Shab-e-Barat Misconceptions (15th of Shaban)
Misconception 1
Allaah descends to the first heavens on this night to forgive us.
#Answer:
The Prophet Muhammad (Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said: “Every night when it is the last third of the night, our Lord, the Superior, the Blessed, descends to the nearest heaven and says: Is there anyone to invoke Me that I may respond to his invocation? Is there anyone to ask Me so that I may grant him his request? Is there anyone asking My forgiveness so that I may forgive him?. ” (shab-e-barat)
(Al-Bukhari 1145, Sahih Muslim 1261)
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Misconception 2
This is the night when our fate, lifespan, and provisions are
decreed.
#Answer:
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “When the drop of (semen) remains in the womb (of mother) for forty (days) or forty nights, the angel comes and says: “My Lord, will he be good or evil?” And both these things would be written Then the angel says: “My Lord, would he be male or female?” And both these things are written. And his deeds and actions, *his death*, his livelihood; these are also recorded.
[Sahih Muslim Hadith 6392]
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Misconception 3
Deeds are shown (to Allaah) on 15th Shaban (Shab-E-Barat)
#Answer:
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said : “Deeds are shown (to Allaah) on Mondays and Thursdays, and I like my deeds to be shown when I am fasting.”
[Tirmidhi, 747; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1041. ]
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Misconception 4
The night of the 15th of Shabaan should be singled out for special kinds of worship, prayer, etc. and they have a great reward.
#Answer:
There is no saheeh hadeeth concerning the night of the fifteenth of Shabaan. So this night is ordinary like other nights and the reward for praying/worshiping in this night will be the same as other nights.
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Misconception 5
Fasting on the day of 15th shaban (shab e barat) has a special and great reward
#Answer:
Fasting on 13th, 14th and 15th of every lunar month is recommended not only on 15th of shaban. Prophet (peace be upon him) said : “If you fast any part of the month, then fast the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth.”
[Tirmidhi, 761; al-Nasaa’i, 2424; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1038. ]
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Misconception 6
This is the night when the souls of departed ones return to their families.
#Answer:
This thing has no basis in quran or ahadith…. The souls can never return to this world. This is a fabrication and lie invented by people.
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Misconception 7
Look at all those people doing it. How can they all be wrong?
#Answer:
Allah (subhana wa taala) says, “And if you obey most of those in the earth, they will lead you astray from Allah’s way; they follow but conjecture and they only
lie.”
[ Al-Qur’an – 6:116 ]
So this is a weak argument that majority of people do it and believe in it so it is true.
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May Allah Abstain All The Muslims To Commit These Innovations & Haram Things!
