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tabarani:17413Aḥmad b. al-Naḍr al-ʿAskarī > Hishām b. Khālid > ʿUtbah b. Ḥammād > al-Awzāʿī and Ibn Thawbān from his father > Makḥūl > Mālik b. Yukhāmir > Muʿādh b. Jabal

from the Prophet ﷺ who said, "Allah ˹audits˺ His creation on the middle night of ˹the month of˺ Shaʿbān and He forgives all of His creation, except for the one who associates partners with Him or one filled with malice."  

الطبراني:١٧٤١٣حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ؛ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ؛ ثنا عُتْبَةُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ؛ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ وَابْنِ ثَوْبَانَ؛ عَنْ أَبِيهِ؛ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ؛ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ يُخَامِرَ؛ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «يَطَّلِعُ اللهُ ﷻ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ لَيْلَةَ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَيَغْفِرُ لِجَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ إِلَّا لِمُشْرِكٍ أَوْ مُشَاحِنٍ»  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:1390Rāshid b. Saʿīd b. Rāshid al-Ramlī > al-Walīd > Ibn Lahīʿah > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Ayman > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿArzab > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ "Allah ˹audits˺ during the night of the middle of ˹the month of˺ Shaʿbān and then He forgives all His creation except for the one who associates partners with him and the one filled with hate."  

Muḥammad b. Isḥāq narrated to us; Abū al-Aswad al-Naḍr b. ʿAbduljabbār; Ibn Lahīʿah narrated to us; narrated to us; from al-Zubayr b. Sulaym; from al-Ḍaḥaāk b. ʿAbdulraḥman; from his father who said: I heard Abū Mūsá from the Prophet ﷺ the same.
ابن ماجة:١٣٩٠حَدَّثَنَا رَاشِدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ؛ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ؛ عَنِ ابْنِ لَهِيعَةَ؛ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ أَيْمَنَ؛ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَرْزَبٍ؛ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيَطَّلِعُ فِي لَيْلَةِ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَيَغْفِرُ لِجَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ إِلاَّ لِمُشْرِكٍ أَوْ مُشَاحِنٍ۔»  

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ؛ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَسْوَدِ النَّضْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ؛ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ؛ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ؛ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا مُوسَى عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ
ahmad:6642Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > Ḥuyay b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ḥubulī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah ˹audits˺ his creation during the night of the middle of ˹the month of ˺ Shaʿbān then He forgives all His servants, except for the one filled with hate or a murderer."  

أحمد:٦٦٤٢حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ; حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ; حَدَّثَنَا حُيَيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ; عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحُبُلِيِّ; عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «يَطَّلِعُ اللهُ ﷻ إِلَى خَلْقِهِ لَيْلَةَ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَيَغْفِرُ لِعِبَادِهِ إِلَّا لِاثْنَيْنِ مُشَاحِنٍ وَقَاتِلِ نَفْسٍ۔»  

ذِكْرُ مَغْفِرَةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا فِي لَيْلَةِ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ إِلَّا مَنْ أَشْرَكَ بِهِ أَوْ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ أَخِيهِ شَحْنَاءُ

ibnhibban:5665Muḥammad b. al-Muʿāfá al-ʿĀbid Biṣaydā and Ibn Qutaybah and others > Hishām b. Khālid al-Azraq > Abū Khulayd ʿUtbah b. Ḥammād > al-Awzāʿī And Ibn Thawbān from his father > Makḥūl > Mālik b. Yukhāmir > Muʿādh b. Jabal

from the Prophet ﷺ who said, "Allah ˹audits˺ His creation on the middle night of Shaʿbān and He forgives all of His creation, except for an idolater or one filled with malice."  

ابن حبّان:٥٦٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُعَافَى الْعَابِدُ بِصَيْدَا وَابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ وَغَيْرُهُ قَالُوا، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْأَزْرَقُ قَالَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خُلَيْدٍ عُتْبَةُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ وَابْنِ ثَوْبَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ يُخَامِرَ، عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «يَطْلُعُ اللَّهُ إِلَى خَلْقِهِ فِي لَيْلَةِ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَيَغْفِرُ لِجَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ إِلَّا لِمُشْرِكٍ أَوْ مُشَاحِنٍ۔»  

suyuti:5016a

“Allah looks down on the night of the middle of Sha’ban and forgives all His creation, apart from the idolater and the Mushahin.” Another chain from Abu Musa, from the Prophet ﷺ with similar wording. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1390)   

السيوطي:٥٠١٦a

"إِنَّ الله لَيَطَّلِعُ فِي لَيلَةِ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَيَغْفِرُ لِجَميعِ خَلْقِه إلا لِمُشْرِكٍ، أَوْ مُشَاحِنٍ".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة عن أَبي موسى
suyuti:28008aIbn ʿAmr

"Allah ˹audits˺ his creation during the night of the middle of ˹the month of ˺ Shaʿbān and then He forgives all His servants, except two: the one filled with hate and a murderer."  

Aḥmad, Bazzār's Sunan from Ibn ʿAmr
السيوطي:٢٨٠٠٨aعن ابن عمرو

«يَطَّلعُ اللَّه عَلَى خَلْقِهِ لَيْلَة النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ، فَيَغْفِرُ لِعِبَادِهِ إِلَّا اثْنَيْنِ: مُشَاحِنٌ أَوْ قَاتِلُ نَفْسٍ۔»  

[حم] أحمد [ز] البزّار في سننه عن ابن عمرو
suyuti:16080a

"During the night of the middle of ˹the month of˺ Shaʿbān, Allah forgives the people of Earth, except for the one who associates partners with Him or the one filled with malice."  

Bayhaqī's Shuʿab from Kathīr b. Murrah al-Ḥaḍramī and said, it is mursal-jayyid
السيوطي:١٦٠٨٠aعن كثير بن مرة الحضرمى

«فِي لَيلَة النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانِ يَغْفِرُ اللهُ لأَهْلِ الأَرْضِ إِلَّا لِمُشْرِكٍ أَوْ مُشَاحِنٍ۔»  

[هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن كثير بن مرة الحضرمى، وقال: مرسل جيد