The holy Shab-e-Baraat, the night of reverence, fervour and divine blessings for the Muslims, would be observed tonight (Thursday night.
The Shab-e-Baraat is the night of blessings and worship of the Allah, the fifteenth night of Shaban, the eighth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, is known as Shab-e-Barat while it is known as Laylatul Bara’ah or Laylatun Nisfe min Sha’ban in the Arab world.
Muslims typically celebrate Shab-e-Barat on the 15th of Shaban, usually around fifteen days before the month of Ramadan begins. This year, Shab-e-Barat will be celebrated on July 5, Thursday night. Shab-e-Barat has tremendous benefits for the Muslims. It is the best to pray and worship Allah on that night and seek his forgiveness. The Muslims pass the night (Shab-e-Barat) offering special prayers, recitation from the Holy Quran, holding Milad Mahafil, Zikr and other religious rituals to mark the occasion with due solemnity. People also visit the graveyards of their relatives and offer fateha for the departed souls of their beloved ones.
According to a Hadith, Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) said that any individual who fasts for three days during the month of Shabaan and recites durood three times at Iftar, Allah will forgive his sins and will increase his provisions. Additionally, the person will enter the Paradise on a female camel on the Day of Judgment.