"Rajab is the month of Allah, and Sha'ban is my month, and Ramadan is the month of my Ummah."

"رجبٌ شَهْرُ اللَّه، وشَعْبانُ شَهْرى، ورمضَانُ شَهْرُ أُمَّتى".

[Machine] On the authority of ʿĀʾishah, she said: A woman mentioned to her that she fasts in Rajab, so she said: If you must fast a month, then fast Shaʿbān, for in it there is merit.

"عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: أنَّ امَرَأَةً ذَكرَتْ لَهَا أَنَّهَا تَصُومُ رَجَب، فَقَالتْ: إِنْ كُنُتِ صَائِمَةً شَهرًا لَا مَحَالَةَ، فَعَلَيْكِ بِشَعْبَانَ؛ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ الفَضْلَ".

"There are five nights wherein supplications are not rejected: (1) the first night of ˹the month of˺ Rajab, (2) the night of the middle of ˹the month of˺ Shaʿbān, (3) the night of ˹every˺ Friday, (4) the night of the ˹ʿīd of˺ Fiṭr, and (5) the night of the ˹ʿīd of˺ Sacrifice.

«خَمْسُ لَيَالٍ لا تُرد فيهن الدَّعْوةُ: (١) أَوَّلُ لَيْلَةٍ مِن رجبٍ، (٢) ولَيْلَة النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ، (٣) ولَيلَةِ الجُمُعةِ، (٤) ولَيْلَةِ الفِطر، (٥) ولَيْلَةِ النَّحْرِ۔»

Allah ordains goodness during four nights: (1) the night of ˹the ʿĪd of˺ Adḥá and (2) ˹the ʿĪd of˺ Fiṭr, (3) the night of the middle of Shaʿbān – where the lifespans and provisions are ordained and the ˹upcoming performance˺ of Ḥajj is ordained – and (4) the night of ʿArafah until the Ādhān.

«يَنْسَخُ اللَّه ﷻ الخَيْرَ فِى أَرْبَعِ لَيَالٍ نَسخًا: (١) ليلةِ الأضحى، (٢) والفطر، (٣) وليلةِ النصفِ مِنْ شعبَانَ يَنْسخُ فِيهَا الآجال والأرْزَاق ويُكْتَبُ فِيهَا الحَجُّ، (٤) وفِى ليْلةِ عرفَةَ إِلى الأذَانِ۔»

Allah ﷻ ˹audits˺ his creation during the night of the middle of ˹month of ˺ Shaʿbān then forgives those seeking forgiveness and pardons those who are repenting, leaves the people of hate in their hatefulness, and forgives ˹others˺ except for the one who associates partners with Him or one filled with malice."

«يَطْلُعُ اللَّهُ تَبارَكَ وتَعالى عَلى خَلْقِهِ لَيْلَةَ النِّصْفِ مِن شَعْبانَ فَيَغْفِرُ لِلْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ ويَتُوبُ عَلى التّائِبِينَ ويَدَعُ أهْلَ الحِقْدِ بِحِقْدِهِمْ، فَيَغْفِرُ إلّا لِمُشْرِكٍ أوْ مُشاحِنٍ۔»