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Response: That which is correct is that fasting the 15th of Sha'baan or specifying it with reciting (the Qur.aan) or making (particular) supplications has no basis. So the day of the 15th of Sha'baan is like any other 15th day of other months. So from that which is known is that it has been legislated for a person to fast the 13th, 14th and 15th of every month, however, Sha'baan is characterised unlike the other months in that (except for Ramadhaan) the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) used to fast more in Sha'baan than any other month . So he used to either fast all of Sha'baan or just a little. Therefore, as long as it does not cause difficulty for a person, it is befitting to increase in fasting during Sha'baan in adherence to the example of the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam).
Sh Ibn 'Uthaymeen.
[al-Bid'u wal-Muhdathaat wa maa laa Asla lahu - Page 612]
[Fataawa Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen - Volume 1, Page 190]
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Question: Is standing the night of the 15th
of Sha'baan in prayer and fasting during it's day legislated?Response: Nothing firm and reliable has been established on the authority of the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) that he stood in prayer in the night and fasted during the day of the 15th of Sha'baan. So the night of the 15th of Sha'baan is like any other night, and if someone is a regular worshipper during other nights, then he may stand the night in prayer on this night without assuming anything special (because of it being the night of the 15th of Sha'baan). This is because specifying a time for any act of worship requires a authentic proof, so if there is no authentic proof then the act is regarded as an innovation and all innovations are misguidance. Likewsie, regarding specifically fasting during the 15th day of Sha'baan, then no (authentic) proof has been established on the authority of the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) to indicate the legislation of fasting on that particular day.
As for that which is mentioned from the ahaadeeth regarding this subject, then all of it is weak as the people of knowledge have indicated. However, whoever has the habit of fasting the 13th, 14th and 15th (of every month), then he can continue and fast during Sha'baan as he fasts during the other months, without assuming anything special about the 15th of Sha'baan.
*Also, the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe
wa sallam) used to increase in fasting
during this month (Sha'baan), however, he
did not particularise the 15th day, rather proceeded as per norm.
Sh Ibn Fowzaan.
[al-Bid'u wal-Muhdathaat wa maa laa asla lahu - Page 614]
[Noorun alad-Darb Fataawa Shaykh Saalih Ibn Fowzaan - Volume 1, Page 87]
Sh Ibn Fowzaan.
[al-Bid'u wal-Muhdathaat wa maa laa asla lahu - Page 614]
[Noorun alad-Darb Fataawa Shaykh Saalih Ibn Fowzaan - Volume 1, Page 87]
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Sh Ibn Jibreen:
Laylat al-Nusf min
Sha’baan (the middle of Sha’baan)
should not be singled out for worship Praise be to Allaah.
There is no saheeh marfoo’ report that speaks of the virtue of
the middle of Sha’baan that may be followed, not even in the chapters on
al-Fadaa’il (chapters on virtues in books of hadeeth etc.). Some maqtoo’
reports (reports whose isnaads do not go back further than the Taabi’een) have
been narrated from some of the Taabi’een, and there are some ahaadeeth, the
best of which are mawdoo’ (fabricated) or da’eef jiddan (very weak). These
reports became very well known in some countries which were overwhelmed by
ignorance; these reports suggest that people’s lifespans are written on that
day or that it is decided on that day who is to die in the coming year. On this
basis, it is not prescribed to spend this night in prayer or to fast on this
day, or to single it out for certain acts of worship. One should not be
deceived by the large numbers of ignorant people who do these things. And
Allaah knows best.
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Sh Ibn Baaz said: "There
is no saheeh hadeeth concerning the night of the fifteenth of Shabaan. All the ahaadeeth that have been narrated
concerning that are mawdoo (fabricated) and daeef (weak), and have no basis. There is nothing special about this night, and no
recitation of Quraan or prayer, whether alone or in congregation, is specified
for this night. What some of the
scholars have said about it being special is a weak opinion. It is not permissible to single it out for
any special actions. This is the correct view."
(Fataawa Islamiyyah, 4/511)
(Fataawa Islamiyyah, 4/511)
[End of quote]
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The Mother of the Believers Aisha [May Allah be pleased with her]
said:
“The Messenger of Allah
[Peace be upon him] used to fast until we thought he would never break his
fast, and not fast until we thought he would never fast. I never saw the
Messenger of Allah [Peace be upon him fasting for an entire month except in
Ramadan, and I never saw him fast more
than he did in Shaban. [Narrated by al-Bukhârî, no. 1833; Muslim, no. 1956]
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The Mother of the Believers Aisha [May Allah be pleased with her]
reports,
"The Prophet stood up
in prayer during part of the night and made his prostration so lengthy that
I thought his soul had been taken back. When I saw this I got up and went to
move his big toe, whereupon he moved, so I drew back. When he raised his head
from prostration and finished praying, he said: "O `A'isha, O fair little
one (humayra')! Did you think that the Prophet had broken his agreement with
you?" She replied: "No, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah, but I thought
that your soul had been taken back because your stayed in prostration for so
long."
He said: "Do you know
what night this is?" She said: "Allah and His Prophet know best." He said: "This is the night of mid-Sha`ban! Verily Allah the
Glorious and Majestic look at His servants on
the night of mid-Sha`ban, and He forgives those who ask forgiveness, and He
bestows mercy on those who ask mercy, and He gives a delay to the people of
envy and spite in their state."
Narrated from Aisha by al-Bayhaqi in Shu’ab al Iman (3:382) where
he comments:
“This hadith is missing the
Companion in its chain, and is a good Hadith (hadha mursal jayyid). It is
probable that al-Ala’ibn al-Harith took it from *Makhul
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Mu'adh ibn Jabal [May Allah be pleased
with him] reports that Prophet [Peace be upon him] said:
“Allah looks at his creation on the night of mid-Shaban and He forgives all his creation except for the idolater and the one bent on hatred.”
[Narrated by Ibn Hibban
(12:481) with a sound chain according to al-Arna’ut and al-Haythami who said
that Tabarani also narrated it in his Kabir and Awsat with chains containing
only trustworthy narrators, that is: sound (sahih) chains; Ibn Khuzayma
included it in his Sahih, which has the same level of acceptance among the
experts as Sahih Muslim; and even Albani included it in his *Silsila sahiha. ]
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Now Note!
What their hadith master and not to forget their "mujaddid" Al-Albani said:
What their hadith master and not to forget their "mujaddid" Al-Albani said:
إلا لمشرك أو مشاحن " .
قال الألباني في " السلسلة الصحيحة " 3 / 135 :
حديث صحيح , روي عن جماعة من الصحابة من طرق مختلفة يشد بعضها بعضا و هم # معاذ ابن جبل و أبو ثعلبة الخشني و عبد الله بن عمرو و أبي موسى الأشعري و أبي هريرة و أبي بكر الصديق و عوف ابن مالك و عائشة # .
1 - أما حديث معاذ فيرويه مكحول عن مالك بن يخامر عنه مرفوعا به . أخرجه ابن
أبي عاصم في " السنة " رقم ( 512 - بتحقيقي )
Translation: Allah turns towards his creation in the Night of "MID-SHABAN" and He forgives all of them except for a Mushrik and one who hates other people
Albani says in his “Silsilat as Sahiha”: (This is a) “SAHIH HADITH” narrated by group of Sahaba with different routes (Isnaad) such as from Muadh bin Jabal (ra), Abu Thalbah (ra) Abdullah bin Amr (ra), Abu Musa al Ashari (ra), Abu Hurraira (ra), Abu Bakr as Saddiq (ra), Awf bin Malik (ra) and Aisha (ra).
The Hadith of Muadh bin Jabal (ra) comes through *Makhul from Malik bin Yakhamir and It is “MARFU” narrated by Ibn Abi Asim in his As-Sunnah Hadith #512
[Nasir ud din Albani in Silsilat as Sahiha, Volume No. 3, Page No. 135 #1144]
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Albani further declares 2 more ahadith to be “Hassan” and 1 to be “Mursal Jayyid”
Imam Shafi rahmatullahi alayh
said in Al-Umm, Vol. 1 p. 231:
Imam Shafi (ra) said, “of the narrations that have reached us, verily, dua is accepted on five nights: the night of Juma’, the night of E’id Al-Adha, the night of E’id Al-Fitr, the first night of Rajab, and the 15th night of Shabaan”.
Imam Shafi (ra) said, “of the narrations that have reached us, verily, dua is accepted on five nights: the night of Juma’, the night of E’id Al-Adha, the night of E’id Al-Fitr, the first night of Rajab, and the 15th night of Shabaan”.
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Al-Shafi'i in al-Umm about the 15th night of Sha'ban:الأم للشافعي (1/ 264)
(قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ) : وَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُقَالُ: إنَّ الدُّعَاءَ يُسْتَجَابُ فِي خَمْسِ لَيَالٍ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْجُمُعَةِ، وَلَيْلَةِ الْأَضْحَى، وَلَيْلَةِ الْفِطْرِ، وَأَوَّلِ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَجَبٍ، وَلَيْلَةِ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ أَخْبَرَنَا الرَّبِيعُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الشَّافِعِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ رَأَيْت مَشْيَخَةً مِنْ خِيَارِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ يَظْهَرُونَ عَلَى مَسْجِدِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لَيْلَةَ الْعِيدِ فَيَدْعُونَ وَيَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ حَتَّى تَمْضِيَ سَاعَةٌ مِنْ اللَّيْلِ، وَبَلَغْنَا أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يُحْيِي لَيْلَةَ جُمَعٍ، وَلَيْلَةُ جُمَعٍ هِيَ لَيْلَةُ الْعِيدِ لِأَنَّ صَبِيحَتَهَا النَّحْرُ (قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ) : وَأَنَا أَسْتَحِبُّ كُلَّ مَا حُكِيَتْ فِي هَذِهِ اللَّيَالِيِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ فَرْضًا.
He states, "It has reached us that supplications are answered on five nights: the night of Jumu'ah, the night of al-Adha, the night of al-Fitr, the first night of Rajab, and the middle night of Sha'ban."
He then afterwards comments, "And I prefer [acting on] what that has been reported concerning these nights without deeming it an obligation."
It seems - and Allah knows best - that al-Shafi'i was aware that there are no specific authentic reports about singling out the 15th of Sha'ban for worship but he preferred it nonetheless in light of the general reports concerning its virtue. It seems al-Shafi'i felt it is good to take advantage of this blessed time to worship Allah. It could be for this reason that he does not cite any specific evidence for this act, but only vaguely mentions that it is said that du'a is answered on this night.
One might jump to the conclusion that this is no evidence, but I'm pretty sure
al-Shafi'i, rahimahullah, was not in need of any lessons in Usul al-Fiqh!
Imam al-Suyyuti said:
“As for the night of mid-Sha’ban it has great merit and it is desirable (mustahab) to spend part of it in [supererogatory] worship.”
“As for the night of mid-Sha’ban it has great merit and it is desirable (mustahab) to spend part of it in [supererogatory] worship.”
[Al-Suyyuti, Haqiqat al-Sunna wal-Bida wa al-Amr bil-itiba
wal-Nahi an al-Ibtida (1405/1985 ed. P. 85) translation by Shaikh Gibril Haddad
in his Sunnah Notes (Vol 1, p. 208) ]
Shaykh Abdul Qadir
al-Gilani recommended the following modality in his Ghunya:
“As for the ritual prayer traditional for the night of mid-Shaban, it consists of one hundred cycles, including one thousand repetitions of Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad (that is to say, ten recitations in each rak’a). This prayer is called Salat al-Khayr, and its blessings are many and varied. Our righteous predecessors used to gather to perform it in congregation. It contains much merit and rich reward. It is reported of al-Hasan [al=Basri], may Allah be well-pleased with him, that he said: ‘Thirty of the companions of the Messenger of Allah [Peace be upon him] related to me that Allah will look seventy times upon one who performs this prayer on this night, and with each glance He will fulfill seventy of that persons needs, the last of them being forgiveness.’”
“As for the ritual prayer traditional for the night of mid-Shaban, it consists of one hundred cycles, including one thousand repetitions of Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad (that is to say, ten recitations in each rak’a). This prayer is called Salat al-Khayr, and its blessings are many and varied. Our righteous predecessors used to gather to perform it in congregation. It contains much merit and rich reward. It is reported of al-Hasan [al=Basri], may Allah be well-pleased with him, that he said: ‘Thirty of the companions of the Messenger of Allah [Peace be upon him] related to me that Allah will look seventy times upon one who performs this prayer on this night, and with each glance He will fulfill seventy of that persons needs, the last of them being forgiveness.’”
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