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Sunan Ibn Majah 1389 (Book 5, Hadith 587) #30741
The Night of Forgiveness

SUMMARY: Allah descends to the lowest heaven on the night of the middle of Shaban and forgives more than the number of hairs on all sheep.

It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "I missed the Prophet one night, so I went out looking for him. I found him at Al-Baqi’, raising his head towards the sky. He said: 'O 'Aishah, were you afraid that Allah and His Messenger would wrong you?’" She said: "I said: 'No, it is not that, but I thought that you had gone to one of your other wives.’ He said: 'Allah descends on the night of the middle of Sha’ban to the lowest heaven, and He forgives more than the numbers of hairs on the sheep of Banu Kalb.’"
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْخُزَاعِيُّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَنْبَأَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ فَقَدْتُ النَّبِيَّ ـ ـ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَخَرَجْتُ أَطْلُبُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِالْبَقِيعِ رَافِعٌ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ يَا عَائِشَةُ أَكُنْتِ تَخَافِينَ أَنْ يَحِيفَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ وَرَسُولُهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ قَدْ قُلْتُ وَمَا بِي ذَلِكَ وَلَكِنِّي ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّكَ أَتَيْتَ بَعْضَ نِسَائِكَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَنْزِلُ لَيْلَةَ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَيَغْفِرُ لأَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَدَدِ شَعَرِ غَنَمِ كَلْبٍ

TOPICS
night  *  middle  *  forgiveness  *  sheep  *  laylatul  *  baraaah  *  nisf  *  shaban  *  afw  *  anam

QUICK LESSONS:
Ask for forgiveness from Allah sincerely during Laylatul-Bara’ah or Laylatul-Nisf min Sha’ban .

EXPLANATIONS:
According to this hadith, it is believed that Allah descends to the lowest heaven on a special night in the middle of Sha’ban. This night is known as Laylatul-Bara’ah or Laylatul-Nisf min Sha’ban. On this night, Allah forgives more people than there are hairs on all sheep in Banu Kalb. This hadith teaches us that we should take advantage of this special time and ask for forgiveness from Allah for our sins so that we can be forgiven and start anew with a clean slate. It also teaches us about how merciful and forgiving Allah is; He will forgive anyone who sincerely asks Him for forgiveness no matter how many sins they have committed.

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