Happy "Shab-e-Barat"

[genmirajborgza786]

To me & everybody have a "Blessed"

"Shab-e-Barat"

 

[Coolyo]

Please delete my thread, because there was another one!

Thanks!

 

[Coolyo]

Lol, I recently made a thread about this! I hope the mods delete my other one!

But indeed, Shab-E-Barath Mubarak!!!!!!!!

PLEASE MAKE DUA FOR PAKISTAN AND THE MUSLIMS, INSHA ALLAH!

 

[glomex]

Can anyone explain the Significance of this day...or this occasion...

Any ways please accept the greetings : Shab-E-Barat Mubarak

 

[pak-marine]

mabrooks to all

 

[Awesome]

It's mostly just going on in India/Pakistan... Its not really accepted as holy night or something.

Apparently your destiny for the following year is programmed into your life on this day.

Mid-Sha'ban - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunni observe Mid-Sha'ban as a night of worship and salvation, commemorating when Allah saved Noah's followers from the deluge. According to Sunni tradition, Allah determines the destiny of all people, including whether a person lives or dies, in the coming year. For this reason it is sometimes called the "Night of Emancipation".

Shias observes the 15th night of Sha'ban as Laylat al Bara'ah, night of worship and salvation. They also believe that on the 15th day of Sha'ban, 255 AH (868 CE), Muhammad al-Mahdi was born. Shia believe him to be the twelveth Imam and also the Mahdi, a very important figure who Muslims believe will unite all Muslims.

Many scholars and general people believe that Shab-e-Barat is not what it is believed to be. This belief is based on the fact that there is no mention of such a night in the Quran [2].
Some quote 44.3 of the Quran [3] to justify the Night from the Quran. However, reading the entire quote,
44.1 Ha. Mim. 44.2 By the Scripture that maketh plain 44.3 Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning - 44.4 Whereon every wise command is made clear[4]
It demonstrates that this Night referred to in 44.3 is in fact the Night in which the Quran was revealed, which is the Laylatul Qadr[5] and not Laylatul Barat. Hence the concept of Laylatul Barat is somewhat disputed.
In the Indian subcontinent Muslims make sweets (especially halwa) to be given to the neighbors and the poor on the evening prior to the 15th of Sha'ban[6], but is deemed as an innovation to the faith by most scholars; some even consider it as a sin.
Even when hadiths are used to justify the night, many scholars have labeled such hadiths as weak (da'if)[7].
Some Muslims are not convinced with the idea that fate for the coming year is to be determined in this very night[8].

 

[Coolyo]

Can anyone explain the Significance of this day...or this occasion...

Any ways please accept the greetings : Shab-E-Barat Mubarak

Laylat-ul-Baraa`ah / Shab-e-Baraat / Night of Absolution
(15th of Sha’baan)
This special night is known by many names: Nisf-Sha’baan, Laylat-ul-Baraa`ah, Shab-e-Baraat, the Night of Absolution. It is indeed a blessed night because it is a vessel for the mercy, blessing, benefit, pardon and forgiveness of Allah Almighty descending for the people on earth.
Allah has said in His Glorious Quran (Translated):
“Haa-Meem. By the Book that makes plain; We sent it down on a blessed night - indeed it is We Who warn. [A night] in which every firm decree is made distinct.”
[Al-Quran, Surah Al-Dhukhan, 44:1-4]
According to the exegesis (tafseer) of Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father), “Haa-Meem” means that Allah has predetermined everything in existence till the Day of Resurrection. “The Book that makes plain” is the Quran. “The blessed night” is the night of mid-Sha’baan. This interpretation is shared by most of the exegetes (mufassireen). Hazrat Ikrimah is reported as having said, about the above verse 4 :
“That is the night of mid-Sha’baan, when Allah Almighty arranges the affairs of the year. He transfers [some of] the living to the list of the dead…”
It is said that the angels have two Nights of Festival in heaven, just as the Muslims have two Days of Festival one earth. The angels celebrate the Laylat-ul-Baraa`ah (Night of Absolution) and the Laylat-ul-Qadr (Night of Power), while the Muslims celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr (Day of Breakfast) and the Eid-ul-Adha (Day of Sacrifice).
Hazrat Abu Hurayra reported the Holy Prophet as saying:
“Jibreel came to me on the night of mid-Sha’baan and said to me: ‘O Muhammad , raise your head heavenwards!’ I asked him: ’What night is this?’ and he replied: ‘This is the night when Allah opens three hundred of the gates of mercy, forgiving all who do not make anything His partner. The only exceptions are those who practice sorcery or divination, are addicted to wine, or persist in usury and illicit sex; these He does not forgive until they repent.’
At a quarter of the night, Jibreel came down and said: ‘O Muhammad , raise your head!’ So I looked up, to behold the gates of Paradise wide open. At the first gate an angel was calling: ‘Good news for those who bow in worship in this night!’ At the second gate an angel was calling: ‘Good news for those who prostrate themselves in worship this night!’ At the third gate an angel was calling: ‘Good news for those who offer supplication this night!’ At the fourth gate an angel was calling: ‘Good news for those who make remembrance this night!’ At the fifth gate an angel was calling: ‘Good news for those who weep this night from fear of Allah!’ At the sixth gate an angel was calling: ’Good news for those who submit this night!’ At the seventh gate an angel was
IECRC Sha’baan Document – 9/26/04 1
calling: ‘Will anyone ask, that his request may be granted?’ At the eighth gate an angel was calling: ‘Will anyone seek forgiveness, that he may be forgiven?’
I said: ‘O Jibreel, how long will these gates remain open?’ He replied: ‘From the beginning of the night until the break of dawn.’ Then he said: ‘O Muhammad , tonight Allah has as many slaves emancipated from the Fire as the number of woolly hairs on the flocks and herds of Kalb1.’”

 

[Coolyo]

It's mostly just going on in India/Pakistan... Its not really accepted as holy night or something.

Apparently your destiny for the following year is programmed into your life on this day.

Mid-Sha'ban - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunni observe Mid-Sha'ban as a night of worship and salvation, commemorating when Allah saved Noah's followers from the deluge. According to Sunni tradition, Allah determines the destiny of all people, including whether a person lives or dies, in the coming year. For this reason it is sometimes called the "Night of Emancipation".

Shias observes the 15th night of Sha'ban as Laylat al Bara'ah, night of worship and salvation. They also believe that on the 15th day of Sha'ban, 255 AH (868 CE), Muhammad al-Mahdi was born. Shia believe him to be the twelveth Imam and also the Mahdi, a very important figure who Muslims believe will unite all Muslims.

Many scholars and general people believe that Shab-e-Barat is not what it is believed to be. This belief is based on the fact that there is no mention of such a night in the Quran [2].
Some quote 44.3 of the Quran [3] to justify the Night from the Quran. However, reading the entire quote,
44.1 Ha. Mim. 44.2 By the Scripture that maketh plain 44.3 Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning - 44.4 Whereon every wise command is made clear[4]
It demonstrates that this Night referred to in 44.3 is in fact the Night in which the Quran was revealed, which is the Laylatul Qadr[5] and not Laylatul Barat. Hence the concept of Laylatul Barat is somewhat disputed.
In the Indian subcontinent Muslims make sweets (especially halwa) to be given to the neighbors and the poor on the evening prior to the 15th of Sha'ban[6], but is deemed as an innovation to the faith by most scholars; some even consider it as a sin.
Even when hadiths are used to justify the night, many scholars have labeled such hadiths as weak (da'if)[7].
Some Muslims are not convinced with the idea that fate for the coming year is to be determined in this very night[8].

You could NOT be further from the truth! Just because your sect does not observe this doesn't mean that you can say this is only in South Asia and its not a holy night! LOL! That is ridiculous!

This night IS a holy night! One of the HOLIEST nights of all!

This is all over the Muslim world! For Sunnis and Shias! Just not Wahabis!

 

[ajpirzada]

happy shab-e-barat to everyone...

i dont know about others but in our family we normally ask each other to forgive us. best part is the sweet dishes

 

[osamaziadxb]

Can anyone explain where u have taken the concept of This Night..Any Hadith?

 

[Khalids]

This night IS a holy night! One of the HOLIEST nights of all!

Would you please give some reference from Qur'an and/or Sunnah for what you have written? Because it is totally a new thing for me. I have been of the belief that Laila tul Qadr is the Holiest of all the nights for a Muslim. And my believe is based on the Quran, mentioning the night in Surah Qadr. I would love to be educated by a learned person like you. But, please, some reference from Qur'an and/or Sunnah, the two things left by our beloved Holy Prophet (Sallah o alaihi wassallam) to keep us on the right path.

 

[Righteous_Fire]

Would you please give some reference from Qur'an and/or Sunnah for what you have written? Because it is totally a new thing for me. I have been of the belief that Laila tul Qadr is the Holiest of all the nights for a Muslim. And my believe is based on the Quran, mentioning the night in Surah Qadr. I would love to be educated by a learned person like you. But, please, some reference from Qur'an and/or Sunnah, the two things left by our beloved Holy Prophet (Sallah o alaihi wassallam) to keep us on the right path.

For it

1) The Mother of the Believers ‘Aisha (May Allah be well pleased with her) is reported to have said that the Prophet (Peace be upon him) said,

“This is the middle night of Sha’ban. Allah frees in it a large number of the people from the Hellfire, more than the number of the hair growing on the sheep of the tribe, Kalb. But He(swt) does not even look at a person who associates partners with Allah, or at a person who nourishes malice in his heart (against another muslim), or at a person who cuts off the ties of womb-relations, 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.”

[Baihaqi, At-Targheeb wat-Tarheeb]

2)

Fasting in the month of Sha'baan, without the stipulation of any day, is proven from Rasulullah (S.A.W.). In fact, he used to fast excessively during this month. Hazrat Aisha (R. A.) describing the fast of Nabi (S. A. W.) says that aside from the month of Ramadan, he never used to fast for the entire month. However, of the remaining eleven months, he would fast in Sha'baan the most. - Bukhari Page 264 VI.

3)

It is reported from Hamat Mu'adh bin Jabal (R.A.) that Rasulullah (S.A.W.)
said:
"On the fifteenth night of Sha'baan, Allah bestows his special attention on His entire creation. He then pardons His entire creation except an idolater and one who harbours enmity." - Tabrani has recorded this Hadith in Awsat, Ibnu-Hibaan in his Sahih and Baihaqi - Targhib-wat-Tarhib Page 118 V2, Page 459 V3

4)

Questions Regarding Laylatul Bara'ah and Nafl Prayers - Ummah.com - Muslim Forum

There are many Ahaadith that have been narrated on the virtue of the 15th of Sha’baan. One of them is the narration of Sayyiduna Mu’aadh ibn Jabal (Radhiallaahu Anhu) that Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said,

‘Allah Ta’ala turns to his entire creation on the fifteenth night of Sha’baan and forgives all of them except one who ascribes partners to Him and one who harbours enmity in his heart.’

(This Hadith has been recorded by Imaam Tabrani in his Mu’jamul Awsat Hadith6776 and Mu’jamul Kabeer vol.20 pg.108-109)

Imaam ibn Hibbaan (RA) has classified this narration as Sahih (authentic) and has included it in his book – al-Saheeh. (see Sahih ibn Hibbaan vol.12 pg.482; Hadith5665).

Hafiz al-Haythami (RA) has mentioned that all the narrators of this Hadith are reliable. (Majma-uz-zawaaid vol.8 pg.65)

Besides this narration classified as Saheeh by Imaam ibn Hibbaan (RA), there is another classified as sound by Haafiz al-Munzhiri (RA) in his al-Targheeb (vol.3 pg.459). This narration is of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (Radhiallaahu Anhu) and is recorded by Imaam Bazzaar (RA) in his Musnad. In fact, Hafiz ibn Hajar (RA) has also classified one of its chains as Hasan (sound). (al-Amaalil mutlaqah pgs.119-120)

Besides the above, there are many other Sahaaba (Radhiallaahu Anhum) that narrated Ahaadith regarding the merit of this night, such as: Abu Hurayra (Musnad al-Bazzaar), Abu Tha’labah (Shu’ubul Imaan), Awf ibn Maalik (Musnad al-Bazzaar), Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-Aas (Musnad Ahmad Hadith6642), Abu Moosa al-Ash’ari (ibn Majah Hadith1390; Shu’ubul Imaan Hadith3833) and others. The collective strength of these narrations cannot be refuted.

The general virtue of this night has been accepted by many great Ulama of the past. From among many great scholars which have agreed to the virtue of this night are: Umar ibn Abdul-Aziz, Imaam al-Shaafi’ee, Imaam al-Awzaa’ie, Attaa ibn Yassaar, Imaam al-Majd ibn Taymiyah, ibn Rajab al-Hambaliy and Hafiz Zaynu-ddeen al-Iraaqiy (Rahmatullaahi alayhim) – refer Lataiful Ma’aarif of Hafiz ibn Rajab pgs.263-264 and Faydhul Qadeer vol.2 pg.317

In fact, Hafiz Ahmad ibn Taymiyah [ra] has said,

‘As for the middle night of Sha’baan, there are various narrations that have been narrated regarding its significance and it has been reported from a group of the Salaf (predecessors) that they performed Salaat in it individually, hence, such a deed cannot be disputed.’

(Majmoo’ al-Fataawa ibn Taymiyah vol.23 pg.132)

and Allah Ta’ala Knows Best

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Moulana Abdur Rahman Mubarakpuri writes in the commentary of Tirmidhi, "The sheer number of Ahaadith regarding this night serve as proof against those people who refute the excellence of this night". [Tuhfatul-Ahwazi. vol 2. pg 53].

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Another quote from Shaykh Ibnu Taymiyyah: "So many Ahaadith and reports exist regarding the excellence of the fifteenth night of Shabaan that one is compelled to accept that this night possesses some virtue". Some of the pious predecessors used to specially devote this night for Salaat. [Faydhul-Qadeer. vol 2., pg 317].

Against it

What is narrated concerning the virtue of praying, fasting and worshipping on the fifteenth of Sha’baan (al-nusf min Sha’baan) does not come under the heading of da’eef (weak), rather it comes under the heading of mawdoo’ (fabricated) and baatil (false). So it is not permissible to follow it or to act upon it, whether that is in doing righteous deeds or otherwise.

A number of scholars ruled that the reports concerning that were false, such as Ibn al-Jawzi in his book al-Mawdoo’aat, 2/440-445; Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah in al-Manaar al-Muneef, no. 174- 177; Abu Shaamah al-Shaafa’i in al-Baa’ith ‘ala Inkaar al-Bida’ wa’l-Hawaadith, 124-137; al-‘Iraaqi in Takhreej Ihyaa’ ‘Uloom il-Deen, no. 582. Shaykh al-Islam [Ibn Taymiyah] narrated that there was consensus on the fact that they are false, in Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 28/138.

Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Hukm al-Ihtifaal bi Laylat al-Nusf min Sha’baan (Ruling on celebrating the fifteenth of Sha’baan):

Celebrating the night of the fifteenth of Sha’baan (Laylat al-Nusf min Sha’baan) by praying etc, or singling out this day for fasting, is a reprehensible bid’ah (innovation) according to the majority of scholars, and there is no basis for this in sharee’ah.

And he (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

There is no saheeh hadeeth concerning the night of the fifteenth of Sha’baan (Laylat al-Nusf min Sha’baan). All the ahaadeeth that have been narrated concerning that are mawdoo’ (fabricated) and da’eef (weak), and have no basis. There is nothing special about this night, and no recitation of Qur’aan 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. And Allaah is the Source of strength.

Shaykh ibn Jibreen (R) stated on this topic:

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 Allah knows best of all.

 

[Awesome]

You could NOT be further from the truth! Just because your sect does not observe this doesn't mean that you can say this is only in South Asia and its not a holy night! LOL! That is ridiculous!

This night IS a holy night! One of the HOLIEST nights of all!

This is all over the Muslim world! For Sunnis and Shias! Just not Wahabis!

What sect? Wahabis?

Dude, the Quran mentions Shab-e-Qadr, and forgets to mention Shab-e-barat? Simple argument.

I just don't believe in it. It has nothing to do with my sect.

 

[Righteous_Fire]

and forgets to mention Shab-e-barat?

Not the right words Bro! rather say

does not mention

 

[Khalids]

What sect? Wahabis?

Dude, the Quran mentions Shab-e-Qadr, and forgets to mention Shab-e-barat? Simple argument.

I just don't believe in it. It has nothing to do with my sect.

Its the irony of today's Muslim world. Khud badaltay naheeN Qur'an badal detay haiN

When ever one points to a Qur'anic doctrine or rule against our self carved faiths, beliefs and rituals, we start a sect war with him/her instead of correcting our selves.

There is no historic evidence that As'habe Rasool had ever celebrated this night in a way it is celebrated now a days, should we call them Wahabis? (Nauzu Billah).