قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا تِلْكَ الْأَعْمَالُ...
قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا تِلْكَ الْأَعْمَالُ لِنُثَابَ عَلَيْهَا They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww !
And what are those deeds so we can be habitual upon it?’ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَمَّا قَيْسُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ الْمِنْقَرِيُّ فَإِنَّهُ أَمَرَ بِمَعْرُوفٍ فِي يَوْمِ غُرَّةِ شَعْبَانَ وَ قَدْ نَهَى عَنْ مُنْكَرٍ وَ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَلِذَلِكَ قُدِّمَ لَهُ النُّورُ فِي بَارِحَةِ يَوْمِهِ عِنْدَ قِرَاءَتِهِ الْقُرْآنَ Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘As for Qays Bin Aasim Al-Miqary, so he enjoined with the goodness during the day of the first of Shaban, and he had forbidden from evil, and pointed upon goodness.
Therefore, due to that, the light preceded for him during the previous night of his day – with his recitation of the Quran.
وَ أَمَّا قَتَادَةُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ فَإِنَّهُ قَضَى دَيْناً كَانَ عَلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمِ غُرَّةِ شَعْبَانَ فَلِذَلِكَ أَسْلَفَهُ اللَّهُ النُّورَ فِي بَارِحَةِ يَوْمِهِ And as for Qatada Bin Al-Nu’man, so he fulfilled the debt which was upon him during the day of the first of Shaban, therefore, due to that, Allah -azwj Sent forth the light during the previous night of his day.
وَ أَمَّا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ بَرّاً بِوَالِدَيْهِ فَكَثُرَتْ غَنِيمَتُهُ فِي هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنْ غَدِهِ قَالَ لَهُ أَبُوهُ إِنِّي وَ أُمَّكَ لَكَ مُحِبَّانِ وَ إِنَّ امْرَأَتَكَ فُلَانَةَ تُؤْذِينَا وَ تَعِيبُنَا وَ إِنَّا لَا نَأْمَنُ مِنِ انْقِلَابٍ فِي بَعْضِ هَذِهِ الْمَشَاهِدِ وَ لَسْنَا نَأْمَنُ أَنْ تُسْتَشْهَدَ فِي بَعْضِهَا فَتُدَاخِلَنَا هَذِهِ فِي أَمْوَالِكَ وَ يَزْدَادَ عَلَيْنَا بَغْيُهَا وَ غَيُّهَا And as for Abdullah Bin Rawaha, so he was righteous with his parents, and his booty was a lot during this night.
When it was the morning, his father said to him, ‘I and your mother are both beloved to you, and your wife so and so, is hurting us and tiring us. And we are not secure of you being harmed during one of these confrontations, and we are not secure that you might be martyred in one of these, so you would include us in this wealth and she would increase her rebellion and her curses upon us’.
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