Dua Nisful Sha'baan
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
Allahumma yaa Dhal Manni wa Laa yumannu ‘alaih, Yaa Dhal Jalaali wal Ikraam.
Yaa Dhut Tawli wal in’aami laa ilaahi illaa anta Dhahrul laajeena wal jaarul Mustajeereen.
Wa amaanul Khaa-e-feen.
Allahumma in kunta katabtanee ‘indaka fee Ummil Kitaabi shaqiyyan aw mahrooman
aw matroodan aw muqattaran ‘alayya fir rizqi famh.
Allahumma bifadhlika shaqaawatee wa hirmaanee wa tardee waqtitaara rizqee wathbitnee ‘indaka fee Ummil Kitaabi sa’eedam marzooqam muwaffaqan lil khayraat. Fa innaka qulta wa qawlukal haqqu fee kitaabikal munazzali ‘alaa lisaani Nabiyyikal Mursal. Yamhullahu maa yashaaa-u wayuthbitu wa ‘indahoo Ummul Kitaab.
Ilaahi bit Tajallil ‘Atham, fee laylatin Nisfi min Shahri Sha’baanal Mukarram
Allatee yufraqu fihaa kulli Amrin Hakeemiw wa yubram. Antakshifa ‘annaa minal balaa-e maa na’lamu wa laa na’lam. Wa anta bihee ‘alam. Innaka antal A’azzul Akram
Wa Sall Allahu ta ‘Alaa ‘alaa Sayyidinaa Muhammadiw Wa ‘alaa Aalihi wa Ashaabihi wa Barik wa Sallim
The Merits of Sha'baan and Nisful Sha'ban or Shaab-e-Baraa'at
From Al Ghunya Lit Taalibi Tariqal Haqq
Sultan Muhyuddin Sayyidunaa Shaykh Abdul Qadir al Jilaniyy Radhi Alahu 'anhu wa Quddus Sirruhoo
The Sixth Discourse
On the special merit of the month of Sha’baan, and the divine forgiveness [maghfirah] and good pleasure [ridwaan] sent down on the middle night of that month.
Sayyida A’isha, the wife of the Prophet (Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim wa Rahdiyallahu anhaa), is reported as having said:
Allaah’s Messenger (Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim) used to fast until we would say he was never going to stop fasting, and he would go so long without fasting that we would say he was never going to fast, but I never saw Allaah’s Messenger (Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim) continue a fast from the beginning to the end of any month except the month of Ramadaan, [apart from which] I never saw him do more fasting in any month than he did in Sha’baan.
Sayyida ‘Aisha (Radhi Allahu anhaa) is also reported as having said:
Allaah’s Messenger (Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim) used to fast until we would say he was never going to stop fasting, and go so long without fasting that we would say he was never going to fast. The fasting he liked best was that he did in Sha’baan, so I said to him: “O Messenger of Allaah, how is it I always see you fasting in Sha’baan?” and he said (Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim):
“O ‘A’isha, it is the month in which the Angel of Death has to note down the name of anyone whose soul he must take before the year is out, so I would rather he did not record my name except while I am fasting.”
Read more: Merits of Sha’baan and Nisful Sha’baan Shaabi Baraa’at
Safeguard your good works by guarding the tongue
Al Hamdulillahi Rabbil Aalameen, was Salaatu was Salaamu ‘alaa Sayyidil Mursaleen, Habibunaa wa Nabiyyunaa wa Mahmudunaa wa Mawlaanaa Muhammadinil Mustafaa, Khaatimul Anbiyaa-i wal Mursaleen, wa Imaamul Muttaqeen wa Shafee’il Mudhnibeen, Rasuli Rabbil ‘Alameen, wa Qaaidil Ghurril Muhajjaleen, wa ‘alaa ‘Aalihi wa As-habihi wa Azwaajihi wa Dhurriyaatihi wa Ahli Baytihi wa sallima tasliman kathiran, kathiraa. Ya Khayrul Naasireen.
Wa Qaal Allahu ta ‘ala fi Kalaamihil Qadeem, ba’da ‘authu Billahi min ash shaytanir rajim, Bismillahir Rahmanir
كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ ۗ
You are the best of peoples, raised up from mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding evil, and you believe in Allah.
Allahu ta ‘ala says in Suratul Ibrahim, 34th Ayah:
وَآتَاكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُ ۚ وَإِنْ تَعُدُّوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَا ۗ إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَظَلُومٌ كَفَّارٌ
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And He gives you all that ye ask for. But if you attempt to count the favors of Allah, you will never be able to number them. Indeed, man is given up to injustice and ingratitude. Suratul Ibrahim, Ayah 34:
The tongue is one of many gifts that Allah Subhana Hoo has bestowed upon His servants. Although the tongue is a small, its impact on the one using it may have a large impact for either good or evil. With this small piece of flesh one may find his path to Jannah or Jahannam. As with everything that Allahu ta ‘ala has given us we must show our gratitude, our shukr by not misusing or abusing this precious gift.
If we use it to comply with the orders of Allahu ta ‘ala laid out in al Qur’an Majid, and the Sunnah of the Holy Last Messenger Sayyidinaa Muhammad al Mustafa Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim, it becomes a source for earning divine ni’mah [favor] in this world and in the in Hereafter. Conversely if this piece of flesh the tongue is used in disobedience to the commandments of Allahu ta ‘ala and Sayyidinaa Rasuli Akram Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa sallim, and does not display thankfulness [shukr], it will lead us down the path of destruction, and we will have no one to blame but ourselves. Shukr, being thankful to Allahu ta ‘ala for his ni’mah means not using the gifts He bestows upon us by the opposing Him.
The sins of the tongue can be small [saghira] or enormous [kabirah]. Some of the sins of the tongue take person out of Islam. Sayyidinaa Rasuli Akram Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa sallim said in the hadith related by al Imam at-Tirmidhiyy Rahmatullahi ‘alaihi:
Innal mar’-a layatakallimu bil- kalimati laa yaraa biha ba’-san yahwee-bihaa fin naari khareefaa
“A person may utter a word he thinks harmless, which results in his falling the depth of seventy (70) years into Hellfire
Among the sins of the tongue considered to be major sins are gossip or backbiting (ghibah) and tale-bearing (namimah). Ibn Abid-Dunyia related that Sayyidinaa Rasuli Akram Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa sallim, said:
Khaslataani maa in tajammilal khalaa-iqu bimithli-himaa, husnul khuluqi wa twoolus samt
“One can greatly beautify himself with two habits–good manners and lengthy silence.”
Here Sayyidinaa Rasuli Akram Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa sallim is alluding to remaining silent and not speaking except for what is good, such as Dhikr, Tilaawatul Quran Majid, Salaaat ‘alan Nabiyy [Darood Sharif] and teaching others what is good.