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Du’a Nisf Sha’ban – 2
According to ‘Ikrimah, one of the renowned students of Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), the 15th of Sha’ban is the night in which “is made distinct every precise matter,” (Al-Qur’an, 44:4) i.e. the night in which the destiny for the coming year is written. It is perhaps due to this interpretation that [...]
Du’a Nisf Sha’ban – 1
There are many acts of worship traditionally recommended for the night of mid-Sha’ban by the righteous. Amongst them is the practice in traditional communities to congregate after salatu-l maghrib to recite Sūrah Yā-Sīn 3 times with 3 different intentions as follows: (طول العمر) Bestowal of a long and blessed life of complete obedience and utter [...]
The Night and Day of Mid-Sha’ban
The middle night of the month of Sha’ban, known in Arabic as laylat al-bara’a and in Persian and Urdu as shab-e-barat, is one of the special nights of the year. Sayyidina-sh Shaikh Muhyu-d Din ‘Abdu-l Qadir al-Jilani quotes in his Al-Ghunya that it is one of the fourteen nights of the year in which it is particularly commendable to [...]
Surah Al-Dukhan
Surah: 44 – Ad-Dukhân (Smoke) Verses: 59 Period: Makki Our Shaikhuna highly emphasises the recitation of Surah Al-Dukhân on Friday nights (Thursday evenings) as “whoever recites ad-Dukhan on the night of al-Jum’ah, seventy thousand angels will ask for forgiveness for that person until morning”. This is based on the following two narrations found in Sunan [...]
