The Month of Ramadhaan
Suhoor (Sehri)
Days of Ramadhaan
Sawm (Fasting)
iftaar
Nights of Ramadhaan
Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power)
I’tikaaf
Last Night of
Ramadhaan
The Month of Ramadhaan
O people, there comes upon you a great month, a most blessed month, in which lies a night greater in worth than one thousand months. Allah has made compulsory Fasting in this month and has decreed wakefulness at night (i.e. Taraaweeh) Sunnah. Whosoever tries drawing nearer to Allah by performing any Nafl (optional) deed in this month, for him shall be such reward as if he had performed a Fardh in any other time of the year. And whoever performs a Fardh, for him shall be the reward of seventy Fardh in any other time of the year. This is indeed the month of patience, and the reward for true patience is Jannah; it is the month of sympathy with one's fellowmen; it is the month wherein a true believer's Rizq (provision) is increased.
(Ibne Khuzaymah)
The month of Ramadhaan, the month of blessings has come to you, wherein Allah turns towards you and sends down to you this special Mercy, forgives your faults, accepts prayers, appreciates your competition for the greatest good and boasts to the angels about you. So show to Allah your righteousness; for verily, the most pitiable and unfortunate one is he who is deprived of Allah's Mercy in this month.
(Tabraani)
The doors of Jannah are opened up on the first night of Ramadhaan. Not a single door is closed until the last night of Ramadhaan.
(Bayhaqee)
And in this month, four things you should endeavour to perform in great number; two of which shall be to please your Lord, while the other two shall be those without which you cannot make do. Those which shall be to please your Lord, are that you should in great quantity recite the Kalimah Tayyibah: 'Laa ilaaha illallah', and make much 'istighfaar' (beg Allah's forgiveness). And as for those without which you cannot make do, you should beg Allah for entry into Jannah and seek refuge with Him from the fire of Jahannam.
(Ibne Khuzaymah)
When the month of Ramadhaan comes, the doors of Jannah are thrown open and the doors of Jahannam are closed and the shayaateen are chained up.
(Bukhaari, Muslim)
Suhoor (Sehri) Verily, Allah and His angels send mercy upon those who eat Suhoor.
(Tabraani)
Eat Suhoor because in Suhoor lies barakah.
(Mishkaat)
Days of Ramadhaan
The fishes in the sea seek forgiveness for those fasting until they break their fast. Allah decorates His Jannah every day and then says, "The time is near when my pious servants shall cast aside the great trials and come to me."
(Ahmad)
During each day and night of Ramadhaan, Allah sets free great number of souls from Hell. And for every Muslim, during each day and night, at least one du'aa is certainly accepted.
(Bazzaaz)
Sawm (Fasting)
Sawm (Fasting) is a shield, as long as he (the fasting person) does not tear it up.
(Nisaee)
Note: Fasting is a protection from Shaytaan or from Allah's punishment in the Hereafter. One who indulges in sins whilst fasting such as lies, backbiting etc., they become the cause of the fast becoming wasted.
All good deeds are for the one who renders them, but Fasting. Fasting is exclusively for me (Allah).
(Bukhaari)
Fasting is a shield and a powerful fortress
.(Ahmad, Bayhaqee)
I swear by that being in whose possession is the life of
Muhammad! The odour of the mouth of a fasting person is sweeter to Allah than the fragrance of musk.(Bukhaari)
Fasting is exclusively for
Allah, the reward of it (being limitless) no one knows besides Allah.(Tabraani)
iftaar
(Ibne Khuzaymah, Bayhaqee)
Whoever gave a person, who fasted, water to drink, Allah shall give him a drink from my fountain where after he shall never again feel thirsty until he enters Jannah.
(Ibne Khuzaymah)
The fasting person experiences two (occasions) of delight: at the time of iftaar and at the time he will meet his Rabb.
(Bukhaari)
Not a single prayer made by a fasting person at the time of breaking fast is rejected.
(Ibne Maajah)
Nights of Ramadhaan
Whoever stands in prayer and worship in (the nights of) Ramadhaan, with Imaan and with sincere hope of gaining reward all his previous sins are forgiven.
(Bukhaari, Muslim)
Allah ta'aalaa
has ordained Fasting in Ramadhaan compulsory, and I have decreed (by the command of Allah) wakefulness at night (that is Taraaweeh, etc.) Sunnah. Whoever in the state of Imaan and with hope of gaining reward, fasts in Ramadhaan and stays awake at night (Taraaweeh), emerges from sin, purified as the day when his mother gave birth to him.(Nisaee)
For every Salaat performed during the nights of Ramadhaan (that is Taraaweeh, etc.), Allah ta'aalaa records one and a half thousand good deeds for every sajdah (prostration).
(Bayhaqee)
Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power)
Whoever stands in prayer and worship in the night of power with Imaan and with sincere hope of gaining reward all his previous sins are forgiven.
(Muslim)
Look for the night of power among the odd numbered nights of the last ten days of Ramadhaan.
(Mishkaat)
I’tikaaf
It is related by Aboo Hurayrah radhiyallahu anhu that Rasoolullah sallallahu alayhi wasa1llm observed I’tikaaf for ten days every year in the month of Ramadhaan. In the year he passed away he observed it for twenty days.
(Bukhaari)
Those who observe (I’tikaaf) are prevented from all sins and they obtain reward as if they are rendering all good deeds.
(Mishkaat)
He who observes the ten days of i'tikaaf during Ramadhaan will obtain the reward of two Hajj and two Umrah.
(Bayhaqee)
Last Night of Ramadhaan
Rasoolullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam said, 'On the last night of Ramadhaan the fasting Muslims are forgiven.' The Sahaabah radhiyallahu anhum inquired, 'O Rasoolullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam, is that the night of power?' Nabee sallallahu alayhi wasallam replied, 'No! but it is only right that a servant should be given his reward on having completed his duty.'
(Ahmad)