What are the Rites of the Eve of 15th of Sha’ban?
The eve of Mid-Shaʿbān is extraordinarily honorable. Imam Sādiq (the Sixth Imam) narrated from his father when Imam Bāqir was asked about the merits of the night before the fifteenth day of Shaʿbān as saying,
“It is the most favorable night after the Qadr Night. At this night, Almighty Allah bestows upon His servants with His favors and grants them His pardon out of His conferral of benefits to them. Therefore, you should exert all efforts to seek nearness to Him at this night, because He has decided not to reject any asker as long as he does not ask for an act of disobedience to Him. Almighty Allah has chosen this night for us (the Ahl al-Bayt) just as He has chosen the Qadr Night for our Prophet. You should thus pray and praise Him the Exalted, the Glorified diligently...” [1]
However, some of the recommended rites to be carried out at this night are as follows:
- To make a major ablution (Ghusl) at the time of sunset;
- To stay awake at night to pray;
- To visit the tomb of Imam Hussain or recite his Ziyārah from distance;
- To recite Kumayl supplication;
- To recite: a) سبحان الله)) Subhānallāh 100 times; b) الحمد لله)) Alhamdulillāh 100 times; c) الله اکبر)) Allāhu Akbar 100 times, and d) لا اله الّا الله)) Lā Ilāha illallah 100 times.
- To offer some supplications and prayers written in Mafātīh al-Jinān.
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