The three
Bid`aat (religious innovations) which some people do in the month of Sha`baan:
بسم الله والحمد لله
والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Saaleh
al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:
“I would like to warn
against the three things which are done in the middle of Sha`baan:
The First
issue:
Amongst the general mass,
there are many people who think that the night of the middle of Sha`baan (i.e.
the 15th of Sha`baan) is Laylatul-Qadr (the Night of Decree) and
that one (who prays in this night) gets the reward that has been mentioned in
the Sunnah (i.e. his previous sins would be forgiven). But what is known is
that Laylatul-Qadr occurs in the month of Ramadhaan and the evidence for that
is the saying of Allaah تبارك وتعالى in the Qur’aan:
﴿إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ﴾
{Verily! We have sent it (this Qur’aan)
down in the night of Al-Qadr} [Surah
al-Qadr (97): 1]
And in the saying of
Allaah تعالى:
﴿حم * وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ
* إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ * فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ﴾
{Haa-Meem.
By the manifest Book (this Qur’aan) that makes things clear, We sent it (this
Qur’aan) down on a blessed night. Verily, We are ever warning [mankind that Our
Torment will reach those who disbelieve in Our Oneness of Lordship and in Our
Oneness of worship]. Therein (that night) is decreed every matter of
ordainments.} [Surah al-Dhukhaan
(44): 1-4]
This is the Text which is
clear that the Qur’aan was sent down on Laylatul-Qadr, in which matters of
ordainment are decreed. Then Allaah تعالى also says:
﴿شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ
وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِّنَ الْهُدَىٰ وَالْفُرْقَانِ﴾
{The
month of Ramadhaan in which was revealed the Qur’aan, a guidance for mankind
and clear proofs for the guidance and the criterion (between right and wrong).}
[Surah al-Baqarah (2): 185]
This is sure, clear and certain
proof that Laylatul-Qadr occurs in the month of Ramadhaan, rather it occurs in
the last ten (nights) of Ramadhaan.
The Second
issue:
Some people specially mark
this night (of the middle of Sha`baan) by establishing prayers in the night and Fasting
in the day, based upon the Weak Ahaadeeth. Since these Ahaadeeth are not
authentic, then specially marking out the middle of Sha`baan for establishing
night prayers should not be done.
But if a person is in the
habit of getting up for night prayers, then he should pray in the night of the middle
of Sha`baan like he prays in any other night without marking it as a special occasion. Similarly,
one should not make it a special occasion to Fast only in the middle of
Sha`baan because nothing such has been reported from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
But if one Fasts for three
days of al-Beedh (i.e. the night when the Moon is full) and they are the
thirteenth, the fourteenth and the fifteenth day (of the Lunar calendar); so if
one Fasts on these three days, then his Fasting will be in accordance with the
Sunnah. But one should not believe that this (Fasting these three days in
Sha`baan) is better than Fasting in any other month, even though the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used to Fast much in this month of Sha`baan,
more than any other month, sometimes he would Fast for almost the complete
month except for a few days.
The Third
issue:
Some people specially
prepare food on the 15th of Sha`baan and invite others over it or
they distribute it to the neighbors and relatives believing that there is more
virtue if one does it specially on this night. But I say: The matter is not
like (how they perceive). Nothing has been legislated that one should mark this
night by specially preparing food or inviting people for food or giving out
Sadaqah (charity). It is like any other day, one should prepare food on this
day like the way he does on any other day of the year.
These are the three Bid`aat
which some people have fallen into, which I wanted to warn against.”
[Majmoo` al-Fataawa of
Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen (7/279-281)]
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