IN the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Sha’ban is the name of the (eighth) month, and it is so called because in this month the Arabs used to disperse (Tasha’aba) in search of ...

Shab-e-Barat, recognised as one of the most sacred nights in the Islamic calendar, occurs on the 15th night of Sha'ban, the eighth month of the Islamic year. Known as the 'Night of Forgiveness ...

Sha'ban, which precedes the holy month of Ramadan in the Islamic (Hijri) calendar, is likely to begin on March 4. As per astronomical calculations, the crescent moon - which signals the start of a ...