Blessings of the 5 Letters of Shaban (شعبان)

Blessings of the 5 letters of شَعۡبَان [Sha’ban]

سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه! What a great honour the month of Sha’ban-ul-Mu’azzam bears. Above all, this is more than enough to demonstrate its excellence that our Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم declared it as ‘my month.’ There are five Arabic letters in the word (شَعۡبَان): ش), ع, ب, ا and (ن. His Saintly Highness Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه has explained these five alphabets of (شَعۡبَان) as: (ش) Stands for Sharaf (nobility), (ع) for ‘Uluww (ascension), (ب) for Birr (kindness and benevolence), (ا) for Ulfat (affection) and (ن) for Noor (light); so these are the virtues with which Allah Almighty bestows His servants in this blessed month.

In this month, doors of good deeds are opened, blessings are showered, wrongdoings are forgiven, expiation is paid for sins and Salat is invoked extensively upon the Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, and this is the (special) month of sending Salat upon the Greatest and Final Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

(Ghunya-tut-Talibeen, vol. 1, pp. 341-342)