وسم الآرشيف: Ramadan preparation

Sha‘ban: Hidden Devotion and Fasting as Preparation for Ramadan

Sha‘ban: Hidden Devotion and Fasting as Preparation for Ramadan

Introduction: Sha‘ban Between Heedlessness and Readiness In the spiritual calendar of a believer, months are not merely a succession of days. They are opportunities for recalibration of the heart, refinement of resolve, and elevation of spiritual consciousness. Sha‘ban, positioned between the sacred month of Rajab and the holy month of Ramadan, occupies a unique space,…

Sha‘ban Explained: Preparing the Heart and Soul for Ramadan’s Blessings

Ramadan does not begin with the crescent—it begins with preparation.

A Theological and Spiritual Reading of Sacred Time in Islam Time, in the Islamic worldview, is never neutral. Days and months are not empty containers through which life merely passes; they are divinely selected arenas of testing, refinement, and spiritual disclosure. Among these sacred intervals stands the month of Sha‘ban, occupying a subtle and often…