Hadith on Sha’ban: Allah forgives everyone but idolaters, haters

Abu Musa reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah looks down in middle night of Sha’ban and He forgives all of His creatures, except for an idolater or one carrying hostility.”

Source: Sunan Ibn Mājah 1390

Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Albani

Imam al-San’ani commented, “The ‘one carrying hostility’ means carrying malice. Some have explained it as referring to the people of heretical innovations who break away from the united community, but that is not the linguistic meaning, unless they were hostile and malicious.”

Source: al-Tanwīr Sharḥ al-Jāmi’ al-Ṣaghīr 3/344

عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيَطَّلِعُ فِي لَيْلَةِ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَيَغْفِرُ لِجَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ إِلَّا لِمُشْرِكٍ أَوْ مُشَاحِنٍ

1390 سنن ابن ماجه كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنة فيها باب ما جاء في ليلة النصف من شعبان

1819 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث حسن في صحيح الجامع

قال الصنعاني أي مشاحن أي حقد وفسره آخرون بأهل البدع المفارقون للجماعة وليس بمعناه اللغوي إلا أن يكونوا مشاحنين حاقدين

3/344 التنوير شرح الجامع الصغير

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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