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Does the hour mentioned in the Hadith: "Indeed, there is an hour during the night in which no Muslim man happens to ask Allah for good, pertaining to this world or the Hereafter, but He grants it to him, and that is every night," mean the commonly known hour of 60 minutes?

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Muslim narrated that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Indeed, there is an hour during the night in which no Muslim man asks Allah for good concerning the affairs of this world and the Hereafter, but Allah grants it to him, and that is every night." Contemporary scholars have not agreed on whether 'hour' means sixty minutes, but it is possible. An hour is a segment of time, and in the convention of timekeepers, it is one of twenty-four parts of a day and night. It is mentioned in Lisan al-Arab that the night and day together are twenty-four hours. The inability to precisely determine this hour encourages the servant to strive in seeking it, just as is the case with Laylat al-Qadr (the Night of Decree).

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