Importance Of Sha’ban From Islamic Point Of View

The Holy month of Sha'ban is intermediate two Holy months Rajab & Ramadan. Mostly this Holy month is not given importance, in fact it is as important as the other Holy month are. There is a huge importance of Sha'ban as deeds of His creatures are presented to Allah. 

Saying of Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) is:

"Sha'ban is my month, Rajab is Allah's month and Ramadan is the month of my Ummah (Community) Sha'ban is expiator, while Ramadan is the purifier."                                                                                       

The practice of fasting by Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H):    

Hadrat Aisha (R.A) said: " Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) used to fast until we would say he was never going to stop fasting, and he would go so long without fasting that we would say he was never going to fast, but I never saw Allah’s Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) continue a fast from the beginning to the end of any month except the month of Ramadan and I never saw do more fasting in any month than he did in Sha'ban.” So I asked him    "how is it I always see you fasting in Sha'ban?" and Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) said:"O' Aisha, it is the month in which the Angel of Death has to note down the name of anyone whose soul he must take before the year is out, so I would rather he did not record my name except while I am fasting." Hadrat Aisha (R.A) said: “The dearest of months to our Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) was Sha'ban, which he would link to Ramadan." 

The worth of Sha’ban can be elaborated by the saying of Prophet (P.B.U.H) that Angel of Death will not record name till the fasting in the pious month o Sha’ban. As Holy month of Ramadan is the next to the holy month of Sha’ban this also increases the importance of this holy month.

 Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) said: "Anyone who fasts on the last Monday of Sha'ban will be granted forgiveness."

 

Allah almighty said:"Ha-Mim. By this luminous Book. Undoubtedly we sent it down in a blessed night, verily We are to warn. Therein every affair of wisdom is divided."[44:1-3].

Hadrat Ibn-e- Abbas(R.A) elaborated about above Aya’t, "Ha-Mim means that Allah has predetermined everything in existence till the day of Resurrection. Book means AL-QURAN, which is a mercy from Allah and provide guidance and was revealed in "blessed night”. 

In this night fate and destiny of the people is decided. Along with this Quran was revealed in this night. It is a fact the night of the revelation of the Quran was not in the Holy month of Sha’ban but it is in the Holy month of Ramadan i.e. Lailatul Qadr.

 

 

Hadrat Aisha (R.A) said, once Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) asked me, "O Aisha, what night is this?"She replied, "Allah and His Messenger know best."Then he said: “This is the night of the middle of Sha'ban, during which worldly actions and the deeds of mankind are carried aloft. In this night as numerous as the wool of the flocks of the tribe of Kalb, are the slaves of Allah, emancipated from the fire of hell.  So will you excuse me tonight?"  She said :" I said yes, So he performed his prayer like this : He held the upright position only briefly, and recited AL-Hamd and a short Surah then he stayed in prostration till middle of night .then he stood up to begin the second rak'at with a recitation similar to the first, and then his prostration lasted until dawn." 

In this Holy night record of deeds of previous year is presented to Almighty Allah, thus in this night decisions about next year are made. So it will be worth while if we abide prayers in the way of Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) Sunnah way that he used to perform.

  Hadrat Aisha (R.A) once said:" I could not find Allah's Messenger (P.B.U.H) one night, So I went outside there he was in Jannat-ul-baqqi (the blessed cemetery), his hand turned up toward the sky. Then he said to me: 'Were you afraid that Allah and His Messenger would treat you unfairly?' I replied: 'O Messenger of Allah, I thought that you had gone to one of your (other) wives.' He {peace be upon him} said: 'On the night of mid-Sha'ban, Allah (Exalted is He) descends to the lowest heaven and forgives more than the number of woolly hairs on the flocks and herds of (the tribe of Kalb)."   

In the blessed night of Sha’ban Almighty Allah forgives huge amount of sins like wooly hair on the herd of the Kalb tribe. Hence it will be a lucky chance if you are getting this night.

 Hadrat Ibn-e-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) said: "In the night of mid Sha'ban, Allah (Exalted is He) arranges the affairs of the year. He transfers [some of] the living to the list of dead, and neither records those who will make pilgrimage to the house of Allah, neither adding one too many nor leaving a single one of them out."   

Decisions of forth coming year are taken in this auspicious night i.e. what he will earn and learn in the next year, whether he will live or die, whether he will be able to Hajj or not.

There is a great reward of Tilawah in the blessed night as destiny of mankind is refurnished at that night. It is the responsibility of all the Muslim brothers & sisters to learn Quran remove your hindrance of reciting Quran. In modern times learning of Quran is very easy by various online Quran Tutoring programs available on internet.