Mid-Sha'ban (Arabic: نصف شعبان, romanized: niṣf šaʿbān or ليلة نصف مِن شعبانlaylat niṣf min šaʿbān "night on the half of Sha'ban") is a Muslim holiday observed by Shia and SunniSufi Muslim communities on the eve of 15th of Sha'ban (i.e., the night following the sunset on the 14th day) — the same night as Shab-e-barat or Laylat al-Bara’ah (Arabic: ليلة البراءة).[1]Salafis do not celebrate this holiday.[2]
It is regarded as a night when the fortunes of individuals for the coming year are decided and when Allah may forgive sinners. In many regions, this is also a night when prayers are arranged for forgiveness from Allah for one's deceased ancestors.[3] Additionally, Twelver Shia Muslims commemorate the birthday of Muhammad al-Mahdi on this date.[4][5]Salafi Muslims oppose the recognition of Mid-Sha'ban as exceptional for prayer.[6]
Etymology
The 14th of Sha'ban goes by several names, depending on the country in which it is observed. Most can be categorised into two general meanings:
Mid-Sha'ban or Half of Sha'ban. Named after the day's chronological position in the eighth month of the Islamic calendar:
The base for celebrating Mid-Sha'ban is not without dispute. Whether or not 15 Sha'ban is regarded as a special holiday, has primarily been an issue of interpreting the Quran and classifying the Hadith.
Qur'an
Although not mentioned directly in the Qur'an, two verses are sometimes ascribed[by whom?] to Mid-Sha‘ban:
"Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night. Indeed, We were to warn [mankind]. On that night is made distinct every precise matter-"[Quran 44:3–4]
In some hadiths of Ṣihah Sittah, this Hadith is described as the specialty of the night. Also in the other Hadith texts mention the specialty of this night. There are different standards of the hadiths and disagreements in this regard. The term "night of mid-Sha'ban", which is used in the hadeeth of the Hadith, is "Nisf Sha'ban" or "laylatun nisfi min Sha'ban (ليلةٌ نصفِ مِن شعبان)". It has been said in a Hadith,
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said that Allah has manifested on the night of mid-Shaban and forgiveness of all His creation except the polytheists and the envious.
— - (Ibnu Majah, As-Sunan 1/445; Bazzar, Al-Musnad 1/157, 207, 7/186; Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, al-Musnad 2/176; Ibn Abi Asim, As-Sunnah, pp. 223–224 Ibn Hibban, as-Sahih 12/481; Taabrani, al-Muzam al-Kabbir, 20/108, 22–233; Al-Mujam al-Aausat, 7/68; Baihaqi, Shu'abul Iman, 3/381; Ibnu Khuzaymah, Kitabut Tawhid 1 / 325-226, Mishkat Al Masabih 1306) [Classified as Daeef/Weak by Albani][11]
Another Hadith says,
Ayesha (R) said, one night I did not find the Prophet (ṣalla'llahu 'alayhi wa-sallam), and I went out to seek him. I noticed that he was in Jannatu 'l-Bāqi, lifting his head towards the sky. He said, "O Aisha! Do you fear that Allah and His Messenger will do injustice to you?" Ayesha (R) said, "No, but rather I thought that you might have gone to your wife. He said that Allah Almighty descended on the earth in the middle of the night of Sha'ban and forgave the sins of more people than the wool of the sheeps of the people of Kalb tribe. (Ibn Majah, As-Sunan 1/444, Hadith No. 1388). Ibnu Abi Sabrah, the only narrator of this hadith. Ahmad, Imam Bukhari and other Muhaddiths accused him of being liars.
According to different Sahih Hadith, Muhammad used to perform fasting in this month. The fast of mid-Sha'ban was the most loved of him. He used to perform fasting in the month of Ramadan, from the first to the 15th of the month. When asked about this, he said,
"This month man's actions are being raised to the Lord Almighty. And I love that my work would be raised during my fasting."
According to Twelver Shias, Muhammad al-Mahdi, the final ShiaImām, was born on 15 Sha'ban. Shi'as celebrate Muhammad al-Mahdi's birthday on that day and perform religious acts such as prayers for the reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi,[12] fasting, and worship. Iranian cities are decorated on night of Mid-Sha'ban.[13]
Related customs
Mid-Sha'ban is celebrated in countries including India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan. The Salafi Arabs do not celebrate this holiday.[2] In the Arab world the festival is celebrated by Arabs with Sufi heritage, and Shias. In Iraq, children are given candies as they walk around their neighborhoods. Sunni Muslims in Iraqi Kurdistan and Afghanistan celebrate this holiday 15 days before Ramadan.[14] Some Muslims in Indonesia do communal zikr in mosques followed by a lecture (ceramah) led by an ustad or otherwise known in Java and Madura as a kyai. This tradition is rarely followed in Indonesia, but it is widely followed in Aceh, West Sumatra and South Kalimantan. In South Asia, Muslims make sweets (especially Halwa or Zarda) to be given to the neighbors and the poor on the evening prior to the 15th of Sha'ban.[15] This custom of distributing Halva is also practiced in Bosnia on the 15th night of Sha'ban, as well as on three other holidays: Laylat al-Qadr, Laylat al-Mi'raj and Laylat al-Raghaib.
Although the date of Mid-Sha'ban is always the same in the Islamic calendar, the date in the Gregorian calendar falls approximately 11 days earlier each successive year, since the Islamic calendar is lunar and the Gregorian calendar is solar. Hence if date falls in the first ten days of a Gregorian calendar year, there will be a second occurrence in the last ten days of the same Gregorian calendar year.
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External links
Shabe-Baraat: Introduction and guidance on special prayers for the night. (Includes Salaatul Tasbih)
Article on Shab-e-Barat
January 07, 2023
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For Barat festival see Shab e barat Mid Sha ban Arabic نصف شعبان romanized niṣf saʿban or ليلة نصف م ن شعبان laylat niṣf min saʿban night on the half of Sha ban is a Muslim holiday observed by Shia and Sunni Sufi Muslim communities on the eve of 15th of Sha ban i e the night following the sunset on the 14th day the same night as Shab e barat or Laylat al Bara ah Arabic ليلة البراءة 1 Salafis do not celebrate this holiday 2 Mid Sha banMid Sha ban observanceObserved byMuslimsTypeIslamicObservancesPrayers for forgivenessDateEve of 15th of Sha ban after sunset on the 14th Contents 1 Overview 2 Etymology 3 Origins 3 1 Qur an 3 2 Hadith 3 3 Birthday of Muhammad al Mahdi 4 Related customs 4 1 Gregorian dates 5 References 6 External linksOverview EditIt is regarded as a night when the fortunes of individuals for the coming year are decided and when Allah may forgive sinners In many regions this is also a night when prayers are arranged for forgiveness from Allah for one s deceased ancestors 3 Additionally Twelver Shia Muslims commemorate the birthday of Muhammad al Mahdi on this date 4 5 Salafi Muslims oppose the recognition of Mid Sha ban as exceptional for prayer 6 Etymology EditThe 14th of Sha ban goes by several names depending on the country in which it is observed Most can be categorised into two general meanings Mid Sha ban or Half of Sha ban Named after the day s chronological position in the eighth month of the Islamic calendar Nisf u Sha ban Arabic نصف شعبان Nisfu Syaaban Malay نصف شعبان Nim Sha ban Persian نيم شعبان Sha ban yarisi Azerbaijani شعبان یارێسی Bara at Night Bara at is an Arabic noun which is roughly translated to English as either innocence records assignment deliverance or salvation Laylat al Bara ah Arabic ليلة البراءة Berat Kandili Turkish Beraet Kandili Shab e Baraat Persian Urdu شب براة Hindi शब ए बर त Shab e Baraat Bengali শব বর ত Barat Gejesi Azerbaijani برات گئجه سی Origins EditThe base for celebrating Mid Sha ban is not without dispute Whether or not 15 Sha ban is regarded as a special holiday has primarily been an issue of interpreting the Quran and classifying the Hadith Qur an Edit Although not mentioned directly in the Qur an two verses are sometimes ascribed by whom to Mid Sha ban Indeed We sent it down during a blessed night Indeed We were to warn mankind On that night is made distinct every precise matter Quran 44 3 4 According to Tafsir Ibn Kathir 7 not specific enough to verify the more correct interpretation of this blessed night been attributed to another Islamic holy night Laylat al Qadr based on additional verses 8 9 10 Hadith Edit This section uncritically uses texts from within a religion or faith system without referring to secondary sources that critically analyze them Please help improve this article by adding references to reliable secondary sources with multiple points of view April 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message In some hadiths of Ṣihah Sittah this Hadith is described as the specialty of the night Also in the other Hadith texts mention the specialty of this night There are different standards of the hadiths and disagreements in this regard The term night of mid Sha ban which is used in the hadeeth of the Hadith is Nisf Sha ban or laylatun nisfi min Sha ban ليلة نصف م ن شعبان It has been said in a Hadith The Prophet peace and blessings of Allah be upon him said that Allah has manifested on the night of mid Shaban and forgiveness of all His creation except the polytheists and the envious Ibnu Majah As Sunan 1 445 Bazzar Al Musnad 1 157 207 7 186 Ahmad Ibn Hanbal al Musnad 2 176 Ibn Abi Asim As Sunnah pp 223 224 Ibn Hibban as Sahih 12 481 Taabrani al Muzam al Kabbir 20 108 22 233 Al Mujam al Aausat 7 68 Baihaqi Shu abul Iman 3 381 Ibnu Khuzaymah Kitabut Tawhid 1 325 226 Mishkat Al Masabih 1306 Classified as Daeef Weak by Albani 11 Another Hadith says Ayesha R said one night I did not find the Prophet ṣalla llahu alayhi wa sallam and I went out to seek him I noticed that he was in Jannatu l Baqi lifting his head towards the sky He said O Aisha Do you fear that Allah and His Messenger will do injustice to you Ayesha R said No but rather I thought that you might have gone to your wife He said that Allah Almighty descended on the earth in the middle of the night of Sha ban and forgave the sins of more people than the wool of the sheeps of the people of Kalb tribe Ibn Majah As Sunan 1 444 Hadith No 1388 Ibnu Abi Sabrah the only narrator of this hadith Ahmad Imam Bukhari and other Muhaddiths accused him of being liars Ibn Hajar Taqribut Tahzib page 63 Tahizibut Taazib 12 25 26 Daif Weak or Maudu fabricated narrator chain According to different Sahih Hadith Muhammad used to perform fasting in this month The fast of mid Sha ban was the most loved of him He used to perform fasting in the month of Ramadan from the first to the 15th of the month When asked about this he said This month man s actions are being raised to the Lord Almighty And I love that my work would be raised during my fasting Nasa i As Sunan 4 201 Albani Sahihhut Taragib 1 24 Hassan or better narrator chain Birthday of Muhammad al Mahdi Edit the celebration of Birthday of Muhammad al Mahdi Jamkaran Mosque Qom Mid Sha ban at the Jamkaran Mosque Qom According to Twelver Shias Muhammad al Mahdi the final Shia Imam was born on 15 Sha ban Shi as celebrate Muhammad al Mahdi s birthday on that day and perform religious acts such as prayers for the reappearance of Muhammad al Mahdi 12 fasting and worship Iranian cities are decorated on night of Mid Sha ban 13 Related customs EditMid Sha ban is celebrated in countries including India Bangladesh Pakistan Sri Lanka Lebanon Iran Azerbaijan Turkey Afghanistan Uzbekistan Tajikistan Kazakhstan Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan The Salafi Arabs do not celebrate this holiday 2 In the Arab world the festival is celebrated by Arabs with Sufi heritage and Shias In Iraq children are given candies as they walk around their neighborhoods Sunni Muslims in Iraqi Kurdistan and Afghanistan celebrate this holiday 15 days before Ramadan 14 Some Muslims in Indonesia do communal zikr in mosques followed by a lecture ceramah led by an ustad or otherwise known in Java and Madura as a kyai This tradition is rarely followed in Indonesia but it is widely followed in Aceh West Sumatra and South Kalimantan In South Asia Muslims make sweets especially Halwa or Zarda to be given to the neighbors and the poor on the evening prior to the 15th of Sha ban 15 This custom of distributing Halva is also practiced in Bosnia on the 15th night of Sha ban as well as on three other holidays Laylat al Qadr Laylat al Mi raj and Laylat al Raghaib Gregorian dates Edit See also Islamic calendar Although the date of Mid Sha ban is always the same in the Islamic calendar the date in the Gregorian calendar falls approximately 11 days earlier each successive year since the Islamic calendar is lunar and the Gregorian calendar is solar Hence if date falls in the first ten days of a Gregorian calendar year there will be a second occurrence in the last ten days of the same Gregorian calendar year Upcoming predicted dates of Mid Sha ban Islamic year Umm al Qura predicted1442 29 March 20211443 19 March 20221444 8 March 20231445 25 February 20241446 14 February 2025References Edit Dinesh Bihari Trivedi A H M Zehadul Karim 1990 Law and order in upper India a study of Oudh 1856 1877 Northern Book Centre ISBN 978 81 85119 83 0 The first significant religious occasion shabe barat lailat ul barat or the night of deliverance is held in the middle of Shaban eighth month of the Islamic calendar a b Damiel Abu Abd Allah I 7 April 2020 15th of Sha ban Sunnah or Bid ah Islam21c Retrieved 26 March 2021 Jamal J Elias 1999 Islam Religions of the world Psychology Press ISBN 978 0 415 21165 9 Laylat al bara a fortune for the coming year is popularly believed to be registered in Heaven prayer vigils and by feasting and illumination oblations are made in the name of deceased ancestors The great Shia scholar Abu Ja far Mohammad ibn Uthman al Amri Imam Reza A S Network imamreza net Archived from the original on 29 September 2017 The Return of al Mahdi P11 Muhammad Umar Memon Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al Ḥalim Ibn Taymiyah 1976 Ibn Taimiya s struggle against popular religion with an annotated translation of his Kitab iqtiḍaʾ aṣ ṣiraṭ al mustaquim mukhalafat aṣḥab al jaḥim Mouton 1976 ISBN 978 90 279 7591 1 among the Salaf as well as those among the khalaf however reject any excellence for the night in question and challenge the authenticity Marking mid Sha ban by fasting is without foundation nay marking it is disapproved of Likewise celebrating it by preparing QTafsir Tafsir Ibn Kathir Mobile Quran 97 1 5 Quran 2 185 Fatwa by the Permanent Committee Mishkat al Masabih 1306 1307 Prayer كتاب الصلاة Sunnah com Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم Sunnah com Retrieved 22 August 2022 Marking the month of Sha ban Birth of Imam Mahdi shafaqna Retrieved 3 June 2015 A Dazzling Night in Iran Embellished with Spirituality Real Iran Retrieved 26 May 2015 Live Chennai Shab E Barat Festivals of India Festivals in India Muslim Festivals Ramzan Id ul fitr Bakrid Eid Mubarak livechennai com About Shab e barat شب برات Events in Karachi Latest Event Updates Articles About Karachi 5 July 2012 External links EditShabe Baraat Introduction and guidance on special prayers for the night Includes Salaatul Tasbih Article on Shab e Barat Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mid Sha 27ban amp oldid 1120267851, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
