Sha’ban
Shaʽban (Arabic: شَعْبَان Šaʿbān) is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar. It is called the month of 'separation', as the word means 'to disperse' or 'to separate' because the pre-Islamic Arabs used to disperse in search of water.[1]
The fifteenth night of this month is Mid-Sha'ban,[2] which coincides with the celebration of Shab-e-Barat in Muslim communities all over Asia.
Sha'ban is the last lunar month before Ramadan, and so Muslims determine in it when the first day of Ramadan fasting will be. In the second Hijri year (624 CE), fasting during Ramadan was made obligatory during this month.[1]
In the post-Tanzimat Ottoman Empire context, the word was, in French, the main language of diplomacy and a common language among educated and among non-Muslim subjects,[3][4] spelled Chaʼban.[5] The current Turkish spelling today is Şâban.[1]
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On the authority of ‘Aisha – may Allah be pleased with her – who said; The Messenger of Allah – ﷺ – used to pray 13 Rak’as at night, he would pray Witr with five of them, he would sit in any of them except the last one. In some narrations it was mentioned: In […]
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How many articles or things every Muslim should believe? 6 What’s the first article? To believe in Allah What’s the second article? To believe in His Angels What’s the third article? To believe in His books What’s the fourth article? To believe in His messengers What’s the fifth article ? To believe in the […]
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The Israʾ and Miʿraj (Arabic: الإسراء والمعراج, al-’Isrā’ wal-Miʿrāj) are the names given to the narrations that the Islamic prophet Muhammad ascended to the sky during a night journey, had a vision of afterlife, and returned. It is believed that expressions without a subject in verses 1-18 of Surāh an-Najm and some verses of the 17th chapter of the Quran, commonly called Surāh al-’Isrā’,[1] allude to the story. Ibn Sa’d summarizes the earliest version […]
The virtues of Sha’ban is mentioned in various traditions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Aisha, the wife of Muhammad, narrated that “(she) did not see him fasting in any month more than in the month of Sha’ban,” except Ramadan.[6][7][8]
In another narration Muhammad said, “Do those deeds which you can do easily, as Allah will not get tired (of giving rewards) till you get bored and tired (of performing religious deeds).”[9]
48 31/01/2026
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On the authority of ‘Aisha – may Allah be pleased with her – who said; The Messenger of Allah – ﷺ – used to pray 13 Rak’as at night, he would pray Witr with five of them, he would sit in any of them except the last one. In some narrations it was mentioned: In […]
33 31/01/2026
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How many articles or things every Muslim should believe? 6 What’s the first article? To believe in Allah What’s the second article? To believe in His Angels What’s the third article? To believe in His books What’s the fourth article? To believe in His messengers What’s the fifth article ? To believe in the […]
39 31/01/2026
General
The Israʾ and Miʿraj (Arabic: الإسراء والمعراج, al-’Isrā’ wal-Miʿrāj) are the names given to the narrations that the Islamic prophet Muhammad ascended to the sky during a night journey, had a vision of afterlife, and returned. It is believed that expressions without a subject in verses 1-18 of Surāh an-Najm and some verses of the 17th chapter of the Quran, commonly called Surāh al-’Isrā’,[1] allude to the story. Ibn Sa’d summarizes the earliest version […]
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