The Month of Shabaan
Like
you are aware, we are in the month of Shabaan and this is the second
Friday Sermon that I am doing during this month, and so I chose
Shabaan
and its importance
as
subject of my sermon for today.
Shabaan
is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar. And after the month of
Shabaan, we have the blessed month of Ramadan. Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh)
gave Shabaan all its importance.
On
the authority of Hazrat Aisha (ra), “The
Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to fast till one would say that he
would never stop fasting, and he would abandon fasting till one would
say that he would never fast. I never saw Allah’s Apostle fasting
for a whole month except the month of Ramadan, and did not see him
fasting in any month more than in the month of Shabaan.”
(Bukhari and Muslim)
In
another Hadith on the authority of Usama Ibn Zayd (ra), he reported
asking the Messenger of Allah (pbuh): ‘O
Messenger of Allah, I do not see you fasting during any month as much
as you do in Shabaan.’
He said: “That is
a month to which people do not pay much attention, which is found
between Rajab and Ramadan. It is a month in which the deeds are taken
up to the Lord of the worlds, and I like that my deeds be taken up
when I am fasting.”
(An-Nasa’i).
We
learn from these Hadiths that the Holy Prophet (pbuh) used to
maximize this month in acts of worship. Through him, through his
Sunnah, we have learned that our actions are presented to Allah, and
therefore we must do our utmost best to make sure that Allah accepts
our good deeds and forgives us our sins and mistakes. And Hazrat
Muhammad (pbuh) had such a deep love for Allah that he used to
sacrifice himself a lot for Him so that Allah would be pleased with
him.