Laylat al Bara'at

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"his article needs additional citations for verification. (July 200! Laylat al Baraat (#rabic: $%&'(% )*+( is a ,uslim holiday celebrated on the -.th night of the month of /ha0aban, the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.

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- Description 1 2rigins 3 4ustoms in different countries 5 /ignificance and traditions . /ee also 6 7eferences 8 9:ternal links

Description
"he night of mid;/ha0aban is kno<n as "aylatul #ara$ah or "aylatun %is&e 'in Sha$ban in the #rab <orld, and as Shab-e-barat ($%&= >? in India, !akistan, @angladesh, Iran, #fghanistan and Aepal. "hese names are translated as 0the night of records0, 0the night of assignment0 and 0the night of deliverance0. "he observance involves a festive nightlong vigil <ith prayersB in some regions, this is also a night <hen one0s deceased ancestors are commemorated.

rigins
/unnis observe ,id;/ha0ban as a night of <orship and salvation. Carious hadiths have been in this regard, some <eak and others graded hassan or sahih. /cholars including Imam /hafii, Imam Aa<a<i, Imam DhaEEali and Imam /uyuti have declared praying on the night of mid shaban as acceptable.

In his ,aFmuG, Imam Aa<a<i Huoted Imam al;/hafiGi0s Iitab al;Jmm that there are . nights <hen dua (prayer is ans<ered, one of them being the night of the -.th of /haGban. K5L "he hadith by Imam Ibn MaFr Maythmi, states:Aarrated by ,uadh bin Jabal (7# from !rophet (salallaho alaihi <asalam <ho said: #llah turns to<ards his creation in the Aight of N,ID;/M#@#AN and Me forgives all of them e:cept for a ,ushrik and one <ho hates other people K#E Oa<aid P-1Q6RL. 4lassed sahih by salafi scholar Aasiruddin #lbani in his silsilah #l;/ahihah. #nother hadith in ,usnad #hmed hanbal N#llah looks at Mis creation during the night of the -.th of /ha0ban and Me forgives Mis servants e:cept t<o; one intent on hatred (mushanin and a murderer (Hatilu nafs . 4lassed Massan by #lbani in his silsilah #l; /ahihah. Madith classed sahih by Ibn Mibban N#llah looks at Mis creation in the night of mid; /haGban and Me forgives all Mis creation e:cept for a mushrik (idolater or a mushahin (one bent on hatred .N Ksahih Ibn Mibban 8S58RL. #lso reported by "abrani K#l muaFamul Iabir 1RS-RQ;TL and #l @ayhaHi K/hubul Iman 1S1QQL U#isha is reported to have said that ,uhammad said,V"his is the middle night of /haWban. #llah frees in it a large number of the people from the Mellfire, more than the number of the hair gro<ing on the sheep of the tribe, Ialb. @ut Me(s<t does not even look at a person <ho associates partners <ith #llah, or at a person <ho nourishes malice in his heart (against another muslim , or at a person <ho cuts off the ties of <omb;relations, or at a man <ho leaves his clothes e:tending beyond his ankles (as a sign of pride , or at a person <ho disobeys his parents, or at a person <ho has a habit of drinking <ine.X K@aihaHi, #t;"argheeb <at;"arheebL

Customs in different countries

"his occasion is celebrated <ith great reverence, pomp and gaiety all over /outh #sia, including India, !akistan, #fghanistan, @angladesh, /ri Yanka and 4entral #sia including JEbekistan, "aFikistan, IaEakhstan, "urkmenistan, Iirghistan. In Iran and #EerbaiFan the festival is celebrated differently. In /hia Islam the day is celebrated as the birth date of Imam #l ,ahdi, the t<elfth Imam. In the #rab <orld the festival is celebrated <ith enthusiasm by /hias and #rabs <ith /ufi heritage. "he /alafi #rabs do not celebrate this holiday. /unni ,uslims in IraHi Iurdistan celebrate this holiday -. days before 7amadan, and during <hich people give children candies as they <alk around their neighborhoods. /ome ,uslims in Indonesia do communal Eikr in mosHues follo<ed by a lecture (ceramah lead by an ustadE or other<ise kno<n in Java and ,adura as a kyai. "his

tradition is rarely follo<ed in Indonesia, but it is <idely follo<ed in #ceh, West /umatra and /outh Ialimantan.

!ignificance and traditions

#ccording to ,uslim tradition, this night is called Shab-e-#araat (Nthe night of freedomN because #llah frees Mis sinful servants <ho <ere destined for Jahanna' (the ,uslim notion of Mell . # person0s life in the coming year, his sustenance, and <hether or not they <ill have the opportunity to perform MaFF (pilgrimage shall be decided on this night. "he names of the souls of all those <ho are born and of all those <ho are to depart from this <orld are determined. 2ne0s actions are raised and sustenance sent do<n.