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Sunan Ibn Majah 1389

Chapter: What was narrated concerning the night of the middle of Sha’ban

Weak 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1389

Narrator:Ā’ishah

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْخُزَاعِيُّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَنْبَأَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ فَقَدْتُ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَخَرَجْتُ أَطْلُبُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِالْبَقِيعِ رَافِعٌ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ ‏

"‏ يَا عَائِشَةُ أَكُنْتِ تَخَافِينَ أَنْ يَحِيفَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ وَرَسُولُهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ قَدْ قُلْتُ وَمَا بِي ذَلِكَ وَلَكِنِّي ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّكَ أَتَيْتَ بَعْضَ نِسَائِكَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَنْزِلُ لَيْلَةَ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَيَغْفِرُ لأَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَدَدِ شَعَرِ غَنَمِ كَلْبٍ ‏"

It was narrated that ‘Aishah said:

“I missed the Prophet (ﷺ) one night, so I went out looking for him. I found him at Al-Baqi’, raising his head towards the sky. He said: ‘O ‘Aishah, were you afraid that Allah and His Messenger would wrong you?’” She said: “I said: ‘No, it is not that, but I thought that you had gone to one of your other wives.’ He said: ‘Allah descends on the night of the middle of Sha’ban to the lowest heaven, and He forgives more than the numbers of hairs on the sheep of Banu Kalb.’”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 1389), At-Tirmidhi (No. 739) and Ahmad (No. 24825).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( فَقَدْت ) أَيْ غَابَ عَنِّي ( ذَات لَيْلَة ) لَفْظ ذَات مُقْحَمَة وَكَانَتْ تَلِك اللَّيْلَة النِّصْف مِنْ شَعْبَان كَمَا يَدُلّ عَلَيْهِ آخِر الْحَدِيث ا ه قَوْله ( أَنْ يَحِيف ) الْحَيْف الظُّلْم وَالْجَوْر أَيْ أَظَنَنْت أَنْ قَدْ ظَلَمْتُك بِجَعْلِ نَوْبَتك لِغَيْرِك وَذَلِكَ مُنَافٍ لِمَنْصِبِ الرِّسَالَة وَذُكِرَ اللَّه لِتَعْظِيمِ رَسُوله وَالدَّلَالَة عَلَى أَنَّ فِعْل الرَّسُول عَادَة لَا يَكُون الا بِإِذْنِهِ وَأَمْره وَفِيهِ أَنَّ الْقَسْم كَانَ وَاجِبًا عَلَيْهِ إِذْ لَا يَكُون تَرْكه جَوْرًا إِلَّا إِذَا كَانَ وَاجِبًا ( قَالَتْ ) أَيْ عَائِشَة ( قَدْ قُلْت ) أَيْ فِي جَوَابه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ( وَمَا بِي ذَلِكَ ) الْخَوْف وَلِلظَّنِّ السُّوء بِاَللَّهِ و…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1389
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1389
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1389
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1389

Other versions

Weak Jami' at-Tirmidhi 739

"I could not find the Messenger of Allah one night. So I left and found him at Al-Baqi. He said: 'Did you fear that you had been wronged by Allah and His Messenger?' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I thought that you had gone to one of your wives.' So he said: 'Indeed Allah, Mighty and Sublime is…

اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَنْزِلُ لَيْلَةَ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَيَغْفِرُ لأَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَدَدِ شَعْرِ غَنَمِ كَلْبٍ ‏"

Narrated by Ā’ishah

Weak Mishkat al-Masabih 1299

I missed God’s Messengerone night and found him at al-Baqi‘. He said, “Were you afraid that God and His Messenger would act wrongly towards you?" I replied, “Messenger of God, I thought you had gone to one of your wives." He said, “On the middle night of Sha'ban God most high descends to the lowest…

" أَكُنْتِ تَخَافِينَ أَنْ يَحِيفَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ وَرَسُولُهُ؟ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّكَ أَتَيْتَ بَعْضَ نِسَائِكَ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَنْزِلُ لَيْلَةَ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ…

Narrated by Ā’ishah

Also reported by… (6)
  • الإبانة الكبرى لابن بطة (1250)يَنْزِلُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا لَيْلَةَ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ ، فَيَغْفِرُ لأَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَدَدِ شَعَرِ غَنَمٍ كَلْبٍ
  • شرح السنة (981)إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَنْزِلُ لَيْلَةَ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا ، فَيَغْفِرُ لأَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَدَدِ شَعْرِ غَنَمِ كَلْبٍ
  • شعب الإيمان للبيهقي (3534)اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ لَيْلَةَ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ لأَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَدَدِ شَعْرِ غَنَمِ كَلْبٍ
  • شعب الإيمان للبيهقي (3535)اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَنْزِلُ لَيْلَةَ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَيَغْفِرُ لأَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَدَدِ شَعْرِ غَنَمِ كَلْبٍ
  • فضائل الأوقات للبيهقي (29)اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَنْزِلُ لَيْلَةَ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ إِلَى سَمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَيَغْفِرُ لأَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَدَدِ شَعْرِ غَنَمِ كَلْبٍ
  • مختصر الأحكام المستخرج على جامع الترمذي (611)اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَنْزِلُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا لَيْلَةَ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ ، فَيَغْفِرُ لأَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَدَدِ شَعَرِ غَنَمِ كَلْبٍ “

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Differing grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1388

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘When it is the night of the middle of Sha’ban, spend its night in prayer and observe a fast on that day. For Allah descends at sunset on that night to the lowest heaven and says: ‘Is there no one who will ask Me for forgiveness, that I may forgive him? Is there no…

"‏ إِذَا كَانَتْ لَيْلَةُ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَقُومُوا لَيْلَهَا وَصُومُوا يَوْمَهَا ‏.‏ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَنْزِلُ فِيهَا لِغُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ إِلَى سَمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَيَقُولُ أَلاَ مِنْ مُسْتَغْفِرٍ فَأَغْفِرَ…

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“Allah looks down on the night of the middle of Sha’ban and forgives all His creation, apart from the idolater and the Mushahin.” Another chain from Abu Musa, from the Prophet (ﷺ) with similar wording.

"‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيَطَّلِعُ فِي لَيْلَةِ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَيَغْفِرُ لِجَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ إِلاَّ لِمُشْرِكٍ أَوْ مُشَاحِنٍ ‏"

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