A day like a thousand months, how about thousands of years?

As Salaamu 'alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu,

As we are approaching the last ten days of Ramadan 1434, we are all thinking about Laylat-Al-Qadr and its many benefits. As Allah says in the Quran:

Indeed, We sent the Qur'an down during the Night of Decree. And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree? The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months. The angels and the Spirit descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter. Peace it is until the emergence of dawn. (97:1-5)

Besides what is mentioned here, there are many hadiths related to the blessings of this night. Some people may focus primarily on the point that the night is better than a thousands months. With this we try to do as many good deeds on this night in the hope that Allah will accept them and multiple them to this degree. This 1000 months (and the fact that today is friday) reminds me of an amazing hadith.

I heard the apostle of Allah (ﷺ) say: If anyone makes (his wife) wash and he washes himself on Friday, goes out early (for Friday prayer), attends the sermon from the beginning, walking, not riding, takes his seat near the imam, listens attentively, and does not indulge in idle talk, he will get the reward of a year's fasting and praying at night for every step he takes. [Abu Dawud - Sahih (Albani)]

Imagine this, one step is one year of fasting and praying at night. In the past, I have done land navigation compass courses, so we needed to measure out our steps to count distance. For me, it came out to 120 steps per 100 meters. Imagine if you lived 2km from the nearest masjid. 120 x 20 = 2400 years = 28800 months. Subhannallah, look at the generosity of Allah. If we can do this every week of the year (est 52 fridays), then we can get the reward 1,497,600 months worth of fasting and praying at night. Truly amazing. Additionally, we can increase our benefit on this day by getting the reward of being the first to the masjid (sacrifice of a camel), sitting in the front reward in congregational prayer, time to recite surah al-kahf (a light from one friday to the next), dhikr, etc. Let us make the most of this day, and when the opportunity comes, walk to the masjid. For women who are not able to go, support your husbands, male relatives, and encourage others towards this practice.

Reference:
 http://sunnah.com/abudawud/1#345

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