Shaban
Night Prayer in Ramadan
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever prays at night in Ramadan out of faith and in the hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.”
Fiqh of Ramadan in Brief
The fast of Ramadan becomes obligatory when thirty days of the preceding month, Sha`ban, are past or with the seeing of the new moon of Ramadan. This seeing is established with the testimony of one trustworthy witnesses or as some [`ulama] say, two. If one witness is accepted, it is a condition that he must have the quality of veracity… If we should fast because of such testimony and did not see the moon [of Shawwal] after thirty days, we might still end the fast even if the sky was cloudy…
