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No doubt, the holy night of Shab-e-Barat has great significance as Allah forgives sins of those who pray to Him for His forgiveness in this holy night. But unfortunately there are some Muslims (of some particular sect) who do not recognise Shab-e-Barat or the holy night of forgiveness as a night of any significance. According to them, there is no direct instruction regarding this night in the holy Quran or no authentic Hadith is available emphasizing the importance of observing Shab-e-Barat. They say that this is a culture developed by the Muslims of our subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh). Some of them even dare to allege that their forefathers had committed sin by observing Shab-e-Barat!

I think it has become greatly essential for the Islamic Scholars to pass their scholarly inference on the basis of Islamic documents available on this issue.

Professor M Zahidul Haque

Chairman,

Department of Agricultural Extension & Information System,

Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University,

Dhaka-1207.