Singling out the fifteenth of Sha'ban for fasting and its night for standing in prayer
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some people single out the fifteenth day of the month of Sha'ban for fasting, and its night for standing in prayer. Is this prescribed?
The Shaykh:
This is a bid'ah (religious innovation); because it is not established for the night of the fifteenth of Sha'ban, nor for the day of the fifteenth of Sha'ban. It is not established to stand in prayer on the night of the fifteenth of Sha'ban, and there is no evidence for fasting on the day of the fifteenth of Sha'ban. So this is a bid'ah. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
This is not singled out for anything; neither the night of the fifteenth nor the day of the fifteenth is singled out for anything. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some people single out the fifteenth day of the month of Sha'ban for fasting, and its night for standing in prayer. Is this prescribed?
The Shaykh:
This is a bid'ah (religious innovation); because it is not established for the night of the fifteenth of Sha'ban, nor for the day of the fifteenth of Sha'ban. It is not established to stand in prayer on the night of the fifteenth of Sha'ban, and there is no evidence for fasting on the day of the fifteenth of Sha'ban. So this is a bid'ah. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
This is not singled out for anything; neither the night of the fifteenth nor the day of the fifteenth is singled out for anything. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 04-05-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (51:21)
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