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Specifying the 15th of Sha`ban
with Some Acts of Worship
QuestionÂ
As-salamu `alaykum wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuh.
I
have noticed that some Muslims specify the 15th of Sha`ban
with some
acts of worship such as fasting during the daytime,
observing qiaym al-layl or night vigil,
reading the Glorious Qur'an, and making du`aa'.
Is this right from the Islamic perspective?
Please clarify. Jazakum Allah khayran.
(A Muslim - El Salvador)
Name of Counsellor
Sheikh Ibn `Uthaymeen
Sheikh Saleh ibn Fawzan Al-Fawzan
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All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His
Messenger.
Dear questioner, we appreciate the great confidence you have in us, and
we implore Allah to help us serve the cause of Islam and to render this
work for His Sake.
The month of Sha`ban is a beloved month for Muslims, for it precedes
the month of Ramadan. In addition, the Prophet (peace and blessings be
upon him) is reported to have observed optional fasting in this month
more than in any other month.
Shedding light on the question "whether is allowed to specify the 15th of
Sha`ban with some acts of worship or not", the Saudi eminent Muslim scholar,
Sheikh ibn Fawzan, states the following:
Nothing firm and
reliable has been established on the authority of the Prophet (peace
and blessings be upon him), that he held night vigil prayer and fasted
during the day of the 15th of Sha`ban. So, the night of the 15th of Sha`ban is
like any other night, and
if someone regularly observes acts of worship during other nights, then
he may hold night vigil prayer on this night without assuming anything
special (because of it being the night of the 15th of Sha`ban).
This is because specifying a time for any act of worship requires an
authentic proof, so if there is no authentic proof then the act is
regarded as an innovation and all innovations are misguidance. Likewise,
regarding specifically fasting during the 15th day of Sha`ban,
then no (authentic) proof has been established on the authority of the
Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to indicate the legality of
fasting on that particular day.
Tackling the same issue, the well-known Saudi scholar, Sheikh ibn `Uthaymeen,
adds:
What is correct is that fasting on the 15th of Sha`ban
or specifying it with reciting (the Qur'an) or making (particular)
supplications on that day has no basis. So that day is like any other
15th day of other months. Something that is clear is that it has been
made permissible for a person to fast on the 13th, 14th, and 15th of
every month. However, Sha`ban is somehow
special (except for Ramadan) in the sense that the Prophet (peace and
blessings be upon him) used to fast more in the month of Sha`ban than any other
month. So he used to either fast all of Sha`ban or just a little.
Therefore, as long as it does not involve any hardship, one can increase his
fasting days during Sha`ban, emulating the example of the Prophet (peace and
blessings be upon him).
Excerpted, with slight modifications, from: www.fatwa-online.com
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