Gathering to eat and celebrate on the last day of Sha’baan

Some families get together on the last night of Sha’baan and make food, and some of their lders recite poems for this occasion. What is the ruling on this getting together to eat?


Praise be to Allaah.

We put this question to Sahykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, may Allaah preserve him, who replied as follows:

I think that this is closer to bid’ah (innovation), and it should be disallowed rather than permitted, because it is being taken as an “Eid” (regular celebration). If it happened only once, then it is OK.

Our response is: we do not allow it.

And Allaah knows best.

Sahykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen

The Refutation Against the Lies of Al-Anbaree and the Clarification of the Fasaad of the Basis of his Meth`haab in Al-Irjaa' [1]: Written by the Shaykh Hamoud bin ‘Aqlaa’ah Al-Shu’aybee - 1421 H.

Praise be to Allaah, Lord of the Worlds, and the reward is for the Mutaqeen, and there is no enmity except against the Thaalimeen, and I bear witness that there is no one worthy of worship except Allaah, alone and he has no partner, the God of the first and the last and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger. May Allaah send blessings upon him and his family and his companions collectively, and to proceed:


I have looked at all of the sayings of Khaalid Al-Anbaree and it has become clear to me by my reading of these sayings and some of his books that he is a Murji'ee from the pure Murji'yah; the ones that are under the school of thought of Jahm bin Safwaan in Irjaa'.
That is the school of thought which – from its Usool – is that no one disbelieves accept with rejection (Juhood) or Istih'laal [2], but as far as the one who knows Allaah and approves of Him, then he does not disbelieve and he does not leave the Milla. And this going astray has spread in this era, and this spreading wasn’t due to anything accept for him and the likes of him, so they have went astray and made people go astray.