Shab E Barat Ki Dua - Prayers To Do On Nisf Shaban Night
Shab e Barat is a critical night in the Islamic calendar; it comes in the month of Shaban (on the night between the fourteenth and fifteenth of Shaban). That is the reason it is called Nisf Shaban. This favored night starts at nightfall on Shaban fourteenth and ends at first light on Shaban fifteenth.
Various nations celebrate this day in different ways, and each has its own name for it. In South Asia, especially the Subcontinent, Nisf Shaban is known as Shab e Barat or Shabe Barat, Lailatul Barat in Arabic, Nisfu Syaban (Malam Nisfu Syaban) in Indonesia and Malaysia, and Berat Kandili in Turkey.
Shab e Barat is a night that numerous Muslims see as an evening of pardoning, in which they ask the entire night for Allah's favors. The day is considered particularly Holy, and it is said that the Almighty readily forgives those who pray earnestly and request the forgiveness of their sins. People go to mosques and pray for their loved ones by visiting their graves on this day. They pray to Allah while lighting candles. The day is often referred to as the night of records.
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History of Shab e Barat
Shab e Barat is known as the night of repentance or absolution, and it is on this night that the record of human beings who will be born and die this year is prepared. On the night between the 14th and 15th of Shaban, the night occurs. People sit up all night, presenting Nawafil, doing Zikr, reciting the Quran, asking for Allah's mercy, and begging for salvation from the fires of Hell. That is the night when God decides the fate of humanity.
Holy Prophet (S.A.W) disclosed to Hazrat Ayesha (R.A), "In it, the record is made of each person who will be conceived for the current year, and of each individual who will spend away this year their deeds are conveyed to paradise with it, and their arrangements are brought back in it."
Blessings of Shab e Barat (Shab e Barat k Fazail)
The night is full of miracles and is devoted to deliverance from hellfire as well as repentance. This Hadith will clarify the rewards of Allah’s worship on this holy night.
Hazrat Abu Huraira (R.A) expressed that Allah's Messenger (SAW) said: Hazrat Jibrael came to me the evening of mid-Sha'ban and said to me: "O Prophet of Allah, head heavenwards!" I asked him: "What night is this?" and he answered: "This is the night when Allah Almighty opens 300 of the doors of kindness, pardoning everything who don't make anything His accomplice. The solitary special cases are the individuals who practice magic or divination, are dependent on wine, or continue in usury and illegal sex; these He doesn't pardon until they apologize."
As a result, according to the Hadith mentioned earlier, the night is a time for all to ask Allah for forgiveness. It's a fantastic opportunity to obtain Allah's grace, which only comes once a year. That is the night that your fate is sealed, and you will either survive or die this year. So, instead of wasting this precious night sleeping, ensure your salvation by purifying your heart and promising God that you will never take the immoral path.
Duas and Nawafil for Shab e Barat
Every human's fate is decided by Allah on this night, whether he will live or die in this year. So offer Nawafil to prolong your life, avoid future struggles, and achieve happiness.
For your convenience, the process of performing these Nawafil is also clarified here.
Perform six Rakats Namaz by performing two Rakkats, the first two for extending life, the second two for avoiding difficulties, and the third two for obtaining prosperity. Recite Surah Yaseen one time or Surah Ikhlas twenty-one times after every two Rakats. Also, recite the Nisaf Shaban Dua once.
Dua of Nisaf Shaban
English Translation
O Allah! You shower favours on everyone
And no one can do You any favour.
O The Possessor of Majesty and Honour,
O The Distributor of bounty and rewards,
There is no one worthy of worship except You.
You help the fallen
And provide refuge to the refugees And give peace to those
who are in fear.
O Allah! If in the Mother of All Books that is with You
You have written me down as someone who is
Doubtful of achieving salvation, or deprived,
Or rejected or without enough sustenance,
Then, O Allah, with Your Grace
Remove all of these misfortunes from me
and in the Mother of All Books that is with You,
establish me as someone who is
blessed, with abundant provision and charitable good deeds.
Indeed, what You said in The Book You sent
Through the tongue of Your Blessed Prophet is true
That Allah changes and establishes what He wants
And with Him is the Mother of All Books.
O My Lord! For the sake of Your Divine Manifestation
On this fifteenth night of the blessed month of Sha’ban
In which You issue all Wise and Irrevocable Decrees
Remove from us all calamities and hardships,
those that we know about as well as those that we don’t,
while You know everything.
Truly, You are the Most Powerful, Most Generous.
And may Allah the Exalted shower blessings and peace on
Sayyidina Muhammad, and on his family and his companions
And all praise is for Allah, Lord of the worlds.
Absolution of sins
Offer ten Rakats of Nawafil in a manner that recounts Surat ul Ikhlas a hundred times after Surat al Fatiha. Allah excuses the individual who offers these Nawafil and gives Barakah throughout everyday life.
To achieve thriving
Offer two Rakat Nafal on the evening of the fifteenth of Shaban. Recite Ayat ul Kursi 1 time and Surat ul Ikhlas a hundred times. Furthermore, after offering these Nafal, recite Darood Sharif a hundred times and make Dua for monetary success.
Shab e Barat Namaz
Offer the Shab e Barat Namaz of hundred Nawafil and read Surat ul Ikhlas 10 times in each Rakat. Salat ul Khair is the name of this Namaz (the supplication to accomplish Goodness).
