Our masjid is holding a special event for lailatul baraat but now I am debating going because I cant find anything in the hadith(I checked shahih muslim and bukhari) which says anything about it. Do you guys do anything special on this night?
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Nope.... I also did not find any Islamic backing for this "sub-continent" event.
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there wasa thread here about it a few weeks ago, look it up. No religious significance to the anniversary of the day, only histroical significance.
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Mashallah..
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Actually, there are ahaadeeth supporting the significance of this night but those ahaadeeth though found in authentic books are rejected by Arab world and for only Allah:swt: know why…
The Grand Mufti of Pakistan and Ex-Judge of Shariah Court of Pakistan, Shaikh Mufti Taqi Usmani has talked a lot about it and has provided the ahadeeth in his article HERE
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If they are authentic why cant i find them in muslim or bukhari?
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I do not know where are you searching... I do not have the books with me but few years back for the same reason, I was able to find'em in Saheehain in the famous Software "Alim" ... then I came across with this article later.
I have faith that this night does have significance and it is based on every search I did. The only people who seem to disagree are Arab, minority in the muslim ummah - and whereas that should not be the proof, I found my answer in the ahaadeeth. I have No doubt about it.
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"This is the night occurring between 14th and 15th day of Sha'ban. There are certain traditions of Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, to prove that it is a meritorious night in which the people of the earth are attended by special Divine mercy."
Where are these traditions from? Who recorded them? He does give quotes but I dont see any sources.
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make sure you are not confusing lailatul qadr with the anniversary of lailatu mairaaj.
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not that if you click on the link provided and read Lailatul baraah and sha'ban 15 not last ashraa of Ramadhan...
I am sure Shaikh Taqi Usmani was explicit mentioning that.
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me or him? The link he gave talks bout Shaban
The Night of Bara'ah
Another significant feature of the month of Sha'ban is that it consists of a night which is termed in Shariah as "Laylatul-bara'ah" *(The night of freedom from Fire). This is the night occurring between 14th and 15th day of Sha'ban. There are certain traditions of Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, to prove that it is a meritorious night in which the people of the earth are attended by special Divine mercy. Some of these traditions are quoted as follows:
1. Ummul-Mu'mineen 'Aishah, Radi-Allahu anha,is reported to have said, "Once Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, performed the Salah of the night (Tahajjud) and made a very long Sajdah until I feared that he had passed away. When I saw this, I rose (from my bed) and moved his thumb (to ascertain whether he is alive). The thumb moved, and I returned (to my place). Then I heard him saying in Sajdah: 'I seek refuge of Your forgiveness from Your punishment, and I seek refuge of Your pleasure from Your annoyance, and I seek Your refuge from Yourself. I cannot praise You as fully as You deserve. You are exactly as You have defined Yourself.' Thereafter, when he raised his head from *Sajdah *and finished his *salah, *he said to me: 'Aishah, did you think that the Prophet has betrayed you?' I said, 'No, O Prophet of Allah, but I was afraid that your soul has been taken away because your *Sajdah *was very long.' He asked me, 'Do you know which night is this?' I said, 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said, 'This is the night of the half of Sha'ban. Allah Almighty looks upon His slaves in this night and forgives those who seek forgiveness and bestows His mercy upon those who pray for mercy but keeps those who have malice (against a Muslim) as they were before, (and does not forgive them unless they relieve themselves from malice).'"
2. In another Tradition Sayyidah' Aishah, Radi-Allahu anha, has reported that Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, has said, "Allah Almighty descends (in a manner He best knows it) in the night occurring in the middle of Sha'ban and forgives a large number of people more than the number of the fibers on the sheep of the tribe, Kalb."
Kalb was a big tribe the members of which had a very large number of sheep. Therefore, the last sentence of the *hadith *indicates the big number of the people who are forgiven in this night by Allah Almighty.
3. In yet another Tradition, she has reported Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, to have said, "This is the middle Night of Sha'ban. Allah frees in it a large number of the people from Fire, more than the number of the hair growing on the sheep of the tribe, Kalb. But He does not even look at a person who associates partners with Allah, or at a person who nourishes malice in his heart (against someone), or at a person who cuts off the ties of kinship, or at a man who leaves his clothes extending beyond his ankles (as a sign of pride), or at a person who disobeys his parents, or at a person who has a habit of drinking wine."
4. Sayyidna Mu'adh ibn Jabal, Radi-Allahu anhu,reports that Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, has said: "Allah Almighty looks upon all those created by Him in the middle Night of Sha'ban and forgives all those created by Him, except the one who associates partners with Him or the one who has malice in his heart (against a Muslim)".
**Although the chain of narrators of some of these traditions suffers with some minor technical defects, yet when all these traditions are combined together, it becomes clear that this night has some well founded merits, and observing this night as a sacred night is not a baseless concoction as envisaged by some modern scholars who, on the basis of these minor defects, have totally rejected to give any special importance to this night. In fact, some of these traditions have been held by some scholars of *hadith *as authentic and the defects in the chain of some others have been treated by them as minor technical defects which, according to the science of *hadith, *are curable by the variety of their ways of narration. That is why the elders of the *ummah *have constantly been observing this night as a night of special merits and have been spending it in worship and prayers.*
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I cant find the other thread 
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when is the lailatul barat which day today night or tomorrow night
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IN USA, it is right now...
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thanks bro
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when is it in eastern canada?.. i.e : toronto ?
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^^ according to my knowledge, it's tonight (right now) in Toronto.
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I dun believe in this
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me niether.. I did ample research and could not find any solid evidence. Most of the ahadith are regard Weak Daif relating to this night. I believe in not adding any extras when it comes to Ibada.
MAshallah PhatBalongri... good thinking~
And I hate when people try to distinguish desi/arab traditions when our traditions should be one, from Islam. Why create differences?
Also, everything should be based on True evidence.
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Let me use the concordist approach to Laytul Barah
The hadith the ones who follow quote is
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At the most, Islamic literature reveals only an event: once, on the night of Shaban the 15th, Hazrat Ayesha did not find Prophet Muhammad Sallallallhu Alaihi Wasallam (P.B.U.H) on his bed, so she left in his search and reached Jannat-ul Baquee. He was present there. On quizzing, he replied on this night, Allah turns his attention from the sky to this world and forgives as many sins of people as the total number of hair of all the sheeps put-together of the clan, called Kalb.
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Even if I agree, with the above hadith the following points are still unanswered
1) Why did not the Prophet sala Allaah alayhi waliu wa salam, discontinue this practise though the following year Prophet was alive.
2) Why did not Sahaba Karam radiAllaahuanhom, did not continue this practise unlike the last 10 days of Ramadan thats Layl tul Qadr.
3) We know from authentic ahadith that Allaah in the third part of every night descends to the lowest heavens.
4) If this practise was such an important occassion and one-off day, this should have been a mutawatir hadith, with authentic chain of narrations.
Allaah knows the best.