The Authenticity of the Virtues of the Night of the Middle of Sha'ban
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Some women, on the night of the middle of Sha'ban every year, prepare food and give it as charity, believing that it has a special merit and virtue?
Some people prepare food on the middle of Sha'ban and give it as charity to the poor, thinking that this day has a special merit in charity, but that is not the case. In reality, this is a religious innovation (bid'ah). The middle of Sha'ban has no special merit; it is like the middles of other months. There is nothing in it except that if one fasts the white days, he fasts the middle day only. As for specifying the night of the middle with standing in prayer, or the day of the middle with fasting, there is no basis for it, and nothing has been established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this.
The woman must comply and not give charity after she has learned that this is a religious innovation (bid'ah) and is not based on any evidence.
The questioner: And if she does not refrain?The Shaykh: Glory be to Allah! If the other innovator does not refrain from his innovation, what can we do? If we have explained it to the people, then our only duty is to convey the message.
Some people prepare food on the middle of Sha'ban and give it as charity to the poor, thinking that this day has a special merit in charity, but that is not the case. In reality, this is a religious innovation (bid'ah). The middle of Sha'ban has no special merit; it is like the middles of other months. There is nothing in it except that if one fasts the white days, he fasts the middle day only. As for specifying the night of the middle with standing in prayer, or the day of the middle with fasting, there is no basis for it, and nothing has been established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this.
The woman must comply and not give charity after she has learned that this is a religious innovation (bid'ah) and is not based on any evidence.
The questioner: And if she does not refrain?The Shaykh: Glory be to Allah! If the other innovator does not refrain from his innovation, what can we do? If we have explained it to the people, then our only duty is to convey the message.