May 29, 2015 11:21 pm
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Sunnah of Sha’ban | Shaykh Muhammad Amaan al-Jaami Questioner: O noble
shaykh, we are now getting close to the middle of Sha’ban, and you know –
may Allah preserve you – what takes place with regards to innovations
during this time, so my wish is that the people are notified and made
aware of this. Shaykh Muhammad Amaan al-Jaami: A questioner asks
regarding what the people customarily do mid-Sha’ban, i.e. fasting the
middle day of Sha’ban and engaging in worship on that night; believing
that this is from the Sunnah, and perhaps some of them may even believe
that this will increase their life span; So the answer is … The guidance
of the Messenger ﷺ –which is the best guidance, is that you fast the
month of Sha’ban completely or the majority of it. It has been confirmed
in the hadith of ‘Aaisha that the Messenger ﷺ would fast the month of
Sha’ban completely, and according to another hadith, he would fast the
majority of it. Ahlul-Sunnah, the people of hadith, reconcile between
the two hadiths and say: he ﷺ would occasionally fast it completely and
occasionally fast most of it in order that it is not mistaken for
Ramadan (which […]
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