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Nothing authentic has been related concerning the virtue of the month of Rajab, other than it being one of the sacred months. Therefore, it should not be singled out from other months for any particular type of worship, such as Salat al-Ragha'ib, which has…

Note. Salat al-Ragha'ib is an innovation that is practised on the night of the first Jumu'ah (i.e., Thursday night) of Rajab, between Maghrib and Isha.

Imam al-Nawawi said:

The prayer which is known as Salat al-Ragha'ib, which is twelve rak’ahs that are offered between Maghrib and ‘Isha on the night of the first Friday in Rajab, and praying one hundred rak’ahs on the night of Nisf Sha’ban (halfway through Sha’ban) are both reprehensible innovations. No one should be deceived by the fact that they are mentioned in Qut al-Qulub and Ihya ‘Ulum al-Din, or by the hadith which is quoted in these two books, because all of that is false. No one should be deceived by some of those imams who were confused about the ruling on these prayers and wrote essays stating that they are mustahab, for they are mistaken in that. Imam Abu Muhammad ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Isma’il al-Maqdisi wrote a valuable book showing that they are false, and he did well in that, may Allah have mercy on him.”

الصلاة المعروفة بصلاة الرغائب, وهي ثنتا عشرة ركعة تصلى بين المغرب والعشاء ليلة أول جمعة في رجب, وصلاة ليلة نصف شعبان مائة ركعة وهاتان الصلاتان بدعتان ومنكران قبيحتان ولا يغتر بذكرهما في كتاب قوت القلوب, وإحياء علوم الدين, ولا بالحديث المذكور فيهما فإن كل ذلك باطل، ولا يغتر ببعض من اشتبه عليه حكمهما من الأئمة فصنف ورقات في استحبابهما فإنه غالط في ذلك, وقد صنف الشيخ الإمام أبو محمد عبد الرحمن بن إسماعيل المقدسي كتابا نفيسا في إبطالهما فأحسن فيه وأجاد رحمه الله.

Al-Majmu’, 3/548

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Note. Salat al-Ragha'ib is an innovation that is practised on the night of the first Jumu'ah (i.e., Thursday night) of Rajab, between Maghrib and Isha.

Imam al-Nawawi said:

The prayer which is known as Salat al-Ragha'ib, which is twelve rak’ahs that are offered between Maghrib and ‘Isha on the night of the first Friday in Rajab, and praying one hundred rak’ahs on the night of Nisf Sha’ban (halfway through Sha’ban) are both reprehensible innovations. No one should be deceived by the fact that they are mentioned in Qut al-Qulub and Ihya ‘Ulum al-Din, or by the hadith which is quoted in these two books, because all of that is false. No one should be deceived by some of those imams who were confused about the ruling on these prayers and wrote essays stating that they are mustahab, for they are mistaken in that. Imam Abu Muhammad ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Isma’il al-Maqdisi wrote a valuable book showing that they are false, and he did well in that, may Allah have mercy on him.”

الصلاة المعروفة بصلاة الرغائب, وهي ثنتا عشرة ركعة تصلى بين المغرب والعشاء ليلة أول جمعة في رجب, وصلاة ليلة نصف شعبان مائة ركعة وهاتان الصلاتان بدعتان ومنكران قبيحتان ولا يغتر بذكرهما في كتاب قوت القلوب, وإحياء علوم الدين, ولا بالحديث المذكور فيهما فإن كل ذلك باطل، ولا يغتر ببعض من اشتبه عليه حكمهما من الأئمة فصنف ورقات في استحبابهما فإنه غالط في ذلك, وقد صنف الشيخ الإمام أبو محمد عبد الرحمن بن إسماعيل المقدسي كتابا نفيسا في إبطالهما فأحسن فيه وأجاد رحمه الله.

Al-Majmu’, 3/548

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