the earth?' He said: 'To the one you see!'
6 ابن بکیر عن أَبی عبداللَّه قال: إِنَّ لَیْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ یُکْتَبُ ما یَکُونُ مِنْهَا فی السَّنَةِ إِلَی مِثْلِهَا مِنْ خَیْرٍ أَوْ شَرٍّ أَوْ مَوْتٍ أَوْ حَیَاةٍ أَوْ مَطَرٍ و یُکْتَبُ فِیهَا وَفْدُ الْحَاجِّ ثُمَّ یُفْضَی ذَلِکَ إِلَی أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ فَقُلْتُ إِلَی مَنْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ فقال إِلَی مَنْ تَرَی
📚Basair al-Darajat, p. 221
Abu Hudhayl said: 'Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: 'O Abu Hudhayl! Know that Laylat al-Qadr is not hidden from us! Indeed, the angels circle around us in it!'
6 أَبی الْهُذَیْل عن أَبی جعفر قال: یا أَبَا الْهُذَیْلِ أَما لا یَخْفَی عَلَیْنَا لَیْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِکَةَ یُطِیفُونَنَا فیهَا
✅ Based on the above narrations and others, there is no doubt that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) and the infallible Imams (peace be upon them) were fully aware of Laylat al-Qadr and for certain reasons, they did not state it explicitly for the people.
The one who said that false statement, Abdul Fattah Khadmati, may God's curse be upon him, is an ignorant and foolish Nasibi whose profession is hostility towards the truth and the Shi'a.
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