It was narrated from Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“Allah ﷻ looks down on the night of the middle of Sha’ban and forgives all His ﷻ creation, apart from the idolater and the Mushahin.”
There is another chain from Abu Musa, from the Prophet (ﷺ) with similar wording.
– Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. 1, Book 5, Hadith 1390. Grade: Da’if (weak).
The significance of the 15th night has been demonstrated in various weak narrations. As such, we can benefit from this night by engaging in some worship and even trying to sort our spiritual routines in time for the arrival of ramadan.
Some duas to read:
أعوذ بعفوك من عقابك أعوذ برضاك من سخطك وأعوذ بك منك لا أحصي ثناءً عليك أنت كما أثنيتَ على نفسك
Allah, I take refuge in your forgiveness from Your punishment, and I take refuge in Your pleasure from Your anger and I take refuge in You from You. I cannot praise you as you ought to be praised. You are as you have praised yourself.
اللهم ارزقني قلبا تقيا ، من الشر نقيا ، لا جافيا و شقيا
Allah, Bless me with a pious heart, clean from sin, neither hard nor wretched.
اللهم اغفر لي وتب على إنك أنت التواب الغفور
Allah! Forgive me and accept my repentance; surely You are The Accepter of Repentance, The Most Forgiving
(in sajdah, read)
سجد لك خيالي وسوادي ، وآمن بك فؤادي ، فهذه يدي وما جنيت بها على نفسي ، يا عظيم يرجي لكل عظيم ، يا عظيم اغفر الذنب العظيم ، سجد وجهي للذي خلقه وشق سمعة وبصره
My mind and body have prostrated (and submitted) for You, and my heart has brought imaan in You. Here are my hands and the sins that I have committed with them against myself. O Most- Great Being, whose assistance is hoped for every great difficulty. O Great Being, forgive the major sins. My face has prostrated to the One Who created it and fashioned its ears and eyes.
note: i am not claiming the authenticity of these duas as proven from quran or sunnah. these are simple some beautiful words i came across and would like to share.
even if you don’t believe in doing any specific acts for the night of half shabaan, i would recommend using this as a time to prepare yourself for the night worship of ramadan. plan out how you would like to spend your hours in the holy month and execute this schedule over the next 24 hours. this will give you a good idea of what you need to alter to reach your maximum potential come game time.
Palestina, kalian tak sendiri, meski diserang bertubi-tubi. Palestina, kalian tak sendiri, meski kabar dunia memberitakan sunyi. Sahabat, suarakan perjuangan mereka, agar mereka tetap pertahankan negara merdeka. Kita jadi bagian kekuatan mereka yuk, dengan terus membersamai ramadan untuk Palestina. #Ramadansaatnyaberbagilagi. Tebarkan kebaikan, ciptakan senyuman untuk saudara kita di Palestina. Salurkan ke sini ya, BSI 703.057.9946 an Yayasan Dompet Dhuafa Republika Semoga kebaikanmu, jadi amalan ibadah pelengkap menuju Surga terbaikNya aamiin . . #dompetdhuafa #menebarkebaikan #RamadanSaatnyaberbagilagi #RamadanDiPalestina #KebaikanSedekah #Ramadan1442H #Palestina #prayforpalestine #israelterrorist https://www.instagram.com/p/COwoAgPs9FF/?igshid=1492jxi3alvwf
Hari terakhir Ramadan 1442 Hijrah. Moga semua amalan kita diterima, dosa-dosa kita diampunkan dan terus doakan untuk sama-sama, baik untuk sahabat di Malaysia mahupun di mana sahaja, termasuk di Palestin. Insya-Allah. Hanya kepada Allah kita berserah. Moga dipermudah. 🌻
Day 14 – What challenge did you overcome and be grateful for?
Fulfilling my own expectation has been one of the greatest challenges I’ve faced and more of them will keep on coming.
After high school, the main challenge was to get into university and there was only one acceptable university I set for myself. I failed the non-test entrance scheme and there were only two weeks towards the written test. It was the longest three weeks in my life, but the day I read the announcement, the world suddenly turns brighter. I made it through the tiny needle hole.
During university, I didn’t set that many ambitious goals. I just want to experience a lot of different things and meet a lot of people. When I was in the first year and I got my first A, I thought getting a 4.00 for a GPA is possible (it is possible for certain people but not me), but then I got all ABs for calc, physics, and chemistry and I suppose it was already good enough for me. I survived the first year without having to retake anything. I wanted to graduate cumlaude but I am not the most diligent student. I studied last minute, slept at 3am the day before the exam, and prayed that whatever that is that I’ve learned would come out at the test. I managed to get my GPA past 3.5 on the 7th semester thanks to the guaranteed-A elective courses.
I guess one of the biggest challenges during university was juggling so many things at the same time. My third year was the craziest. I was a lab assistant for the most practicum-heavy laboratory, where we had to run each module almost every week during the night; a secretary general at the students association that would kept us at the uni up til midnight; and a journalist for the university news team on top of the craziest lab/course of PLO (Plant Lay Out) where a group of two students will be given sheets and sheets of Excel full of rows of data and we have to analyze everything and draw a full report on a weekly basis. I think everybody was sleep deprived.
After graduation, it got harder. Everybody went to find their own path and I wanted to stick with mine. The challenge was to keep going after so many rejections and doubts and feeling not good enough. I was grateful that I could raise from the failures, brush them off, kept on improving myself, and finally received the best email I’ve ever read in my life. It was the period where I felt the crappiest, and the scholarship was the external validation that made everything worth it. It also brought back my confidence and created a humbler version of me.
I learnt so much. Nothing I have planned has came true. Allah handed me better things in each stages of my life. I wanted to study Architecture, but I made it to my first option and studied Industrial Engineering - a program that screams me. I wanted to go to Sweden for grad school, but I ended up in the Netherlands, meeting so many good people and learned so much more about myself and what I want to do with my life. I thought I’d be able to secure the ultimate goal I had for my post-master’s life (uhm, settling down) but now I’m back to square one and my phone has been so goddamn silent. However, I am now starting my career in a company that holds up the values that I admire, with a day-to-day jobdesc that is unbelievably aligned with my master’s.
I am grateful that what I want has not been aligned with what I actually need, because I received better things. It took quite a great burden off my shoulder, knowing that I can do my best and nothing would happen because it is not meant to be. I know that God only has three answers to our prayers: ‘Yes’, ‘Yes, but not now’, and 'I have something better’. Things that are meant for me will find its way to me, and although I may not understand it fully at this moment, I eventually will. Here’s the quote that I look up from time to time to calm myself down:
dua hari lalu, saya kedapatan tugas lapangan untuk pengambilan dokumentasi branding. qadarullah donaturnya agak telat, macet, dan nyasar, jadilah selesainya mentok banget maghrib, hahah.
alhamdulillah, jadi bisa ifthar bareng 100 yatim :) semoga jadi bagian dari secuil keberkahan Ramadan yang bisa saya kantongin. aamiin.
di perjalanan pulang, alhamdulillah langit cerah dan awan-awan masih kelihatan walaupun adzan isya dah lewat lumayan jauh. tiba-tiba tertegun ngelihat bulan. kok, dia kayak separo, sih. ini emang tanggal berapa Ramadan? eh.
Me: "Kak, bulannya,"
EH: "Kok, dia gitu, sih? kayak setengah."
Me: "hari ke-8 kan, ini?"
EH: "iyak,"
yaa Allah, cepet banget, udah mau sepertiga Ramadan. yaa, target.. yaa, waktu.. yaa, amal.. yaa Allah, ini belum sampai mana-mana. apanya yang mau dimenangin nanti?
halah, sepik!
gitu aja terus tiap tahun. ulang aja terus tiap Ramadan. heran, kok nggak ada belajar-belajarnya jadi manusia. bisa-bisanya ngaku rindu Ramadan, semangat bener nyusun targetan, tapi kepedean nggak pemanasan. ngakunya jetlag di awal, dibikinlah sederet pemakluman. tau-tau lebaran. baru dah, gelagapan. makan tuh, rindu! sepik mulu sih, lu!
“dan celakalah seseorang, Bulan Ramadhan menemuinya kemudian keluar sebelum ia mendapatkan ampunan,” ーHR. Tirmidzi
na'udzubillah tsumma na'udzubillah. semoga kita termasuk orang-orang yang Allah beri hidayah :"
Marhaban ya Ramadan ※ Semoga Ramadhan tahun ini lebih baik daripada Ramadhan sebelumnya. Semoga Allah menerima amal ibadah kita di bulan suci ini. Aamiin.