Bara'th

♣ I missed Holy Prophet (Sallalahu Alaihi Wasallam) one night. So I went out (to search him). He was at Baqi’ and he said. “Were you afraid that Allah and His Messenger would be unfair to you?” I said, “0 Messenger of Allah! Sallalahu Alaihi Wasallam I thought that you have gone to one of your wives. He said, “Indeed, Allah the Blessed and the Exalted descends on the night of the fifteenth of Sha’ban to the sky above the earth and forgives people more that the hair of the sheep of Banu Kaib”.

Narrated by Aisha (RadhiAllahu Anha)​​

Tirmidi 739, Ahmed 26077, Ibn Majah 1389

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♣ Holy Prophet (Sallalahu Alaihi Wasallam) said:

Allah, the Exalted and Glorious looks down on "the middle night of Sha'ban" and forgives all His creation. except a polytheist or one who is mushahin.

Narrated by Abu Musa Ash'ari (RadhiAllahu Anhu)​​

Ibn Majah - 1380

♣ Holy Prophet (Sallalahu Alaihi Wasallam) having said to him or to someone else: Did you fast in the "Middle of Sha'ban? He said: No. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet(ﷺ) said: If you did not observe fast, then you should observe fast for two days.

Narrated by Imran Bin Husain (RadhiAllahu Anhu)​​

Sahih Muslim - 2607

♣ Holy Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said:

Allah looks at His creation in the night of mid-Sha`ban and He forgives all His creation except for a mushrik (idolater) or a mushahin (one bent on hatred)

Narrated by Muadh Ibn Jabal (RadhiAllahu Anhu)​​

Tabarani: Al-Mu'jam Al-Kabir 20/108-9, Ibn Hibban: Sahih Ibn Hibban 7-470, Al-Bayhaqi: Shu'bal Iman 2-288,

Abulhasan Al-Qazwini: Al-Amali 4-2,Ibn 'Asakir: Al-Tarikh 15/302 & Ibn Abi 'Asim:Al-Sunna1/224

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♣ Holy Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said:

Allah looks at His creation during the night of the 15th of Sha'ban and He forgives His servants except two- one intent on hatred (mushanin) and a murderer (qatilu nafs).

Narrated by Abdullah Ibn Amr (RadhiAllahu Anhu)​​

Musnad Ahmad - 6642