MISCONCEPTION OF 15^TH SHABAAN
EXPLAINED!!!    

15^th  SHABAAN FROM AUTHENTIC AHADEES

 

 

In the name of Allaah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise be to God, the Compassionate, and the
Merciful. You alone we worship: and to You alone we turn for help. Guide us to
the straight path: the path of those whom You have favored: not of those who
have incurred Your wrath, nor of those who have gone astray.

Blessings and Peace be upon Allaahs Most Beloved
Prophet Hazrat Muhammad Mustafaa 

 .(صلى الله عليه وسل م)

As Saalam o Alaiekum

Sadly, sad in this era of Fitnaah, when we [Muslim] are
bombarded with conspiracies hatred, mistrust, deviation, not from outside
source but amongst ourselves this post is definitely a reminder not only to
WAKE UP ourselves but to remind and teach our children the true Beliefs of
Islaam.

Shockingly shocked.

No one stops us from going to cinemas, watch TV all
day…sports and other baseless activities in which are kids are involved day and
night.

[Not mentioning the haraam ones].

But out there people are spreading posts and rumors about
gatherings of worship.

 

      WHAT IS DONE ON SHAB E
BARAA’AT NIGHT?

 

Firstly lets understand that..

 

1-PRAY NAFIL–[WHICH IS HALAAL]

 

2-READ QURAAN— [WHICH IS HALAAL]

 

3-DO ISTAGH FAAR–[WHICH IS HALAAL]

 

4-READ DUROOD SHAREEF-[WHICH IS HALAAL]

 

5-VIST THE GRAVEYARD OF THEIR RELATIVES-[WHICH IS HALAAL]

 

6-LISTEN TO LECTURES–[WHICH IS HALAAL]

 

7-CONTEMPLATION–[WHICH IS HALAAL]

 

8-FAMILY GET TOGETHER
–AWARENESS-RAMADAN TALK–[WHICH IS HALAAL]

 

SO, WHAT IS THE CONFUSION????

 

Even Ibn Taymiyyah, [THE WAHAABI SCHOOL OF THOUGHT
–LEADER] a scholar notorious for refuting such things also accepts the virtue
of the night of Shab e Bara’aat.

Ibn-Taimiyyah was asked about of the 15th night of
Sha’baan. He Replied….

 

 

 

Translation: As for the 15th night of Sha’baan, there
are many narrations and Athar (quotes from the Sahabah’s) regarding its virtue.
It has been reported of the salaf that they prayed in this night.

Therefore, praying alone on this night, having
precedence in the salaf, is sufficient evidence and something of this kind
surely cannot be denied.

On
another occasion, Ibn-Taimiyyah was asked the same question and he replied:  

 

وسنل عن صلاة نصف شعبان فاجاب ازا صلئ الانسان
ليلة النصف وحده اوفئ جماعته خاصته كما ك ان يفل جماعته خاصته كما كان يفعل طوانف
من السلف  فهواحس ن

Translation: If one prays on this night alone or in a
select company of people as many groups amongst the salaf did, “then it is
good”.

 

[Fatawa Ibn
Taimiyyah Volume 23, Page 131-132]

 

He says: ‘So many Ahaadees and reports exist regarding
the excellence of the fifteenth night of Shabaan that one is compelled to
accept that this night does possess some virtue’.

 

[9 Faydhul
Qadeer page. 317, volume. 2]

 

On
another occasion, Ibn-Taimiyyah was asked the same question and he replied:  

وسنل عن صلاة نصف شعبان فاجاب ازا صلئ الانسان
ليلة النصف وحده اوفئ جماعته خاصته كما كان يفل جماعته خاصته كما كان يفعل طوانف
من السلف  فهواحس ن

 

There is another identical Hadees related from the
Companion Abdul laah bin.’Amr 

(May Allaah be pleased with him) which says that the
Holy Prophet

[Sallal Laahu
Alaieh Wa Sallam] said:

“Allaah Ta’aalaa
looks at His creation during the night of the 15th of Sha’baan and He forgives.

His servants except two- one intent on hatred and a
murderer.,  

 

Ref : Musnad Ahmad 2/176 #6642.

 

Ibn Taymiyyah said:

 

ما يعمل للميت من أعمال البر، كالصدقة ونحوها، فإن هذا ينتفع به بنصوص السنة
الصحيحة الصريحة، واتفاق الأئمة وكذلك العتق، والحج،بل قد ثبت عنه في  الصحيحين أنه قال:)من مات وعليه صيام صام عنه
وليه

 

 Translation:
The deceased indeed gets benefit from the good deeds which are performed for
him, such as giving Sadaqah, this is proven from explicit proofs of Sunnah and
so are

Imaams “UNANIMOUS UPON IT”

Similarly, to free a
slave on his behalf, to perform Hajj, rather it is proven from the righteous
that

Prophet [Sallal
Laahu Alaieh Wa Sallam_] said:

 

If someone dies and he has some missed fasts, then the
Walee should fast on his behalf.

 

[Ibn
Taymiyyah in Majmuaa al Fatawaa, Volume 7, Page No. 498]

 

Translation: If one prays on this night alone or in a
select company of people as many groups amongst the salaf did, “then it is
good”.

 

[Fatawa Ibn
Taimiyyah Volume 23, Page 131-132]

 

*Misconception # 1: *
Allaah Kareem descends to the first heavens on this night to forgive us.   

 

Answer: The Prophet [Sallal Laahu Alaieh Wa Sallam] said: “Every night
when it is the last third of the night, our Creator Lord, the Superior, the
Blessed, descends to the nearest heaven and says:

Is there anyone to invoke Me that I may respond to his
invocation? Is there anyone to ask Me so that I may grant him his request? Is
there anyone asking My forgiveness so that I may forgive him?

(Bukhaari
Shareef 1145,Muslim 1261)

 

Reply from Ahle
sunnat Wa Jamaa’at

 

This hadees refers to Praying TAHAJJUD at 3rd part of night
[only] which is Tahajjud Time,

This night has same blessing from start of night to
End of it Also

ALLAAH KAREEM IS FREE FROM SHAPE OR DESCENDNESS … ON
15TH OF SHABAAN IT MEANS HIS MERCIES DESCENDS

 

 

*Misconception # 2:* This is the night when our fate,
lifespan, and provisions are decreed.  

 

Answer: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:

“When the drop remains in the womb (of mother) for forty
(days) or forty nights, the angel comes and says: “My Lord, will he be good or
evil?”

And both these things would be written. Then the angel
says: “My Lord, would he be male or female?” And both these things are written.
And his deeds and actions, *his death*, his livelihood; these are also
recorded.

 

[Saheeh
Muslim Hadees 6392]

 

Reply from Ahle sunnat Wa Jamaa’at

 

NO ONE IS DENYING THE ABOVE HADEES…ON THE 15TH OF
SHABAAN, THE WHOLE YEARLY INSTRUCTIONS, IS GIVEN TO THE ANGELS …OF WHAT TO DO….
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, WHO WILL BE BORN, DIE THAT YEAR ETC.

 

THE ABOVE HADEES TALK ABOUT THE CHARACTER [RECORDED
HISTORY] OF THE PERSON TO BE BORN…HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT YEARLY REPORT
INSTRUCTION.

RECORDED LIFE HAPPENING
IS DIFFERENT AND GIVING THE YEARLY MANUAL

INSTRUCTION TO THE ANGELS
WHAT TO DO ALL YEAR AROUND IS DIFFERENT.

 

 

Misconception # 3:* Deeds are shown (to Allaah Almighty) on
15th shaban 

 

Answer: Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said

“Deeds are shown (to Allaah Kareem) on Mondays and
Thursdays, and I like my deeds to be shown when I am fasting.”

 

 

[Tirmeezi Shareef, 747; classed as
Saheeh by al- Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1041.]

 

From Saheeh Muslim , Fasting on 15th is encouraged ,

 

عن  عمران بن حصين  رضي الله عنهما أن رسول الله  صلى الله عليه وسلم  قال   ,
له  أو لآخر  أصمت من
سرر  شعبان قال لا قال فإذا أفطرت
فصم يومين

 

Translation: Imraan bin Husaien [Rahamatul Laah Alaieh] reported that Holy Prophet
Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسل م) having said to him..

Did you fast in the “Middle of Sha’baan?”

 

 He said: No.

 

Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) [Sallal Laahu Alaieh Wa Sallam] said: If you did not
observe fast, then you should observe fast for two days.

 

 [Saheeh Muslim Book 006, Number 2607]

 

*Misconception # 4:* The
night of the 15th of Shabaan should be singled out for special kinds of

worship, prayer, etc. and they have a great reward. 

 

Answer: There is no Saheeh Hadees concerning the night of
the fifteenth of Shabaan.So this night is ordinary like other nights and the
reward for praying/worshiping in this night will be the same as other nights.

SHOW
US ONE HADEES, WHERE DOING A MERITORIOUS ACT OF WORSHIP IS FORBIDDEN.

 

It is admitted fact that every moment, second, minute,
hour, day or night that is spent in the submission of Allaah Almighty and His
Beloved Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is exceedingly.

meaningful and precious. But there are some days,
nights and months which have their own weight and Allaah Kareem, the
compassionate, lays immense stress upon them to unveil their importance to his
rationale creatures. Among those months, those hold much importance is
Muharram, Rajab, Sha’baan.

The Holy Month of Sha’baan is one of the blessed
months that holds much too for us from the mercy, compassion and kindness of
Allaah Almighty. It is preparatory month that welcomes the holy month of Ramadan.

 

If we study the life of our Beloved Holy Prophet (صلى الله
عليه وسلم), He used to avail himself the moments of this month to the
utmost and spend more time in adoration, submission of Allaah Almighty and seek
salvation and earn the infinite mercy of Allaah [Ta’aalaa]

 

*FASTING AND EXTRA WORSHIP IN SHA`BAAN*

 

Once the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
said: “Sha’ baan is my month.”

 

As our Beloved Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
called it my month, so its significance and importance touches to the sky
because everything that has got any link directly or indirectly with the holy
Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسل م) becomes an exalted thing for his true
followers and mumineen.

*Hadees Number 1*

 

عن
عائشة أم المؤمنين  رضي الله
عنها  أنها قالت كان رسول الله  صلى الله عليه وسلم  يصوم حتى نقول لا يفطر ويفطر حتى نقول لا يصوم
وما رأيت رسول الله  صلى الله عليه
وسلم  استكمل صيام شهر قط إلا رمضان وما
رأيته في شهر أكثر منه

 صياما في شعبان

Translation: Rasoolul Laah (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
used to observe fasts (so continuously) that we said that he would not break,
and did not observe (them) till we said that he would not fast: and I did not
see the Rasoolul Laah (صلى الله عليه وسل م) completing the fast of a month, but that
of

Ramadan, and I did not see him fasting more in any other
month than that of Sha’baan

 

[Saheeh
Muslim Book 006, Hadees Number 2580]

 

*Misconception # 5:* Fasting on the day of 15th
Shabaan has a special and great reward  

 

Answer:
Fasting on 13th 14th 15th of every month is recommended not only on 15th
Shabaan Prophet (peace be upon him) said

“If you fast any part of the month, then fast the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth.”

 

 

[Tirmidhi,
761; al- Nasaa’i, 2424; classed as Saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb,
1038]

 

 

Misconception # 6:* This is the night when the souls of
departed ones return to their families.

 

 Answer:
This thing has no basis in Quraan or Ahadees the souls can never return to this
world.

This is a fabrication and lie invented by people.

 

REPLY FROM AHLE SUNNAT WA JAMAA’AT

 

Visiting graves is a Sunnah, proofs are many

Though historical documentation, we know that on the night
of forgiveness, the Prophet Muhammad [Sallal
Laahu Alaieh Wa Sallam] visited Jannat ul Baqee, a graveyard in Madeenah.
He offered supplications for the departed souls of his family and companions.
Following in his footsteps, Muslims visit graveyards and Dargaahs, seeking
forgiveness for themselves and for the souls of loved ones.

Frequenting graveyards remind of the transitory nature
of the world. Death is the only reality of which there is universally no doubt.
Reflecting on death reveals the urgency of living a sincere, honest and
fruitful life.

, Visiting on Specific day is proved too.

 

Let me quote the Arabic Hadees again From Tafseer ibn
e khaseer , 

 

فيدخل فيسلم ثم ينصرف، رواه
ابن جرير. ورواه ابن أبي حاتم من حديث إسماعيل بن عياش، عن أرطاة بن المنذر عن أبي
الحجاج يوسف الألهاني قال: سمعت أبا أمامة، فذكر نحوه. وقد جاء في الحديث أن رسول
الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يزور قبور الشهداء في رأس كل حول، فيقول لهم: }
سَلـَٰمٌ عَليَْكُم بِمَا صَبرَْتمُْ ف نَِعْمَ

  , عقُْبىَٰ
ٱلداَّرِ { وكذلك أبو بكر وعمر وعثمان

 

Translation:

 

The Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
used to go to the graves of the martyrs of Uhad once a year and also recite the
verse of the Holy Qur’aan on excellence of patience. The Prophet

Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) used to pray for
them. When the beloved Prophet Muhammad

(صلى الله عليه وسل م) passed away himself,
the Khalifaa’s, HazratAbu-Bakr (رضي الله عنه), Hazrat Umar (رضي الله عنه),
Hazrat Usman (رضي الله عنه) used to do the same thing. , Reference :
,

 

Tafseer Tabaari, , Tafseer
Ibn-Kaseer for Quraan 13:20 , and Tafseer Qurtabi by Imaam Tabaari, Imaam
Qurtaabi

commentary
of Soorah Ra’d Verse 20.] , 

 

 Shaami states
and quotes same hadees in Vol. 1, Baabu Ziyaaratil-Quboor

Misconception # 7:* Look at all those people doing it.
How can they all be wrong?   

 

 

Answer:  Allaah says, “And if you obey most of those
in the earth, they will lead you astray from

Allaah’s way; they follow but conjecture and they only
lie.”

 

[Al Qur’aan 6:116]

 

So this is a weak argument that majority of people do it
and believe in it so it is true.

AHLE SUNNAT WA JAMAA’AT REPLY

THE
OBOVE VERSE IN THE QURAAN IS ABOUT UNBELIVERS

ALLAAH
KAREEM IS NOT SAYING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE

WORSHIPPING
HIM ON THE SHABAAN DOING TASBEEH AND QURAAN.

Conclusion:

These reports indicate that fasting in the month of
Sha`baan, though not obligatory, is so meritorious that the Holy Prophet (صلى الله
عليه وسلم) did not like to miss it. But it should be

understood that the fasts of Sha`baan are for those
persons only who are capable of keeping them without causing deficiency in the
obligatory fasts of Ramadan.

 

It is the habit of the Muslims to celebrate some
auspicious events during the month of Sha’baan by praying, reciting Quraan,
praising Allaah, and making a great deal of supplication to Allaah Kareem
during that night.

 

Sha’baan is like an introduction to Ramadan and it has
some things in common with Ramadan, such as fasting, reciting Holy Quraan and
giving in charity. It has been narrated that upon the

arrival of Rajab the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
used to pray 

 

“O’ Allaah! Bless
us abundantly in Rajab and Sha’baan and deliver us safely unto Ramadan.”

 

Hazrat Imaam Zayn ud-deen Ibn Nujaim al-Misri [Rahmatul
Laah Alaieh] said:

 

والأصل فيه أن الإنسان له أن يجعل
ثواب عمله لغيره صلاة أو صوماً أو صدقة أو قراءة قرآن أو ذكراً أو طوافاً أو حجاً
أو عمرة أو غير ذلك عند أصحابنا للكتاب
والسنة

Translation: According to us the Sawaab of deeds
performed by one person reaches the other, this includes Praying, Fasting,
Charity, “RECITATION OF QURAAN”, Zikr, Tawaaf, Hajj, Umra or any other (good)
deeds. This is proven from Quraan and Sunnah

 

[Al-Bahr
ar-Ra’iq Sharaah Kanz al Daq’aiq (3/62)]

 

 

A HUMBLE APPEAL TO
SEEK PARDON AND ASK ALLAAH KAREEM’S FORGIVENESS:

 

 

 

Dear
Muslim brothers, the Bountiful Allaah Kareem in His Infinite Mercy has provided
us with such an auspicious night so that we may take advantage of it and repent
for our sins, and thus obtain His Grace and Favor. It is for us to take full
advantage of it. During this night, offer special prayers and repent sincerely
for our past sins and ask for His Forgiveness.

May
Allaah Ta’aalaa guide them and show them the right path so that they be in
touch with their glorious past, May Almighty Allaah guide us on the path of the
Ambiyaa and the Auliyaa Allaah.

Aameen.

 

 

CONCLUSION:

To conclude
the virtue of this blessed night are established by Ahadees and a group of the
salaf it is

recommended to stay up on it, and the opinion that
it is Bida’h (innovation) is a “Reprehensible” (munkar) opinion.

This night
should be spent in worshiping Almighty Allaah from the depth of heart. It is
the time to focus one’s

attention
to Him alone. It is the time to enjoy the direct

contact with Allaah Kareem, Most Compassionate, Ever
Merciful. Most of all, it is the time for reforming one’s life to come.