The night of the middle of Sha’ban Ibn Baz is one of the nights that precede the blessed month of Ramadan. On the night of the middle of Sha’ban, some hadiths are authentic, and many of them are innovated. On the night of the middle of Sha’ban, many rulings were mentioned by Muslim scholars and jurists, including Ibn Baz, and in our article Next, we will get acquainted with the ruling on the night of the middle of Sha’ban, and the hadiths that were mentioned on the night of the middle of Sha’ban with their authenticity and subject matter.
The night of the middle of Sha’ban Ibn Baz
The night of the middle of Sha’ban Ibn Baz is one of the innovations that some people introduced, and celebrating this night, and dedicating its day to fasting, supplication and prayer, there is no evidence for it that can be argued, and there are many weak hadiths that cannot be relied upon, and there are many weak hadiths that cannot be relied upon. The virtue of this night is fabricated and weak and has no basis for it, and what is mentioned about the virtue of prayer on the night of the middle of Sha’ban are all fabricated hadiths, and the weak hadiths are only acted upon in the acts of worship whose origin has been proven with valid evidence, as for the celebration of the night of the middle of Sha’ban, it does not even have a valid origin. It is being used.[1]
Fazl Shaban and talent for Ramadan
The opinion of Al-Hafiz Ibn Rajab on the night of the middle of Sha’ban
Al-Hafiz Ibn Rajab said on this issue: “And on the night of the middle of Sha’ban, the followers of the people of the Levant, Musal Khalid bin Ma’dan, Makhul, and Luqman bin Aamer, venerated it, and they strived hard in worship, and from them people took the virtue of this night and glorified it, and this was well known about them in the countries The people differed in that, some of them before him, and agreed with them to venerate it, and among them a group of the people of Basra, but most of the scholars of the Hijaz, including: Ataa and Ibn Abi Malikah, denied the celebration of this night, and said that all of this is heresy, and the scholars of Syria differed in the description of its revival. Some of them liked keeping it alive in mosques, and some of them hated gathering in mosques for prayer, remembrance and supplication.” The summary of what Al-Hafiz Ibn Rajab said on the night of the middle of Sha’ban: that nothing was proven from the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, nor from his companions on the night of the middle of Sha’ban, and all Unless it is proven by legal evidence that it is legitimate, it is not permissible for a Muslim to introduce it into the religion.[2]
Friday sermon on the night of the middle of Shaban
Imam al-Nawawi’s opinion on the night of the middle of Sha’ban
Imam Al-Nawawi said in his book Al-Majmoo’: The prayer known as the prayer of desire, which is twelve units of prayer between Maghrib and Isha, on the first night of Rajab, and the prayer of the night of the middle of Sha’ban one hundred units of prayer. And the book “The Revival of the Religious Sciences”, nor the hadith mentioned in them, for all of that is false, and nothing is taken from it, and whoever wrote about the desirability of fasting or praying on the night of the middle of Sha’ban is mistaken in that.[3]
Acts of the month of Shaban
The reason for naming the month of Sha’ban with this name
Sunnis of Sha’ban with this name because the Arabs were divided in it by the earth, that is, they dispersed to ask for water. That he said: (It was named Sha’ban, because in it there is much good for the fasting person in it until he enters Paradise). He wipes sins away – that is: He brings them away from the heat.[4]
Why did the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, begin the deeds that bring you closer to Paradise with monotheism?
What did the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, do in the month of Shaban?
The Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, used to fast a lot in the month of Sha’ban, because it is a poetry in which deeds are raised to God Almighty. On the authority of Osama bin Zayd, may God be pleased with him, he said: (I said, O Messenger of God, I did not see you fasting in any of the months what you fast in Sha’ban. He said that is a month that is neglected. People are on it between Rajab and Ramadan, and it is a month in which deeds are raised to the Lord of the Worlds, and I love that my deeds be taken up while I am fasting.)[5]Rather, the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, did not fast for a month more than Sha’ban, as was reported on the authority of Aisha, may God be pleased with her, who said: “The Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, did not fast more than two months in Sha’ban, for he used to fast in the same manner.”[6].[7]
The date of the night of the middle of Shaban 2022
What is mentioned in the merits of the night of the middle of Sha’ban
On the night of the middle of Sha’ban, there are many hadiths, most of which are not valid for evidence, and what is valid for protesting are only two hadiths, namely the hadith of Abu Tha’labah Al-Khashni, may God be pleased with him, who said: And he leaves the people of hatred with their hatred until they call him)[8]And the hadith of Abu Musa al-Ash’ari on the authority of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, who said: “God Almighty rises on the night of the middle of Sha’ban and forgives all of his creation, except for a polytheist or a quarrelsome person.”[9].[10]
Fasting on the night of the middle of Sha’ban
It has not been proven from the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, nor his companions that the night of the middle of Sha’ban was designated for a specific fasting or supplication that is specific to this night, and the first appearance of fasting the night of the middle of Sha’ban appeared among some of the followers of the people of Levant, and the majority of the scholars of the people of Levant denied that, for the absence of a hadith A true prophetic urge to fast the night of the middle of Sha’ban, and it is possible to fast the night of the middle of Sha’ban as one of the white days, which are: the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth, not that it is the day of the middle of Sha’ban, and the hadith of fasting in the middle of Sha’ban is not suitable to be used as evidence , It is a talk, and is a talk, and modern text: (If the night of half of Shaaban, they have received her night, and prayed on her day, God comes down to the sunrise to the world. “Do not forgive forgive him? Isn’t that, isn’t that? Until dawn comes.)[11]This hadith is fabricated on the authority of the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, and it is never invoked.[12]
Dua on the second Friday of Shaban
Heresies spread in the month of Shaban
Among the most prominent heresies spread in the month of Sha’ban that people circulate among themselves, we mention:
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- Salat al-Baraa’: It is the specification of performing the night prayer of the middle of Sha’ban, which is one hundred rak’ahs.
- Praying six units of prayer with the intention of repelling affliction, prolonging life, and dispensing with people.
- Reciting Surah (Ya-Sun) and supplicating on this night with a specific supplication:
- Their belief that the night of mid-Sha’ban is Laylat al-Qadr: Al-Shugairi said: “This is invalid according to the agreement of all the modern scholars,” and Laylat al-Qadr is in Ramadan only and not in Sha’ban.
- Parents’ eves: some people distribute food to the poor and needy, and they call this the parents’ eves, and this has no basis.
The dangers of the emergence of innovations on the night of the middle of Sha’ban
Whoever innovates in the religion of God Almighty what is not from it, he has fallen into several dangers and warnings, including:[14]
- Whoever innovates on the night of the middle of Sha’ban, this is a kind of denial of God Almighty, because the one who introduced it and believed it to be a religion did not exist, so religion does not exist according to his heresy.
- The innovation on this night includes progress before God Almighty and His Messenger, as he has introduced into God’s religion what is not in it, and God Almighty has warned against transgressing its limits.
- His innovation necessitates making himself a partner with God Almighty in ruling over His servants.
- His innovation entails two things: either he is ignorant of this deed, or he is knowledgeable about this matter.
- The innovation leads people to transgress the Sharia of God Almighty, and to include in it what is not part of it in belief, word and deed, and this is one of the greatest aggression that God has forbidden.
- This innovation leads to the division and scattering of the nation, and each one of them takes a special approach and path that he takes and accuses others of shortcomings if he does not follow his path.
- The innovation leads to the innovator preoccupying himself with his innovation on what is legitimate, for no people innovated an innovation except that they demolished from the Sharia what corresponds to it.
When are deeds raised to God in the month of Shaban?
Hadiths that are not valid on the night of the middle of Sha`ban
Among the most important incorrect hadiths about the night of the middle of Sha’ban, we mention the most widespread of them, and they are the following:[15]
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Hadith: (The prayer of the night of the middle of Sha’ban and its supplication, the Millennium prayer, as well as the supplication on the night of the middle of Sha’ban: “O God, O One who is manna, and do not grant him…” Theme.
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The hadith: (Five nights in which the invitation is not rejected: the first night of Rajab, the night of the middle of Sha’ban, the night of Friday, the night of al-Fitr, and the night of sacrifice), and a hadith: “Gabriel, peace be upon him, came to me and said to me: This is the night of the middle of Sha’ban, and to God in it Those who are freed from Hellfire are as many as a dog’s hair), and the hadith: “Whoever recites the night of the middle of Sha’ban a thousand times, say, He is God, the One, God will send to him a hundred thousand angels giving him good tidings.” His heart will die on the day hearts will die), and the hadith: ((Whoever revives the five nights, Paradise will be required for him: the night of Tarwiyah, the night of Arafat, the night of sacrifice, the night of al-Fitr, and the night of the middle of Sha’ban). and weak.
- A hadith: ((It was said: O Messenger of God, which fasting is better after Ramadan? He said: Fasting Shaban, to honor Ramadan)). Degree: Denier
- The hadith: (O Ali, whoever prays one hundred units of prayer on the night of the middle of Sha’ban, recites in every rak’ah Al-Fatihah Al-Kitab, and “Say: He is God, one” ten times; Allah will fulfill every need for him… The Hadith: The degree.
At the end of our article, we learned about the virtue of the night of the middle of Sha’ban Ibn Baz, which is one of the innovations that some people introduced, and celebrating this night, and dedicating its day to fasting, supplication and prayer. Rely on them.