Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem
Hazrat Aayesha
(Radhiyallahu ‘Anha) said:
"One night
Rasulullah (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam) woke up and performed Salaah. He
prolonged the Sajdah to such an extent that I wondered whether he had passed
away. Seeing this, I got up and shook his foot. Perceiving movement, I felt at
ease.
When Rasulullah
(Sallallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam) lifted his head from Sajdah and completed his
Salaah, he said: "O Humairah (RA)!
Did you think that the Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam) had deceived you?"
I replied in
the negative and said: "I swear in
the name of Allah, due to the length of your Sajdah I thought that you had
passed away. "
Nabi
(Sallallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said: "Do
you know what night this is?"
I said: "Allah and his Rasul (Sallallaahu
‘alaihi wasallam) know best."
He said: "This is the fifteenth night of
Sha'baan, Allah looks at His servants in this night and forgives those who seek
forgiveness, shows mercy upon those who seek mercy and delays the decision of
those who harbour feelings of hatred for others”
(Baihaqi)
It is also
mentioned in this narration that Hazrat Aisha (RA) heard Nabi (Sallallaahu
‘alaihi wasallam) reading this Dua in his Sajdah:
