Blessings of Shaban
Blessings of Shaban
Blessings of Shaban
Faizan-e-Sha’ban
Blessings of Sha’ban
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ۡك َوان ۡ ُش َ ۡ َ َ ۡ َ ۡ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
حكمت ِ اللهم افتح علينا
َ ۡ ۡ َ َ َۡ َ َ َ َ َ ۡ َ َ ۡ َ َ
علينا رحتك يـا ذا ال ِل وا&ِكرام
Translation
O Allah ! Open the door of knowledge and wisdom for us,
and have mercy on us! O the One Who is the Most Honourable
and Glorious! (Al-Mustatraf, vol. 1, pp. 40)
Note:
Recite Salat upon the Holy Prophet once before and after
the Du’a.
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Table of Contents
Du’a for Reading the Book ...................................................... iii
Blessings of Sha’ban......................................................................... 1
Du’a of Attar ..................................................................................... 1
Excellence of Salat upon the Prophet ...................................... 1
It is Wajib to sight the moon .......................................................... 3
Wisdom of the name of Sha’ban-ul-Mu’azzam ........................... 3
Preparing for the welcoming of Ramadan in the month of
Sha’ban .............................................................................................. 4
The Noble Way of the Sahabah...................................................... 4
The month of reciting the Holy Qur’an........................................ 5
O Negligent! ..................................................................................... 5
What is in Sha’ban-ul-Mu’azzam .................................................. 6
Habit of Fasting ................................................................................ 7
Devotion to the fasts of Sha’ban .................................................... 8
Intercession of the Beloved Prophet ....................................... 9
Reason the fasts of Sha’ban were favoured by the Holy Prophet ... 9
Shab-e-Bara’at ................................................................................ 10
15 Names of Shab-e-Bara’at ......................................................... 11
300 doors of mercy ........................................................................ 12
Eid of the angels ............................................................................. 14
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Expiation for Sins of the year ....................................................... 14
Heavenly decoration...................................................................... 15
Shab-e-Bara’at and the worship of the Beloved Prophet ... 15
Visiting the graveyard on Shab-e-Bara’at ................................... 16
Remember your deceased ............................................................. 17
Practice of the grandson of the Prophet on Shab-e-Bara’at ..... 17
It is Mustahab to worship on Shab-e-Bara’at............................. 18
70,000 Angels pray for your forgiveness..................................... 18
Du’a of the pious predecessors
on Shab-e-Bara’at ...... 19
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Du’a of Attar
O Lord of Mustafa! Whosoever reads or listens to the 20 page
booklet ‘Blessings of Sha’ban’, grant them the Taufeeq to
perform an abundance of worship in Sha’ban-ul-Mu’azzam,
the month of Your Final Prophet ٖ
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them without reckoning.
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Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings on the Conveyor of
the unseen news (Prophet). O believers! (You too) send blessings
and abundant salutations upon him.
[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Quran)] (Part 22, Surah Al-Ahzaab, Verse 56)
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1. Sha’ban ul-Mu’azzam
2. Ramadan-ul-Mubarak
3. Shawwal-ul-Mukarram
4. Zul-Qa’dah-tul-Haraam and
5. Zul-Hijjah-tul-Haraam
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2. The Messenger of Allah ٖ
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َ ّﻠﺼﺎﺋِﻢ ﻓِ ْﻴ ِﻪ َﺣ ّٰﱴ َﻳ ْﺪ ﺧ
ُﻞ اﻟ َْﺠ َّﻨﺔ َّ ِ ﲑ ﻟ
ٌ ْ ﲑ َﮐ ِﺜ ُ ﺎن ِﻻ َ َّﻧ ٗﻪ ﻳَ ْﻨ َﺸ ِﻌ
ٌ ْ ﺐ ﻓِ ْﻴ ِﻪ َﺧ َ ّ ِ اِ َّﻧ َﻤﺎ ُﺳ
ُ ! ﺷ َْﻌ َﺒ
meaning this month is called ‘Sha’ban’ as there is much
good that branches out for those keeping fasts within it, to
the extent that he reaches Paradise. (Al-Tadween fi Akhbar
Qazween, vol. 1, p. 153)
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O Negligent!
Dear Islamic brothers! Our pious predecessors
spent
this blessed month in worship, reciting the Holy Qur’an and
practising good deeds, whereas we continue sleeping in
negligence. It is said about such negligent people: O those who
transgress in blessed moments! Those who waste these
moments and polluting them with bad deeds! How many bad
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1. Rajab has passed and you did not do any good deeds and
now it is the blessed month of Sha’ban.
5. Make salvation from the fire of Hell your aim, as the best
of criminals is he who attains cure for his sins.
What is in Sha’ban-ul-Mu’azzam
Sayyiduna Abu Ma’mar
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states: The month of Sha’ban
beseeched in the court of Allah Almighty: ‘O my Lord! You
have placed me in between two noble months (Rajab and
Ramadan-ul-Mubarak). What virtue did you place in me?’
Allah Almighty replied: ‘I placed in you the recitation of the
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The final Prophet of Allah Almighty, Sayyiduna Muhammad
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would prepare for the fasts of Sha’ban just like
he would prepare for the fasts of Ramadan. (Al-Noor fi Fadaail Al-
Ayyam wa Shahoor, p. 173)
Furthermore, he ٖ
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be the most virtuous of all fasts, out of respect for Ramadan.
The Sahabi destined for Paradise, Sayyiduna Anas
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narrates that the Messenger of Allah ٖ
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about the most superior fasts. He ٖ
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of Sha’ban in honour of Ramadan. (Tirmizi, vol. 2, p. 145, Hadith 663)
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Habit of Fasting
One wisdom of fasting in Sha’ban-ul-Mu’azzam is that one can
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get into a practice of fasting for Ramadan, so that one does not
feel the difficulty and toil of the fasts of Ramadan. Rather, one
would be used to fasting by then and already have tasted the
sweetness and pleasure of fasting in Sha’ban before Ramadan.
Thus when the month of Ramadan arrives, a person can
engage in fasting with readiness. (Lataif-ul-Ma’arif, p. 155)
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asked: 'O Messenger of Allah ٖ
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see you fasting any month as much as you do in Sha’ban.' He
said: This is a month between Rajab and Ramadan; people are
negligent of it. It is a month in which the deeds are presented
to Allah Almighty, and I like that my deeds be taken when I am
in a state of fasting.’ (Nasai, p. 387, Hadith 2354)
Paysh-e-Nazar ho un ka jalwah
Ya Allah mayri jholi bhar day
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Shab-e-Bara’at
Dear Islamic brothers! The 15th Night of Sha’ban-ul-Mu’azzam
i.e. Shab-e-Bara’at (The Night of Salvation) is a very blessed
night. On this night, the mercy and blessings of Allah
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15 Names of Shab-e-Bara’at
Sayyiduna ‘Allamah Ali Qaari
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narrates: Four names
َ ( ﻟ َْﻴﻠ َ ُﺔ اﻟ ُْﻤ َﺒthe Blessed Night), ﻟ َْﻴﻠ َ ُﺔ اﻟ َْﱪا َء ة
for Shab-e-Bara’at are: ﺎرﮐﺔ
(the Night of Salvation), اﻟﺼﮏ َّ ( ﻟ َْﻴﻠ َ ُﺔthe Night of the Document),
َّ ( ﻟ َْﻴﻠ َ ُﺔthe Night of Mercy). He further states: It is called
and اﻟﺮ ْﺣ َﻤﺔ
ﻟ َْﻴﻠ َ ُﺔ اﻟ َْﱪا َءةand اﻟﺼﮏ
َّ ( ﻟ َْﻴﻠ َ ُﺔthe Night of Salvation and the Night of
the Document) because when a trader receives his grain from
the owner, then a document of acquittal is written for him and
on this night, Allah Almighty decrees a document of acquittal
for his believing bondsmen. (At-Tibyan fi bayan ma fi laylat-ul-Nisf
Min Sha’ban, vol. 3, p. 41)
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ک َﻻ ا َ ْﺑﻠ ُ ُﻎ
َ ﮏ َﺟ َّﻞ ﺛَ َﻨﺎ ُء
َ ﮏ ِﻣ ْﻨ َ ک ﻣ ِْﻦ َﺳ َﺨﻄ
َ ِﮏ َو ا َ ُﻋ ْﻮذُ ِﺑ َ ﮏ َوا َ ُﻋ ْﻮذُ ِﺑ ِﺮ َﺿﺎ ِ ک ﻣ ِْﻦ ِﻋﻘ
َ َﺎﺑ َ ا َ ُﻋ ْﻮذُ ِﺑ َﻌﻔ ِْﻮ
ﮏَ ﻧَﻔ ِْﺴRَٰ P ﺖ َ ْﻴSَ ﺖ ﮐ ََﻤﺎ ا َ ْﺛ َ َﻠ َْﻴP َ َﻨﺎ َءQّ اﻟ
َ ﮏ ا َ ْﻧ
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Then the Holy Prophet ٖ
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when do the doors of mercy remain open for? It was said:
From the beginning of the night until the beginning of Fajr.
The Beloved Prophet ٖ
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sinners forgiven on this night is greater than the number of
hairs on goats. On this night, the deeds of people are raised
(towards the heavens) and on this night, sustenance is
distributed. (Tareekh Ibn-e-‘Asakir, vol. 51, pp. 72-73)
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Tafseer: This night is expiation for sins of the entire year, the
night of Jumu’ah is expiation for the sins of the week and
Layla-tul-Qadr is expiation for sins of an entire lifetime. This
means worshipping Allah Almighty on these nights and
spending them in His Remembrance becomes a means of
expiation for sins. Therefore, these nights are also called the
nights of expiation. (Mukashafa-tul-Quloob, p. 303)
Heavenly decoration
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is sent by Allah Almighty to Heaven and he
commands for Heaven to be decorated and says: Allah
Almighty has in this night of yours freed people from the fire
of Hell equivalent to the stars in the sky, the amount of days
and nights in the world, the leaves of trees, the weight of
mountains, and the grains of sand. (Maza fi Sha’ban, p. 87)
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of Allah ٖ
! " # prayed continuously whilst standing
and sitting until morning came. By the morning, the blessed
feet of the Holy Prophet ٖ
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I began to massage his blessed feet. (Al-Da’waat-ul-Kabeer, vol. 2, p.
145, Hadith 530, derived from)
Sad shukr Khudaya tu nay diya, hay rahmat wala woh aaqa
Jo Ummat kay ranj-o-gham mayn, raatoon ko ashk bahata rahay
(Wasail-e-Bakhshish, p. 475)
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O believers! (You too) send blessings and abundant salutations
upon him.
[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Quran)] (Part 22, Surah Al-Ahzaab, Verse 56)
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And send Salat upon his beloved grandfather ٖ
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one third he would repent and ask for forgiveness, and in the
last third he would make Ruku’ and Sujood, acting upon the
order of Allah Almighty. He
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father (Sayyiduna Ali Al-Murtada
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) that the Holy
Prophet ٖ
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on) the night of mid-Sha’ban (i.e. Shab-e-Bara’at), he will be
written among the close bondsmen of Allah Almighty. (Al-Qaul-
ul-Badi’, p. 396)
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Hurayrah
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states that the Messenger of Allah
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ٖ stated: He who recites Ha-Meem Al-Dukhan at night, he
will awake in a state of 70,000 praying for his forgiveness. (At-
Tibyan fi Bayan ma fi Laylat-in-Nisf Min Sha’ban, vol. 3, p. 52)
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