Hadith 31-198

حَدَّثَنا تَمِيمُ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ تَمِيمُ القُرَشِي قالَ: حَدَّثَني أَبي قالَ: حَدَّثَني أَحْمَدِ بْنِ عَلِى الأَنْصارِي، عَنْ عَبْد السَّلامُ بْنِ صالِح الهَرَوِيِّ قالَ: دَخَلتُ عَلَى أَبي الحَسَن عَلىِّ بْنِ‏مُوسَى الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فِي آخِرَ جُمعَةٍ مِن شَعْبانَ فَقالَ لي: يا أَبَا الصَّلْتِ إِنَّ شَعْبانَ قَدْ مَضى‏ أَكْثَرَهُ وَهذا آخِر جُمعَةٍ مِنْهُ فَتَدارَك فِيما بَقِيَ مِنْهُ تَقصيرَكَ فِيما مَضى‏ مِنْهُ، وَعَلَيْكَ بِالإقبالِ عَلَى ما يَعنيكَ تَرَك ما لا يَعنيكَ وَأَكْثَرَ مِنَ الدُّعاءِ وَالاِستِغفارِ وَتَلاوَة الْقُرْآنِ وَتُب إِلَى اللَّهِ مِن ذُنُوبِك لِيُقبِلَ شَهْر اللَّه إِلَيكَ وَأَنْتَ مُخلِصٌ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلا تَدَعَنَّ أَمانَةَ فِي عُنُقِك إِلاّ أدَّيتَها لا فِي قَلْبِكَ حَقَّدا عَلَى مُؤْمِن إِلاّ نَزَعتَهُ وَلا ذَنْباً أَنْتَ مُرتَكِبُه إِلاّ اَقلَعتَ عَنْهُ وَاَتِّق اللَّه وَتَوَكَّل عَلَيْهِ فِي سِرُّ أَمْرِكَ وَعَلانِيَّتِه (وَمَنْ يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَحَسْبُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بالِغُ أَمْرِهِ قَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدْراً) وَأَكْثَر مِن أَن تَقُول فِيما بَقِي مِن هذا الشَّهرِ (اَللّْهُمَّ إِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ قَدْ غَفَرتَ لَنا فِي ما مَضى‏ مِن شَعْبانَ فَاغفِر لَنا فِيما بَقِيَ مِنْهُ) فَإِنَّ اللَّه تَبارَكَ وَتَعالى‏ يَعتِقُ فِي هذا الشَّهرُ رقاباً مِنَ النَّار لِحُرمَةِ شَهْرِ رَمَضان.

Tamim ibn Abdullah ibn Tamim al-Qurashi - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his father quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Ali Al-Ansari, on the authority of Abdul Salam ibn Salih al-Harawi, “I went to see Abil Hassan Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) on the last Friday in the (Arabic) month of Sha’ban. Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) told me, ‘O Aba Salt! Most of the (Arabic) month of Sha’ban has passed. Now this is its last Friday. Perform the good deeds that you neglected to do during all this month in the few remaining days. I advise you to do what is beneficial for you, and abandon doing what is of no use for you. Increase the amount of supplications, asking for God’s forgiveness, reciting the Qur’an, making repentance to God for the sins you have committed so that God turns towards you in this month while you have been sincere with your Lord - the Honorable the Exalted. Do not let the responsibility for anything you have been entrusted with remain on your shoulders. Return them to their owners. Do not let any hate for any believers remain in your heart. Throw it away. Do not let any sins that you have committed remain. Get rid of them. Fear God and rely on Him regarding your private and public affairs. God suffices for whoever relies on Him since God is one who perfects His acts. He has indeed established a destiny for everything. You should often say the following in the remaining days of this month, ‘O my God! If you have not forgiven us up until this time of the month, I beg of Thee to forgive us during the remaining period of this month’ as God the Blessed the Sublime frees many people from the Fire during this month for the respect they hold for the (Arabic) month of Ramadhan.’”