Sha'baan: A Blessed Month that People Neglect

These days we are living a season of profitable trade with Allaah The
Almighty, namely; the days of the month of Sha'baan which many people
neglect.
Here are some of the rulings and virtues of thismonth:
The virtue of fasting:
Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allaah, , said: "Allaah
The Exalted says, 'Every (good) deed of the son of Aadam would be
multiplied, a good deed receiving a tenfold to seven hundredfold
reward, with the exception of fasting, for it is done for Me and I
will give rewardfor it.'" [Muslim]
When Ibn 'Uyaynah was asked about the meaning of: 'With the exception
of fasting, for it is done for Me and I will give reward for it' , he
said, "On the Day of Resurrection, Allaah The Exalted calls His slave
to account and makes him pay for wronging people from all his other
acts of worship until nothing remains except fasting. Thereupon,
Allaah pays for the remaining grievances and lets him enter Paradise
with his fasting."
'Abdullaah ibn 'Amr narrated that the Prophet, , said: "Fasting and
the Quran intercede for the slave onthe Day of Judgment." [Ahmad] [Al
Albaani: Saheeh [
Abu Umaamah narrated that he asked the Prophet, to order him with a
deed. The Prophet, , said: "Adhere to fasting as it has no equal" or
in another narration "no similar" [An-Nasaa'i] [Al Albaani: Saheeh ] [
Saheeh At-Targheeb [
Fasting of the predecessors:
Daawood ibn Abi Hind fasted for forty years without his family knowing
about it. He wasa clothes seller and used to carry his lunch with him,
but usually gave it incharity to the needy he would meet on the road.
[ Tahtheeb Siyar A'laam An-Nubalaa' [
Abu Muslim Al-Khawlaani was fasting while invading the land of the
Romans. He was asked, "What made you fast while you are traveling?" He
answered, "If we wereto fight, I would break my fast, prepare myself
and seek strength. Horsesdo not run rapidly when they are fat; rather,
they do when they are thin. Our remaining days are coming for which we
shall work." ] Tahtheeb Siyar A'laam An- Nubalaa ']
Narrations about the virtue of fasting in Sha'baan
'Aa'ishah said, "The Messenger of Allaah used to fast till one would
say that he would never stop fasting, and he would abandon fasting
till one would say that he would never fast. I never saw the Messenger
of Allaah fasting for a whole month except the month of Ramadhaan, and
did not see him fasting in any month more than in the month of
Sha'baan." [Al-Bukhaari]
'Aa'ishah also said, "I never saw the Prophet, observing (voluntary)
fast more in any other month than that of Sha'baan. He used to fast
throughout the whole of Sha'baan."
'Imraan ibn Husayn narrated that the Messenger of Allaah, , said to a
person: 'Did you observe any fast in the beginning of Sha'baan?' He
said, 'No.' Thereupon, the Messenger of Allaah, , said: 'Fast two days
instead (of one fast) when you have completed (the fasts of)
Ramadhaan." [Muslim] An-Nawawi said, "This Hadeeth contradicts the
authentic Hadeeths that prohibit fasting directly before Ramadhaan.
The Prophet, clarified that usual fasting is not included in the
prohibition; rather, the prohibition is for voluntary fasting."
The evidence of the preference of fasting it is that 'Aa'ishah said,
"I never saw the Prophet, observing (voluntary) fast more in any other
month than that of Sha'baan. He used to fast throughout the whole of
Sha'baan." [Al-Bukhaari]
"He (the Prophet ) never fasted a whole month except Sha'baan which he
combined with Ramadhaan." [Abu Daawood] That is to say that he used to
fast most of the days of Sha'baan . At Tirmithi narrated from Ibn
Al-Mubaarak that in the Arabic language, one may say "he fasted the
whole month" while he only fasted the majority thereof. Others said
that he would sometimes fast the wholemonth and at other timesfast
most of it. It was also said: from its (the month's) beginning to
itsend.

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