Is it prescribed to stand in prayer on the night of the middle of Sha'ban?
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The questioner : Standing in prayer on the night of the fifteenth of Sha'ban?
The Shaykh : It is not prescribed.
The questioner : It is not prescribed.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... it has a virtue.
The Shaykh : No virtue has been reported for it in an authentic hadith; rather, keeping the night of the middle of Sha'ban is an innovation that has crept into Islam.
The questioner : Keeping it has no harm; the night itself has a hadith regarding it.
The Shaykh : Without keeping it?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, it has a special virtue.
Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not prescribed.
The questioner : It is not prescribed.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... it has a virtue.
The Shaykh : No virtue has been reported for it in an authentic hadith; rather, keeping the night of the middle of Sha'ban is an innovation that has crept into Islam.
The questioner : Keeping it has no harm; the night itself has a hadith regarding it.
The Shaykh : Without keeping it?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, it has a special virtue.
Yes.
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