The Middle Night of Shabaan Muadh bin Jabal radiyaAllahu Anhu relates the Prophet salaAllahu alihi said: God looks at His creation during the middle night of Shaban and forgives all of them, except an idolator and one who harbours hatred (in another narration found in the Musnad of Ahmed from Abdullah Ibn Amr ibn alAas except an idolator and a murderer. Collected by Ibn Majah, no.1390; Ibn Hibban, no.1980. After evaluating eight different chains for this hadith, al-Albani concludes: The hadith, with its collective chains of transmission, is authentic (sahih) without doubt. Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah (Riyadh: Maktabah al-Maarif, 1979), 3:138. The hadith of the lady Aishah: Allāh, exalted is He, descends to the nearest heaven in the middle night of Shaban and His forgiveness is greater than the number of hairs on the sheep [in the tribe] of Kalb. Ibn Majah, no.1389; al-Tirmidhi, no.736. Al-Mubarakpuri wrote: Collectively, such hadiths constitute a proof on those who allege that nothing is confirmed with respect to the merits of the middle night of Shaban. Consult: Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi bi Sharh Jami al-Tirmidhi (Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, 1990), 3:367. Nevertheless, there is no particular action of worship established as a Sunnah to be done EXCLUSIVELY on this beautiful night. However, Fasting the 13,14,15 of the lunar month is the Sunnah. Establishing night prayers / Tahajjud salaah and increasing it is liked by many of the Salaf on this night as stated by Ibn Rajab, al Munthiri, al Mubarakfuri and many others. Ibn Taymiyyah wrote: Hadiths and salaf-reports about the virtues of the middle night [of Shaban] have been related. It is also reported about a group of the salaf that they would pray during the night. Thus the prayer of someone praying individually during the night has a precedent with some of the salaf, and therefore stands as a proof for it. So it cannot be objected to. In another fatwa, he stated: If someone offers prayer in the middle-night of Shaban, whether individually or collectively, then this is excellent (fa huwa ahsan).
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