Sha'ban

In his lengthy hadith, As for the fourth pillar, the Prophet ﷺ said, meaning and fasting of Ramadan.

Ramadan is the month between Sha'ban and Shawwal.

It is named Ramadan because according to some, at the beginning when it was named, it coincided with the period of intense heat.

Others say it was because it is used to quench the heat of sins, since inequities are hot.

In fact, it is not permissible for them to fast, but they will make them up as well.

Fasting in the month of Ramadan depends on the days of the month, either 29 or 30 according to the moon sighting because the Prophet ﷺ said, meaning, fast when you sight it and when you sight it, break the fast.

But if the clouds prevent you, complete the counting 30, i.e. the month of Sha'ban regarding the commencement of the month and the counting of Ramadan when it has to do with the ending of the month.

in another narration in Sahih al-Bukhari then finish the Iddah of Sha'ban 30 days he mentioned specifically

That would, of course, be a bid'ah, right? Of course, that would be a bid'ah.

Another example that scholars mention, praying night prayers on the middle night of Sha'ban.

Right? There's a hadith that says on the middle night of Sha'ban, Allah looks upon the people of the earth and aside from the polytheists and those holding grudges on each other, he forgives them.

So this should be an encouragement for us that halfway through Sha'ban, en route to Ramadan, you clear your heart of any hard feelings towards people.

but you say you should be praying on the 15th night because it's a special night.

The prophet told us it was a special night and he didn't pray.

You're not sitting there and saying, you know, technically Saturday is a sacred day because, you know, Allah told them not to work on Saturday, and so Saturday is an important day because from the Quran and you start getting cr-- That would of course be a bidah, right? Of course, that would be a bidaah.

Another example that scholars mention, praying night prayers on the middle night of Sha'ban, right? There's a hadith that says on the middle night of Sha'ban, Allah looks upon the people of the earth, and aside from the polytheists and those holding grudges on each other, He forgives them.

So this should be an encouragement for us that halfway through Sha'ban, en route to Ramadan, you clear your heart of any hard feelings towards people.

But you say you should be praying on the fifteenth night because it's a special night.

The Prophet told us it was a special night, and he didn't pray.

They just keep pointing fingers at each other.

And petty debates I once saw on the internet that there were two scholars that were arguing with one another about whether there was any virtue to the 15th of Shaban.

So one of them, he posts on Facebook, he says that anyone that can establish that there is virtue to the 15th of Shaban, I will give them an award of 50 pounds.

And I thought to myself, first of all, that's a very cheap award, right? That's not really too impressive.

Like I wouldn't waste half a day for that.