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Episode 12: The 15th of Sh’abān
With the beginning of the month of Sh’aban we have a tremendous opportunity on the eve of the 15th to prepare for Ramadan. This is also a reminder of the importance of supplication (dua) and charity.
Episode Notes
Selected Links
For a more detailed look into the reasons behind creation and self-purification in Islam see this blog post.
Preserved Tablet
Battle of Hunayn
Quran mentioned
“We have not created mankind and jinn kind except to worship”, 51:56
“Blessed is the person who refines their self, and wretched is the person who doesn’t”, 91:9
“He caused you to dwell on earth and asked you to build it”, 11:61
“I am sending to this earth a vicegerent (khalīfa)”, 2:30
“If my servant asks about Me, indeed I am near”, 2:186
“We are closer to him than his own jugular”, 50:16
Hadith mentioned
“I was only sent to perfect human character”, Ahmad
“whoever doesn’t ask Allah, He is upset”, Ahmad
“Ask Allah and you are certain of the response”, Ahmad
“Allah was and nothing was with Him”, Bukhari
Shafi dua of 15th of shaban accepted dua, Imam al-Shafi in his Um.
“Prophet was most generous and more generous in Ramadan”, Bukhari
“cure your sick with charity”, al-Bayhaqi
People mentioned
Ibn ‘Arabi
Abu Sufyan
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