Shaban is the 2nd month of worship in command to make arrangements for the grand and magnificent month of Ramadan – the month of fasting and mercy.When the Islamic calendar was granted upon the Muslim Ummah, it did not come without meaning status for a handful of months, which marks special events for the committed Muslims everywhere in the world. The next line is Sha’ban, which the world and Muslims have come to know as the month of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Observance of fast on Thursdays of the month of Shaban also supported great importance. It has been described that the heavens are beautifully decorated each Thursday in Shaban and angles plead to Allah to pardon all the people who fast on that day and their supplications are accepted.
It is detailed in the narration of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that whoever fasts on Mondays and Thursdays of Sha’ban, Allah will achieve twenty of his worldly wishes and twenty of his wishes of the Hereafter.
Importance Dates/Events In The Month of Sha’ban;
- 1st Shaban: Birth of Zainab Bint Ali (RA)
- 3rd Shaban: Birth of Hussain Ibn Ali (RA)
- 4th Shaban: Birth of Abbas Ibn Ali (RA)
- 5th Shaban: Birth of Ali Ibn Hussain (RA)
- 5th Shaban: Death of hand-maiden (Qaneez) of Fatimah (RA), Bibi Fizza.
- 7th Shaban: Birth of Qasim ibn Hasan (RA)
- 11th Shaban: Birth of Ali Akbar ibn Hussain (RA)
- 15 Sha’ban: Shab e Barat or Birth of Muhammad Al-Mahdi
Shab-e-Baraat
Sunni Muslims (Excluding Wahabi or Salafi) prepare for the Mid-Sha’ban as a night of mercy and worship. The Sunni tale is that the Almighty Allah defines the results of all people, containing whether a person lives or dies, in the approaching year and for this motive,
it is occasionally called the “Night of Emancipation”. The night of Shabe Baraat is also called as the night of freedom since Allah (SWT) frees all His sinful servants who were fated for Jahannam (Hell).
