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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Fasting

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 739

Chapter: What Has Been Related About The Middle Night Of Sha'ban

Weak 4 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 739

Narrator:Ā’ishah

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ فَقَدْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَيْلَةً فَخَرَجْتُ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِالْبَقِيعِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَكُنْتِ تَخَافِينَ أَنْ يَحِيفَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ وَرَسُولُهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّكَ أَتَيْتَ بَعْضَ نِسَائِكَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّ

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

Aishah narrated:

"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 He, descends to the lowest Heavens during the night of the middle of Sha'ban, to grant forgiveness to more than the number of hairs on the sheep of (Banu) Kalb.'"

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

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( فَقَدْت ) أَيْ لَمْ أَجِدْهُ قَالَ فِي النِّهَايَةِ : فَقَدْت الشَّيْءَ أَفْقِدُهُ إِذَا غَابَ عَنْك ( لَيْلَةً ) مِنْ لَيَالِي تَعْنِي اللَّيْلَةَ الَّتِي كَانَ فِيهَا عِنْدِي ( فَإِذَا هُوَ بِالْبَقِيعِ ) أَيْ وَاقِفٌ فِيهِ , وَالْمُرَادُ بِالْبَقِيعِ بَقِيعُ الْغَرْقَدِ وَهُوَ مَوْضِعٌ بِظَاهِرِ الْمَدِينَةِ فِيهِ قُبُورُ أَهْلِهَا كَانَ بِهِ شَجَرُ الْغَرْقَدِ فَذَهَبَ وَبَقِيَ اِسْمُهُ كَذَا فِي النِّهَايَةِ ( أَنْ يَحِيفَ ) أَيْ يَجُورَ وَيَظْلِمَ ( اللَّهُ عَلَيْك وَرَسُولُهُ ) ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ تَنْوِيهًا لِعِظَمِ شَأْنِهِ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ عَلَى حَدِّ ( إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُبَايِعُونَك إِنَّمَا يُبَايِعُونَ اللَّهَ ) قَالَ الطِّيبِيُّ : أَوْ تَزْيِينًا لِلْكَلَامِ وَتَحْسِينًا ,…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 739
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 739
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 739
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf WeakDaif The hadith No. 739

Other versions

Weak Sunan Ibn Majah 1389

“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…

"‏ 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…

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…

Narrated by Ali + 1 other version

Differing grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1390

“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 ‏"

Narrated by Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari + 1 other version

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