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In the usage of the jurists, the last ten nights of Ramadan begin on the night of the twenty-first and end when the month ends, whether it has thirty days or twenty-nine ¹. The jurists agree that effort in acts of worship is recommended in them: night prayer, more charity, more recitation of the Qur'an and good works, following the Prophet's practice ^{1 2}. Retreat (i'tikaf) is especially recommended in them, and one who intends it should enter the mosque before sunset on the twenty-first night ². The majority hold that the Night of Power remains and has not been lifted, that it falls in Ramadan's last ten nights, and that the odd nights of these ten are the most likely ².