My Beautiful Month of Shaban
Friday, August 07, 2009 Read more → Advice, fasting, islamic month, ramadan, the wanderer In the name of God, entirely Compassionate, especially Merciful | Peace be with you
Shaban truly is a beautiful month as it's the month before Ramadan and is full of benefits Muslims can reap.
Muhammad peace be upon him regularly fasted in this month as he said it's 'between Rajab and Ramadhan which is neglected by many people. And it is a month in which an account of the deeds is presented before the Lord of the universe, so, I wish that my deeds be presented at a time when I am in a state of fasting'.
Many other hadith also note how Muhammad peace be upon him would fast in this month, however he discouraged his Ummah to fast after the 15th for fear of losing the strength to fast when Ramadhan arrives.
Doing extra worship and dhikr in Shaban is brilliant and prepares you for Ramadhan, from throwing in extra 'Subhanallahi a bihamdihi, subhanallahil adheem' during cooking to babysitting your neighbours' kids.
If you're a smoker, backbiter (shame shame), thief (God forbid) etc, you can train in Shaban to delete those nasty habits, and so in Ramadhan you're full on 'holy' inshallah. So no more lies or angry outbursts or any other bad habit inshallah.
'The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) did not observe fast in any month of the year more than in the month of Sha'ban, and used to say: Do as many deeds as you are capable of doing, for Allah will not become weary (of giving you reward), but you would be tired (of doing good deeds) ; and he also said: The deed liked most by Allah is one to which the doer adheres constantly even if it is small.' (Aisha)
But one should also remember the 15th Shaban does not hold special significance because the hadiths regarding this day are very weak, in fact many modern scholars have regarded the hadiths as made up - fabricated.
So pull your socks up folks and put on your best Muslimness for the end of Shaban, so we can be all white and sparkly inside when Ramadhan enters our lives inshallah. =)
The Wanderer
Peace & respect ★
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