Shab-e-Barat is an important night for the Muslim community to apologize or mercy for their illegal work or crime from Almighty Allah. It is also known as the night of forgiveness and is celebrated every year in the month of the Islamic Date of Shaban 14. In the year 2025, Shab-e-Barat will be celebrated between the night of February 13 and February 14 in India. As per the Islamic Calendar, it will be celebrated between the night of 14th and 15th in the month of Shaban. On this night, the doors of Allah’s mercy and forgiveness are spread broad open for every person. Mid Shaban is celebrated that is only by the Shia community to celebrate the birth anniversary of the 12th Imam Mahdi with fireworks.

The celebration of Shab-e-Barat may include visiting the graves of deceased loved ones, special prayers, offering charity or food to poor or needy people, and recitation of Quran. It is compulsory or common for Muslims to pray throughout the night. It is believed that God forgives the sins of people who spent the whole night in prayer and seek forgiveness. On this night, God grants them mercy and blessings. The blessed night begins at sunset on the 14th Shaban and ends on the 15th Shaban during the Shab-e-barat. Thus, Sab-e-barat is the night for seeking forgiveness, prayer, deceased family members, and many more.

Shab-e-Barat is also the night of forgiveness and prayer where Muslims observe prayers the whole night and ask forgiveness for themselves and their ancestors. In the Shab-e-barat, people offer namaz in their homes and mosques for forgiveness.

During the Shab-e-Barat, Muslims pray the entire night and ask God to bestow them with his blessings and forgive their sins. On this day, people make and distribute sweets (halwa) to each other. The Shia community celebrates the birth anniversary of Imam Mahdi with fireworks on the night of Shaban 15.

Shab-e-Barat (Shaban 14) Night of Forgiveness