Does Allaah come down to the first heaven on the night of the fifteenthof Sha’baan?

Does Allaah come down to the first heaven on the night of the
fifteenthof Sha'baan and forgive all the people except two types,
namely kaafirs and those engaged in disputes?.
Praise be to Allaah.
This is mentioned in some ahaadeeth, but there is some scholarly
difference of opinion as to the soundness of those ahaadeeth. There is
no saheeh hadeeth concerning the virtue of the night of the
fifteenthof Sha'baan.
It was narrated from AbuMoosa al-Ash'ari that theMessenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Allaah looks down
on the night of the fifteenth of Sha'baan and forgives all his
creation except a mushrik or one who harbours hatred against the
Muslims." Narrated by Ibn Maajah, 1390.
The "one who harbours hatred against the Muslims" means one who has
enmity towardsa Muslim brother.
In al-Zawaa'id it says: Its isnaad is da'eef, because'Abd-Allaah ibn
Lahee'ahis da'eef (weak) and al-Waleed ibn Muslim is mudallis.
There is also some idtiraab (weakness) in the hadeeth, as stated
byal-Daaraqutni in al-'Ilal, 6/50, 51. He said: This hadeeth is not
proven.
It was narrated from Mu'aadh ibn Jabal, 'Aa'ishah, Abu Hurayrah, Abu
Tha'labah al-Khushani and others, but the isnaads are not free of some
weakness, and some of them are very weak.
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali said:
Concerning the virtue of the night of the fifteenthof Sha'baan there
are numerous ahaadeeth, concerning which the scholars differed, but
most of them classed them as da'eef, and Ibn Hibbaan classed some of
them as saheeh.
Lataa'if al-Ma'aazif, 261.
Allaah's descending to the first heaven does notonly happen on the
night of the fifteenth of Sha'baan, rather it is proven in
al-Saheehayn and elsewhere that Allaah descends to the first heaven
every night, in the last third of the night. The night of the
fifteenth of Sha'baan is included in this general meaning.
Hence, when 'Abd-Allaahibn al-Mubaarak was asked about the descent of
Allaah on the night of the fifteenth of Sha'baan, he said to the one
who asked him: "O weak one! The night of the fifteenth?! He descends
every night!"
Narrated by Abu 'Uthmaan al-Saabooni inI'tiqaad Ahl al-Sunnah, no. 92.
Al-'Aqeeli (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
With regard to Allaah's descending on the night of the fifteenth of
Sha'baan there are ahaadeeth which are weak, but the reports that He
descends every night are proven and saheeh, so the night of the
fifteenth of Sha'baanis included in that, in shaAllaah.
Al-Du'afa', 3/29.
See also the answer to question no. 8907 .
On this site you can also find an article by ShaykhIbn Baz (may Allaah
havemercy on him) concerning the ruling oncelebrating the night of the
fifteenth of Sha'baan. You can find itunder the heading, Periodic
Topics (under " Useful Material " on the Islam Q&A Library page).

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