Chapter on the Reward of Fasting in Sha’ban

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 2|Chapter 7
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 2, Book 2, Chapter 7

Chapter on the Reward of Fasting in Sha’ban

وَ رَوَى حَرِيزٌ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ مَا تَقُولُ فِي لَيْلَةِ اَلنِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ قَالَ «يَغْفِرُ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِيهَا مِنْ خَلْقِهِ لِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَدَدِ شَعْرِ مِعْزَى كَلْبٍ وَ يُنْزِلُ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَلاَئِكَتَهُ إِلَى اَلسَّمَاءِ اَلدُّنْيَا وَ إِلَى اَلْأَرْضِ بِمَكَّةَ ». وقد أخرجت ما رويته في هذا المعنى في كتاب فضائل شعبان.
It is narrated by Hariz from Zurara, who said: "I said to Abu Ja‘far (Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام): 'What do you say about the night of the middle of Sha‘ban?' Imam عليه السلام said: 'On that night, Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty, forgives more of His creation than the number of the hairs on the goats of the tribe of Kalb. On that night, Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty, sends down His angels to the lowest heaven and to the earth in Mecca.'"
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