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It's very depressing to see so many muslim to deprived of this night as they think there isn't such thing called Shabe-Barat... all they know is Shabe Qadar which comes in the Ramadan.... so I'd just like to tell people to seek knowldege for truth of this night.. here I have this interesting article which brieft tells about the excellence of Shabe-Barat.
A very brief proof of the excellence of Shabe-Barat
“Lailatun-Nisfe-Min-Sha’ban” as it is referred to in the hadith is in fact an extremely blessed and virtuous night in which Allah (SAW) forgives millions of people except for the non-believers and one whose parents are upset with him (as found in the hadith). The word “Shabe-Barat” (The night of excellence) is actually a Persian word. Mufti Muhammed Taqi Usmani has said, “It is in fact absolutely wrong to say that no excellence of Shabe-Barat is proven from the hadith. It is a fact that ten noble companions of Rasoolullah (SWA) have narrated that the Holy Prophet (SWA) did mention the excellence of this night.
Compiled by Muhammad Muhiyus-Sunnah Choudhury Dubagi
This is not the only person to confirm the truthfulness of this night either. Our parents, grandparents, great grandparents and in fact our past generations have all admitted to the excellence of this night and practiced it throughout their entire lives. It is only a very modern thought that has occurred quite recently that this night is an innovation and is false. Indeed, those who say this are liars and do not know the true grandeur of this night. They are creating a large fitnah (evil, trial) for the ummah and this is affecting people worldwide. These people are infecting the world with their lies through the TV and Radio but even though the proof that we have against them is sufficient enough, they are still not prepared to accept the truth. They say that our fore-fathers and the people before them were wrong to practice this and that they did not understand the concept properly. Our blessed prophet has definitely prophesised this by saying, “Indeed, my latter ummah will think low of the previous ones. They will accuse them and say that they did wrong and misunderstood the affairs.” The truthfulness of this envisage is right in front of our eyes. It is clearly evident today that some mislead Ulama are doing exactly this and disgracing the knowledgeable Ulama of the past. They have even gone to the extent of scandalizing the sahabah-e-Kiram and the ahlul bait, searching for faults in them. Rasoolullah (SAW) has said of the Ahle-bait (People of his house) that they are like shining stars. Whoever follows them they are in the right path and upon the religion of Allah (SWA) and his prophet (SAW) and whoever harbours enmity towards them; Allah (SWA) and his Rasool have waged war upon him. The Sahaba-e-kiraam, upon whom these people are searching for faults are the very ones whom the Prophet (SAW) was pleased with and whom fought side by side with him in the many holy wars for Islam namely the battles of Badr, Uhud, and the battle of the Trench. Surely anyone with whom the Prophet (SAW) was pleased with certainly deserves our respect and we must follow them to gain the same form of acceptance from Rasoolullah (SAW).
Regarding this night, one of the hadiths states that “Allah (SWA) bestows his special attention on his entire creation. He then pardons his entire creations except and idolater and one who harbours enmity towards others.” Allama Qastalani (rahmatullahi’alayh) has narrated from Ibn Rajab Hambali that Ibn Hibban has classified this hadith as Sahih (Authentic). This means that there is no weakness in its line of transmission.
Hazrat Mu’az Ibn Jabal (RA) who was one of the dear companions of the holy Prophet (SAW) has mentioned in a hadith, “On the fifteenth night of Sha’ban, Allah (SWA) bestows his special attention on his entire creation. He then pardons his entire creation except an idolater and one who harbours enmity towards others.” This is another proof from one of the most famous companions of Nabi (SAW).
(At-targhib-uz-zawaid wa ghair huma)
Now, the dearest of Rasoolullah’s companions, his best friend, the most truthful and the first Khalifah of Islam, Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique (RA) has narrated from Rasoolullah (SAW) that he said, “On the fifteenth night of Sha’ban, Allah (SWA) descends to the lowest heaven and thereafter forgives everyone except for an idolater and one who harbours enmity for others.”
(Baihaqi)
If you do not accept all the other people for some bizarre reason, then you must at least accept Hazrat Siddique-e-Akbar, Abu Bakr (RA) as Rasoolullah (SAW) has said regarding him that he is the best of all mankind after the Ambiya (prophets) (AS). Rasoolullah (SAW) also said that if there were to be a prophet after him, then it would have been Abu Bakr (RA). This is due to his determination to put everything that matters or not to him including his life in the way of Allah (SWA) and all that mattered to him was Allah (SWA) and his Rasool (SAW). No one would ever beat him in being able to donate more in the path of Allah (SWA) because he put every single thing that he had on the line for the sake of Allah (SWA). Umar (RA) used to try to beat him in doing this good deed but then he admitted that no body would be able to beat Abu Bakr (RA).
On this night, it is reported that Allah (SWA) forgives more people than the amount of wool on the sheep of Banu Kalb. It is related by Imam Tirmizi (RA) that Aisha (RA) once narrated, “I woke up one night and did not find Rasoolullah (SAW) in bed when it was his turn to spend the night with me. Therefore, I went out in search of him and found him in Jannatul-Baqi (the cemetery). Upon seeing me he said, “Did you fear that Allah (SWA) and his Rasool would oppress you?” I replied, “O Rasoolullah (SAW), I thought that you had gone to one of your other wives.” He then informed me that Allah (SWA) descends to the lowest sky on this night of Sha’ban (i.e. the 15th) and forgives more people than the amount of wool found on the sheep of Banu Kalb.”(The Banu Kalb were a nation who had the most vast amount of sheep).
There is such strong evidence of the magnanimousness of this night that it would be a great act of wrong to deny the wonders of this night and not to practice it. How can someone contradict these ahadith and not accept this gracious night when on this very night, Allah (SWA) looks on his creation with special (eyes of) mercy and forgiveness. We should strive to attain the pleasure and forgiveness of Allah (SWA) in this unique night instead of fighting against it and forbidden other people to practice it and in doing so, sending them upon the wrong path. We the Ahle-Sunnah wal Jam’ah believe that this night is not the one to be missed in arrogance and we ask those who deny this night to show us even one hadith that supports their opinion. We off course have many authentic narrations, some of which I have mentioned in this leaflet, which support our ways. The last hadith that I’m going to mention in this leaflet is that of Hazrat Uthman Ibn Abil ‘Aas (RA) who narrates that Rasoolullah (SAW) said “On the fifteenth night of Sha’ban, Allah (SWA) descends to the nearest sky and thereafter proclaims, ‘Is there anyone who seeks forgiveness so that I may forgive him? Is there anyone who desires anything so that I may grant him wishes?”’
(Baihaqi)
Allah (SWA) continues to call out to his creations in this manner until the arrival of the Fajr prayer.
It is now up to you to decide for yourself if you are going to accept the correct practice of our knowledge and respectable predecessors and practice this marvellous tradition of theirs or abandon it all on the world of a so-called scholar of the modern era who probably wouldn’t even be able to read some of these authentic books written by the great scholars of the past and is too proud of his own “knowledge” to admit the actual truth. As I said, it is totally up to you to choose the right or wrong path. As you know, on the day of Qiyamah, you will have to give account of your deeds to the Lord of these worlds and you will have to give your reasons for not accepting what was proved to you as being true and correct. So do not be arrogant and follow the path of the wrongdoers but stay on the passageway of success and a great reward in the Akhirah (hereafter). The misguided Ulama on this topic are too proud of themselves to accept that they are wrong; therefore they remain on their ignorant path. As Hazrat Fultoli Saheb (RA) used to say, “Pride and jealousy are what cause the degradation of a man up to the point when he is regarded to be lower than a dog which is the lowest of creatures due to its’ jealousy against others.” We pray to Allah (SWA) that he may protect us from all such misdeeds and give us the tawfeeq to stay away from all such manifestation of evil. We also ask him to grant us the ability to obey him and his prophets’ commands for the rest of our lives and also to practice this night of blessing throughout our entire lives just like our knowledgeable predecessors did and gain as much blessings as possible from such a glorious opportunity given to us by the almighty Allah (SWA)!
Ameen.
http://www.ijma.org.uk/features/ShabeBarat.html
It's very depressing to see so many muslim to deprived of this night as they think there isn't such thing called Shabe-Barat... all they know is Shabe Qadar which comes in the Ramadan.... so I'd just like to tell people to seek knowldege for truth of this night.. here I have this interesting article which brieft tells about the excellence of Shabe-Barat.
A very brief proof of the excellence of Shabe-Barat
“Lailatun-Nisfe-Min-Sha’ban” as it is referred to in the hadith is in fact an extremely blessed and virtuous night in which Allah (SAW) forgives millions of people except for the non-believers and one whose parents are upset with him (as found in the hadith). The word “Shabe-Barat” (The night of excellence) is actually a Persian word. Mufti Muhammed Taqi Usmani has said, “It is in fact absolutely wrong to say that no excellence of Shabe-Barat is proven from the hadith. It is a fact that ten noble companions of Rasoolullah (SWA) have narrated that the Holy Prophet (SWA) did mention the excellence of this night.
Compiled by Muhammad Muhiyus-Sunnah Choudhury Dubagi
This is not the only person to confirm the truthfulness of this night either. Our parents, grandparents, great grandparents and in fact our past generations have all admitted to the excellence of this night and practiced it throughout their entire lives. It is only a very modern thought that has occurred quite recently that this night is an innovation and is false. Indeed, those who say this are liars and do not know the true grandeur of this night. They are creating a large fitnah (evil, trial) for the ummah and this is affecting people worldwide. These people are infecting the world with their lies through the TV and Radio but even though the proof that we have against them is sufficient enough, they are still not prepared to accept the truth. They say that our fore-fathers and the people before them were wrong to practice this and that they did not understand the concept properly. Our blessed prophet has definitely prophesised this by saying, “Indeed, my latter ummah will think low of the previous ones. They will accuse them and say that they did wrong and misunderstood the affairs.” The truthfulness of this envisage is right in front of our eyes. It is clearly evident today that some mislead Ulama are doing exactly this and disgracing the knowledgeable Ulama of the past. They have even gone to the extent of scandalizing the sahabah-e-Kiram and the ahlul bait, searching for faults in them. Rasoolullah (SAW) has said of the Ahle-bait (People of his house) that they are like shining stars. Whoever follows them they are in the right path and upon the religion of Allah (SWA) and his prophet (SAW) and whoever harbours enmity towards them; Allah (SWA) and his Rasool have waged war upon him. The Sahaba-e-kiraam, upon whom these people are searching for faults are the very ones whom the Prophet (SAW) was pleased with and whom fought side by side with him in the many holy wars for Islam namely the battles of Badr, Uhud, and the battle of the Trench. Surely anyone with whom the Prophet (SAW) was pleased with certainly deserves our respect and we must follow them to gain the same form of acceptance from Rasoolullah (SAW).
Regarding this night, one of the hadiths states that “Allah (SWA) bestows his special attention on his entire creation. He then pardons his entire creations except and idolater and one who harbours enmity towards others.” Allama Qastalani (rahmatullahi’alayh) has narrated from Ibn Rajab Hambali that Ibn Hibban has classified this hadith as Sahih (Authentic). This means that there is no weakness in its line of transmission.
Hazrat Mu’az Ibn Jabal (RA) who was one of the dear companions of the holy Prophet (SAW) has mentioned in a hadith, “On the fifteenth night of Sha’ban, Allah (SWA) bestows his special attention on his entire creation. He then pardons his entire creation except an idolater and one who harbours enmity towards others.” This is another proof from one of the most famous companions of Nabi (SAW).
(At-targhib-uz-zawaid wa ghair huma)
Now, the dearest of Rasoolullah’s companions, his best friend, the most truthful and the first Khalifah of Islam, Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique (RA) has narrated from Rasoolullah (SAW) that he said, “On the fifteenth night of Sha’ban, Allah (SWA) descends to the lowest heaven and thereafter forgives everyone except for an idolater and one who harbours enmity for others.”
(Baihaqi)
If you do not accept all the other people for some bizarre reason, then you must at least accept Hazrat Siddique-e-Akbar, Abu Bakr (RA) as Rasoolullah (SAW) has said regarding him that he is the best of all mankind after the Ambiya (prophets) (AS). Rasoolullah (SAW) also said that if there were to be a prophet after him, then it would have been Abu Bakr (RA). This is due to his determination to put everything that matters or not to him including his life in the way of Allah (SWA) and all that mattered to him was Allah (SWA) and his Rasool (SAW). No one would ever beat him in being able to donate more in the path of Allah (SWA) because he put every single thing that he had on the line for the sake of Allah (SWA). Umar (RA) used to try to beat him in doing this good deed but then he admitted that no body would be able to beat Abu Bakr (RA).
On this night, it is reported that Allah (SWA) forgives more people than the amount of wool on the sheep of Banu Kalb. It is related by Imam Tirmizi (RA) that Aisha (RA) once narrated, “I woke up one night and did not find Rasoolullah (SAW) in bed when it was his turn to spend the night with me. Therefore, I went out in search of him and found him in Jannatul-Baqi (the cemetery). Upon seeing me he said, “Did you fear that Allah (SWA) and his Rasool would oppress you?” I replied, “O Rasoolullah (SAW), I thought that you had gone to one of your other wives.” He then informed me that Allah (SWA) descends to the lowest sky on this night of Sha’ban (i.e. the 15th) and forgives more people than the amount of wool found on the sheep of Banu Kalb.”(The Banu Kalb were a nation who had the most vast amount of sheep).
There is such strong evidence of the magnanimousness of this night that it would be a great act of wrong to deny the wonders of this night and not to practice it. How can someone contradict these ahadith and not accept this gracious night when on this very night, Allah (SWA) looks on his creation with special (eyes of) mercy and forgiveness. We should strive to attain the pleasure and forgiveness of Allah (SWA) in this unique night instead of fighting against it and forbidden other people to practice it and in doing so, sending them upon the wrong path. We the Ahle-Sunnah wal Jam’ah believe that this night is not the one to be missed in arrogance and we ask those who deny this night to show us even one hadith that supports their opinion. We off course have many authentic narrations, some of which I have mentioned in this leaflet, which support our ways. The last hadith that I’m going to mention in this leaflet is that of Hazrat Uthman Ibn Abil ‘Aas (RA) who narrates that Rasoolullah (SAW) said “On the fifteenth night of Sha’ban, Allah (SWA) descends to the nearest sky and thereafter proclaims, ‘Is there anyone who seeks forgiveness so that I may forgive him? Is there anyone who desires anything so that I may grant him wishes?”’
(Baihaqi)
Allah (SWA) continues to call out to his creations in this manner until the arrival of the Fajr prayer.
It is now up to you to decide for yourself if you are going to accept the correct practice of our knowledge and respectable predecessors and practice this marvellous tradition of theirs or abandon it all on the world of a so-called scholar of the modern era who probably wouldn’t even be able to read some of these authentic books written by the great scholars of the past and is too proud of his own “knowledge” to admit the actual truth. As I said, it is totally up to you to choose the right or wrong path. As you know, on the day of Qiyamah, you will have to give account of your deeds to the Lord of these worlds and you will have to give your reasons for not accepting what was proved to you as being true and correct. So do not be arrogant and follow the path of the wrongdoers but stay on the passageway of success and a great reward in the Akhirah (hereafter). The misguided Ulama on this topic are too proud of themselves to accept that they are wrong; therefore they remain on their ignorant path. As Hazrat Fultoli Saheb (RA) used to say, “Pride and jealousy are what cause the degradation of a man up to the point when he is regarded to be lower than a dog which is the lowest of creatures due to its’ jealousy against others.” We pray to Allah (SWA) that he may protect us from all such misdeeds and give us the tawfeeq to stay away from all such manifestation of evil. We also ask him to grant us the ability to obey him and his prophets’ commands for the rest of our lives and also to practice this night of blessing throughout our entire lives just like our knowledgeable predecessors did and gain as much blessings as possible from such a glorious opportunity given to us by the almighty Allah (SWA)!
Ameen.
http://www.ijma.org.uk/features/ShabeBarat.html
