Re: The significance of Laylatul Bara'ah

Are all of these reports true, you decide


There is no saheeh marfoo' report that speaks of the virtue of the middle of Sha'baan that may be followed, not even in the chapters on al-Fadaa'il (chapters on virtues in books of hadeeth etc.). Some maqtoo' reports (reports whose isnaads do not go back further than the Taabi'een) have been narrated from some of the Taabi'een, and there are some ahaadeeth, the best of which are mawdoo' (fabricated) or da'eef jiddan (very weak). These reports became very well known in some countries which were overwhelmed by ignorance; these reports suggest that people's lifespans are written on that day or that it is decided on that day who is to die in the coming year. On this basis, it is not prescribed to spend this night in prayer or to fast on this day, or to single it out for certain acts of worship. One should not be deceived by the large numbers of ignorant people who do these things. And Allaah knows best.

Shaykh Ibn Jibreen.

If a person wants to pray qiyaam on this night as he does on other nights -- without doing anything extra or singling this night out for anything -- then that is OK. The same applies if he fasts the day of the fifteenth of Sha'baan because it happens to be one of the ayyaam al-beed, along with the fourteenth and thirteenth of the month, or because it happens to be a Monday or Thursday. If the fifteenth (of Sha'baan) coincides with a Monday or Thursday, there is nothing wrong with that (fasting on that day), so long as he is not seeking extra reward that has not been proven (in the saheeh texts). And Allaah knows best.
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

link to fatwa
http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/8907

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[soy62]

@pathanxxx

I agree with you akhi

May Allah bless you

Its the other people that do not agree

The vid is actually about the INSIGNIFICANCE of baraah

JazaakaAllahu Khayran

[soy62]

One thing all the tabi'een + salaf agreed on was that even IF it had significance, the ibadah should be done alone at your homes, there is absolutely no reason for a jamaa'ah in the masjid

[soy62]

And also, just because one or two shuyookh say it has something, the majority of scholars are of the opinion that it isn't significant, only the people of desires cling on to irregular opinions from amongst the scholars

Ibn taymiyyah is a great man, but even if he says that night if baraa'ah has greatest of significance, doesn't mean I'm obligated to follow him

Believe it or not...the shuyookh have the ability to make mistakes...

[soy62]

Can I please have the reference for Ibn Taymiyyahs statement

With all due respect, who is the sheikh that you mention?

Shaykh Munajjid never said there were no reports, he said that the reports never went back to prophet, and that at most, the hadeeth are very weak, Ibn taymiyyah, if he said that statement, says some virtue, don't you think that a night where peoples qadr is decided is a night of great virtue or just some?

Ibn taymiyyahs words show he didn't accept it to be THAT significant

[OfficialShambo]

have you ever thought like in a week we have a special day, friday, then we have other special days like monday and thursday, in a year we have a special day night of qadr, and aint there any other special dayz, maybe night of bar'rah, also there were 17th hassan, i dont know what that is, i think its strong hadith which talks about 15th of shabaan.

[soy62]

@OfficialShambo the special days were perscribed by Allah SWT and his Rasool, any other day is of no special significant importance, and accordding to the evidence, 15th of sha'baan is not very imortant, it is important because it is one of the Ayyamul Beed but we get these days every month

[pathanxxx]

@soy62 If it was significant night, then dont you think the Prophet PBUH would have told all his companions to stay up all night and pray? Dont you think he would have woken up his family? The authentic narrations show that he didnt even wake up his own wife Aisha (raa). Are people saying that the Prophet PBUH concealed the importance of the day and held back its virtue and did not tell his own companions about it? SubhanAllah, it this the accusation you want to level at the Prophet PBUH!!

[thesufiway]

Ibn Taymiyyah,accepts the virtue of the night of Barãt, he says: “So many Ahãdith and reports exists regarding the excellence of the fifteenth night of Shabãn that one is compelled to accept that this night possesses some virtue.”

Shaikh Abdur Rahman Mubarakpuri writes in the commentary of Tirmizi: “The sheer number of Ahãdith regarding this night serve as a proof against those who refute the excellence of this night.” [Tuhfatul-Ahwazi Vol. 2 Pg. 53].

[soy62]

@Vakariosz prevents the slave of worshipping?

Worship Allah as much as you want, but dont limit it to one specific night unless Rasulullah done extra 'ibaadah on that night. its like adding a sixth fardh daily prayer, if you tell someone that turning five daily prayers into six is haram then are you also preventing the slave of worshipping?

Allah completed Islam and perfected it 1400 years ago, and men out of ignorance, seek to improve on what Allah has perfected, do they think they are better?

[Vakariosz]

If Ibn Hibban's Sahih and his report about the virtue of nisf-ush-shaaban did not exist...

"What is your opinion about the one who prevents

the slave of worshipping?!" (Quran, chapter 96)

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