✨ *`The Night of the 15th of Sha'bān (Laylat al-Barāʾah)`*🌼 Sayyidunā Abū Bakr (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:  *“Indeed, Allāh, the Blessed and Exalted, descends to the lowest heaven on the night of the middle of Shaʿbān and forgives every person, except for a Mushrik or a person who harbors malice in his heart.”* `[Musnad al-Bazzār 1/206,Kitāb al-Sunnah li Ibn Abī Āsim 509]` > Grade: Saḥīḥ according to Al-Albani Sayyidunā Mu’ādh ibn Jabāl (رضي الله عنه) reported, The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: *“Allāh looks down at His creation on the middle night of Sha’bān and He forgive all of his creatures, except for an idolater or one harboring hatred.”* `[Saḥīḥ ibn Hibbān 5665, Majmā' az-Zawa'īd 12960]` > Grade: Saḥīḥ according to al-Arna'ut Sayyidunā Abū Tha’labāh (رضي الله عنه) reported, The Prophet (ﷺ) said: *“On the middle night of Sha’bān, Allāh ﷻ looks down upon His creation and He forgives the believers, gives respite to the unbelievers, and He abandons the people of malice to their malice until they give it up.”* `[Shu'āb al-Imān 3551, al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr 590]` > Grade: Saḥīḥ according to al-Albani Tābiʿī, al-Imām Aṭā ibn Yasār (رحمه الله) said: *“There is no night after Laylāt al-Qadr more virtuous than the night of the middle of Sha‘bān (Laylat al-Barāʾah). Allāh ﷻ, Blessed and Exalted, descends to the lowest heaven and forgives all His servants, except for a polytheist, one who harbors enmity, or one who severs family ties.”* `[Laṭāʾif al-Maʿārif 1/264]` Imām Ishāq ibn Rahuyāḥ (رحمه الله): *“approved of spending this night in worship/in the masjid.”* `[Laṭāʾif al-Maʿārif 1/263]` Imām ash-Shafi'ī (رحمه الله) said: *“It has reached us that supplication (duʿāʾ) is answered on five nights:* *the night of Friday, the two nights of Eid, the first night of Rajab (Laylat Awwal Rajab), and _the night of the middle of Shaʿbān_ (Laylat Niṣf Shaʿbān), I recommend everything that has been narrated regarding these nights.”* `[Kitāb al-Umm 1/264, Laṭāʾif al-Maʿārif 1/264]` Imām Ibn al-Hajj al-Malikī (رحمه الله) writes: *“The Salaf (Pious Predecessors) would sanctify this night and prepare themselves for it in advance.”* `[Al-Madkhāl 1/299]` Hafīdh Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī (رحمه الله) said: *❝It is befitting for a believer to dedicate himself on that night to the remembrance (Dhikr) of Allāh Almighty and to supplicate (Duā) for the forgiveness of sins, the covering of faults, and the relief from distress. He should precede this with repentance, for indeed Allāh ﷻ accepts repentance on this night from those who repent. Stand on the noble night of the middle (of Sha'bān) in prayer... for the most honorable night of this month is the night of its middle.❞* `[Laṭāʾif al-Maʿārif 1/265]`