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3498. Abū Hurairah narrates that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Our Lord descends every night to the nearest heaven, until the last third of the night remains, so He says: ‘Who is calling upon Me so that I may answer him? Who is asking from Me so that I may give him? And who is seeking forgiveness from Me, so that I may forgive him.’” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ. And Abū ‘Abdullāh Al-Agharr’s (a narrator in the chain) name is Salmān.
[He said:] And there are narrations on this topic from ‘Alī, ‘Abdullāh bin Mas’ūd, Abū Sa’eed, Jubair bin Muṭ’im, Rifā’ah Al-Juḥanī, Abū Ad-Dardā’ and ‘Uthmān bin Abū Al-‘Ās.
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Commentary
Descending of Allāh ﷻ every night to the nearest heaven is to be believed and is a part of our faith. How it happens it beyond our understanding. It just happens and we have to believe it. Details have been discussed in ‘Chapter of Aṣ-Ṣalāt’.
