Is there any virtue reported for the middle of Rajab, the twenty-seventh night, or the middle of Sha'ban?
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Question:
Has anything been reported regarding the virtue of the middle of Rajab, the twenty-seventh night, or the middle of Sha'ban?
Answer:
What is it, brothers? There is no special virtue in Rajab as a whole, neither in fasting, nor in prayer, nor in 'Umrah. It is like the other months, except that it is a sacred month in which fighting is forbidden. It is one of the sacred months in which fighting is prohibited. There is a disagreement among scholars as to whether the prohibition of fighting continues in these months or was abrogated, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[At-Tawbah 9:5] There are two opinions on this, and the correct one is that
Has anything been reported regarding the virtue of the middle of Rajab, the twenty-seventh night, or the middle of Sha'ban?
Answer:
What is it, brothers? There is no special virtue in Rajab as a whole, neither in fasting, nor in prayer, nor in 'Umrah. It is like the other months, except that it is a sacred month in which fighting is forbidden. It is one of the sacred months in which fighting is prohibited. There is a disagreement among scholars as to whether the prohibition of fighting continues in these months or was abrogated, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them
فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل ورد فضل لمنتصف رجب أو ليلة السابع والعشرين أو منتصف شعبان؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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