Re: Rulings about the 15th of Sha3baan
Dear sister Afshi
The Messenger of Allah SAW said: “Allah gazes at His creation on the 15th night of Sha’ban and then forgives all His slaves except for two types of people: those who attribute partners to Allah and those who have rancour for their fellow Muslims.” (Ahmad and others).
Yes, this hadeeth is authenticated by shaykh Al-bani.
But is there any mentioning about doing ibaadah, offering nawafil on this night.
Example About Laylatul Qadr.
Allaah subhanahu wa ta3ala said about it its better than 1000 Months. and there is a hadeeth that whoever prays on laylatul Qadr “with eeman & ihtisab” will be forgiven his previous sins"
so there is mentioning of praying and its reward in the above hadeeth.. right?
what about the hadeeth, you quoted.
It only mentions about this night to be virtues as Allah forgive sins of 2 kinds of people..
so does it mean to pray or do ibaadah. or does it mean to clean our hearts from hatred, rancour, sins & shirk? About this hadeeth, majority of scholars explained that this is happening each night.
There is an authentic hadeeth in which the prophet mentions that Allaah comes down to lowest heaven every night and say: (which means) who is asking me for forgiveness & i will forgive him (I dont have exact wordings of the hadeeth now)
so this is happening in all nights (automatically included in it is 15th sha3baan)
2ndly you wrote:
The night of the 15th of Sha’ban is one of the greatest nights of the
year - a night on which Allah forgives sins, accepts those returning to
Him, and opens the doors of His giving. It is an ideal night to gather
to remember Allah, remind ourselves of how to return to Him, renew our
resolve to uphold the way of the Beloved Messenger of Allah SAW in our
lives, and to celebrate Allah’s gifts, spiritual and material through
thankfulness and expressions of love.
- this is from a Shaykh, who is a scholar. And many other Shaykhs agree with this.
{{The night of the 15th of Sha’ban is one of the greatest nights of the year}}
**Allaah subhanahu wa ta3la said in Qur’aan "laylatul Qadr is better than 1000 months, meaning 82 years (aaprox.)
so should we accept & believe what Allaah has mentioned in His BOOK??**
or the practice of our prophet sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam, where there is NO proof of him, worshipping on this night?
or the shaykh whom you mentioned??
Mostly people have wrong belief that 15th of sha3baan is actually the night on which riqz is granted etc…which actually is the night of Qadr.
You may refer tothe e-books in english or urdu explaining each hadeeth about 15th sha3baan.
Yes, we all need to study about innovations (good & bad) and even in one the book, they have mentioned it also.
no more replies as there are enough daleel and proofs and references for everyone to read, reflect and research.
may Allaah guide us to truth. ameen
ummAbdullaah