Is it true that standing in prayer on the middle of Sha'ban is reported from some of the Salaf, and is it true what is narrated from Ibn Taymiyyah?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it true that standing in prayer on the middle of Sha'ban is reported from some of the Salaf? And is it true what is narrated from the Shaykh of Islam regarding that?
Answer:
It is not established from the Salaf. Yes, what was mentioned about the Shaykh is found in his words (may Allah have mercy on him), but there is a concern with it; there is a concern with it, because no special virtue has been established for the night of the middle of Sha'ban. If his habit is to stand in prayer at night, he prays according to his habit on the middle of Sha'ban and other nights. But if he singles out the night of the middle of Sha'ban and does not stand in prayer except on that night, that is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it true that standing in prayer on the middle of Sha'ban is reported from some of the Salaf? And is it true what is narrated from the Shaykh of Islam regarding that?
Answer:
It is not established from the Salaf. Yes, what was mentioned about the Shaykh is found in his words (may Allah have mercy on him), but there is a concern with it; there is a concern with it, because no special virtue has been established for the night of the middle of Sha'ban. If his habit is to stand in prayer at night, he prays according to his habit on the middle of Sha'ban and other nights. But if he singles out the night of the middle of Sha'ban and does not stand in prayer except on that night, that is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [373 -2802] هل صحيح ما ورد عن بعض السلف من قيام النصف من شعبان، وهل صحيحٌ ما يُنقل عن ابن تيمية؟ — youtube.com
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