It is reported from Ka’b Al-Aḥbār – Allāh have mercy on him – that he said:
Allāh chose from the months the month of Ramaḍān, from all the lands He chose Makkah, from the nights He chose Laylatu Al-Qadr (The Night of Decree), and chose the times for prayers; so a believer is always between two good deeds: one he has done and the other he is waiting to do. Abū Nu’aym, Ḥilyah Al-Awliyā` Vol.2 p458.
Abū Nu’aym, Ḥilyah Al-Awliyā` Vol.2 p458.
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