LAHORE – Shab-e-Barat, the night between day 14 and 15 of Sha’ban,considered as the night of fortune, repentance and divine blessings for theMuslims will be observed tonight with the assurance to strictly followCovid-19 SOPs.
Shab-e-Barat takes place from dusk today until Tuesday dawn. The night offorgiveness is observed 15 days before the start of the holy month ofRamadan. Muslims believe that Allah SWT writes their destinies for thecoming year, after taking into account their past events and that is whythe Muslims spent this night praying and asking for mercy for all theirwrongdoing.
The mosque administrations across Pakistan have already startedpreparations to celebrate the occasion and to facilitate worshippers bystrictly following Standard Operating Procedures guidelines as the thirdwave of novel Covid-19 intensifies across Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Religious scholars would highlight the true teachings of Islam and variousaspects of the life of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). *Mahafil-e-Na’at* have alsobeen arranged by different mosques by following Standard OperatingProcedures (SOPs) against Covid-19 to mark the holy night and win divineblessings.
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People light candles and scent sticks on the graves of their loved ones andseek Allah’s blessings. Many faithful have planned to throng the mosques tooffer special prayers (Nawafil and Shabina) during the whole night.