Shaʽban ( ar, شَعْبَان, ') is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar. It is called as the month of "separation", as the word means "to disperse" or "to separate" because the pagan Arabs used to disperse in search of water. The fifteenth night of this month is known as the "Night of Records" ( Laylat al-Bara'at). Sha'ban is the last lunar month before

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, and so Muslims determine in it when the first day of Ramadan fasting will be. In the second Hijri year (624), Ramadan Fasting was made obligatory during this month. In the post-

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Ottoman Empire context, the word was, in French, the main language of diplomacy and a common language among educated and among non-Muslim subjects,
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spelled as Cha'ban. The current Turkish spelling today is Şâban.

Virtues

The virtues of Sha'ban is mentioned in various

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Muhammad.

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, the wife of Muhammad, narrated that "(she) did not see him fasting in any month more than in the month of Sha'ban," except

. In another narration the Prophet Muhammad said, "Do those deeds which you can do easily, as Allah will not get tired (of giving rewards) till you get bored and tired (of performing religious deeds)."

Timing

The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a

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is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Sha'ban migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Sha'ban, based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia, are:Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia
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Islamic events

* 01 Sha'ban, birth of Zaynab bint Ali. * 03 Sha'ban, birth of

Husayn ibn Ali Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi ...

. * 04 Sha'ban, birth of

Abbas ibn Ali Al-Abbas ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib ( ar, ٱلْعَبَّاس ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱبْن أَبِي طَالِب, al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAlīy ibn ʾAbī Ṭālib), also known as Abu al-Fadl ( ar, أَبُو ٱلْفَضْل, link=no) (15 May 647 - ...

. * 05 Sha'ban, birth of Ali ibn Husayn. * 05 Sha'ban, death of Fizza, the hand-maiden (Qaneez) of Fatimah. * 07 Sha'ban, birth of Qasim ibn Hasan. * 11 Sha'ban, birth of Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn. * 15 Sha'ban, holiday known as Laylat al-Bara'at or Nisfu Sha'ban; birth of

Muhammad al-Mahdi Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mahdī ( ar, محمد بن الحسن المهدي) is believed by the Twelver Shia to be the last of the Twelve Imams and the eschatological Mahdi, who will emerge in the end of time to establish peace and justic ...

. * 21 Sha'ban, passing away of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. * 22 Sha'ban, death of Muhammad Usman Damani. * 27 Sha'ban, Death of Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani *27 sha’ban, birth of Eissa Hussain Allaqband ibn

References

External links

Islamic-Western Calendar Converter (Based on the Arithmetical or Tabular Calendar)
{{IslamicMonths 8 Islamic terminology

Virtues

Timing

Islamic events

See also

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