Prayers in Ramadan: Recommended acts of worship in Laylat Al-Qadr

I remember the very first time I saw Laylat Al - Qadr. It was after my husband had died and it was when I was all alone. I was living on the fifth floor, on top of a building in a one room home. I did not have a door, a kitchen or even a showe, but I saw Laylat Al-Qadr. I had been Muslim for many years and did not really realize what I was missing. I had been taught in my school that if you worship on that night, it was like the worship of 1000 nights or around 83 years and I was taught a really beautiful prayer to say so Allah would grant us the blessings.

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But I had never seen the sun when it rose and I had never seen the miracle of Laylat Al-Qadr.

After my husband died, I started studying Islam thoroughly and I studied so hard that even the teachers said I knew more than them. I wanted to know my lord better than anything on this earth. He grew closer to me and I to him. As the hadith says:

Allah Almighty says in a hadith qudsi, "O My servant! If you take one step toward Me, I am taking ten towards you."

Oh how true that was and I was indeed closer. So, as I fasted each day and went to the Mosque to pray taraweeh prayer (late night prayers after Isha), I would rush home to watch the Medina salat and prayers. I watched how many people prayed to Allah and how many loved him so much. I so wanted to be one of them. Then after watching the prayers, I would read my Quran and do some zikr (praising of Allah). I could not sleep as this was a time to be close to Allah. At 2 am, I would pray again and do my dua (supplication) for everything I wanted and needed. The things I pray for in Ramadan is simple. Nothing for this life, nothing of financial gain, I pray for just one thing. I always ask Allah, that I wanted Angel Gabriel to come to me on Laylat Al-Qadr and shake my hands and he always does. I guess many may laugh, but I am serious.

So with my request in hand and believing very seriously that Allah will grant my dua, I go outside each morning to wait for the sun to rise. The true sign of Laylat Al-Qadr is when the sun rises with no rays. It will be like the shape of the moon and you can look directly at the sun. There are many old "wives tales", but you should not listen to them. Such as the dogs will not be barking, but you should only listen to the hadiths.

Abu Dharr reported that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) said: On the morning following Laylat al-Qadr,

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