Bismillah. Abū ‘Abdillāh al-Sādiq (a) reports from his father Imam al-Bāqir (a) saying: When Sha‘bān arrived, my father Zayn al-‘Ābidīn (a) used to gather his companions and say, ‘O my companions! Do you realize which month this is? This is the month of Sha‘bān, and the Messenger of Allah (s) used to say: Sha‘bān is … Read more
Bismillah. Imam Ja‘far al-Sādiq (a) said: Fasting of Sha‘bān is a treasure stored for a servant on the Day of Resurrection. There is no servant who fasts a lot in Sha‘bān except that Allah improves his livelihood and protects him from the mischief of his enemy. The minimum what a person gets from fasting a … Read more
Bismillah. Sa‘ad bin Abdullāh reports from Dawūd bin Kathīr al-Raqqī. He said: ‘I asked Abū Abdillāh, Ja‘far bin Muhammad al-Sādiq (a) about fasting in Rajab. He said, “what is your position with regards to fasting in Sha‘bān?” I said to him, ‘O son of the Messenger of Allah, what is the reward of fasting a … Read more
Bismillah. From Sa‘īd b. Jubayr, from Ibn ‘Abbās who reported that people mentioned about the merits of Sha‘bān in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (s), so he said: it is a distinguished month and it is my month, the carriers of ‘arsh (Divine Throne) sanctify it and know its right, and it is … Read more
Bismillah. Do not miss the fast of 27th Rajab It has been reported by Qāsim b. Yahyā from his grandfather al-Hasan b. Rāshid, that Imam Ja‘far b. Muhammad (a) said: do not abandon the fasting of the 27th Day of Rajab, for it is the day on which the prophethood was bestowed upon Muhammad (a); … Read more
Bismillah. Imam Mūsā b. Ja‘far al-Kāzim (a) said: Rajab is [the name of] a stream in Paradise, which is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. Whoever fasts one day in Rajab, Allah – the Mighty and Sublime, will make him drink from that stream. (Al-Faqīh 2:92; Tahdhīb 4:306; Iqbāl 635; taken from Academy for … Read more
Bismillah. Ibn Abī Nasr narrates that he asked Abul Hasan al-Ridā (a): in which month should we visit [and perform the ziyārah of] Imam al-Husayn (a)? He said in the middle of Rajab and in the middle of Sha‘bān. (al-Tūsī, Tahdhīb 6:48; taken from Forty Hadīth: Rajab and Sha ‘bān, Hadith 5) For our Quranic … Read more
Bismillah. Abū ‘Abdillāh (al-Sādiq) (a) said: The Messenger of Allah (s) has said, ‘Rajab is the month of istighfār (i.e. pleading for forgiveness from Allah) for my Ummah, (so) do a lot of istighfār in it for surely He is All-forgiving and All-merciful (Q, 6:54, 165), and Sha‘bān is my month. Say in Rajab many … Read more
Bismillah. فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَءُوا كِتَابِيَهْ إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ As for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say, ‘Here, take and read my book!’ (Sūrat al-Hāqqah No.69, Āyat 19) The Quran often mentions the people of the right hand (As-hāb al-Yamīn) and … Read more
Bismillah. يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ مَن يَرْتَدَّ مِنكُمْ عَن دِينِهِ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِي اللّهُ بِقَوْمٍ يُحِبُّهُمْ وَيُحِبُّونَهُ أَذِلَّةٍ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَعِزَّةٍ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ يُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ وَلاَ يَخَافُونَ لَوْمَةَ لآئِمٍ O you who believe, whomsoever turns away from his religion, Allah will soon bring a people whom He loves and who love Him, humble towards the … Read more