Ramadan – Charity

On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: The messenger of Allah said:

“Each person’s every joint must perform a charity every day the sun comes up : to act justly between two people is a charity; to help a man with his mount, lifting him onto it or hoistingd up his belongings onto it is a charity: a good word is a charity, every step you take to prayers is a charity and removing a harmful thing from the road is a charity.” -Bukhari and Muslim

Ramadan – Believe

 When My servants ask you about Me, I am always near. I answer their prayers when they pray to Me. The people shall respond to Me and believe in Me, in order to be guided.  The Quran [2:186]

Ramadan – The Gates Of Heaven Are Open

Abu Huraira (Radi Allah Anhu) Narrated: Allah’s Apostle (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam) said, “When the month of Ramadan starts, the gates of the heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed and the devils are chained.”  (Sahih Bukhari : volume 3, Book 31, Number 123)

Ramadan – Sins Forgiven

 

Abu Huraira related that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever fasts during Ramadan with faith and seeking his reward from Allah will have his past sins forgiven. Whoever prays during the nights in Ramadan with faith and seeking his reward from Allah will have his past sins forgiven. And he who passes Lailat al-Qadr in prayer with faith and seeking his reward from Allah will have his past sins forgiven. (Bukhari, Muslim)

Ramadan – The Quran As A Guide

 

“Ramadan is the month in which was sent down the Qur’an as a guide to mankind, also clear (signs) for guidance and judgement (between right and wrong). So everyone of you who is present (at home) during that month should spend it in fasting.”

The Qur’an, 2:185

Ramadan – A Shield

“Fasting is a shield, and charity extinguishes sin just as water extinguishes fire.” from Sahih At-Targhib Wat-Tarhib, by Al-Albani.

Ramadan – Allah Does Not Make Things Difficult

 Allah intends for you ease, and He does not want to make things difficult for you. (He  wants that you) must complete the same number (of days), and that you must magnify  Allah for having guided you so that you may be grateful to Him” (2: 185).

Ramadan – A Gate To Paradise

 

Sahl ibn Sa’d reported that the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam said: “There is a gate to Paradise that is called Ar-Rayyan. On the Day of Resurrection it will say: ‘Where are those who fasted?’ When the last [one] has passed through the gate, it will be locked.” [al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Ramadan – Virtues Of Doing More

The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) addressed his companions on the last day of Sha`ban (The month before Ramadan), saying, “Oh people! A great month has come over you; a blessed month; a month in which is a night better than a thousand months; month in which Allah has made it compulsory upon you to fast by day, and voluntary to pray by night. Whoever draws nearer (to Allah) by performing any of the (optional) good deeds in (this month) shall receive the same reward as performing an obligatory deed at any other time, and whoever discharges an obligatory deed in (this month) shall receive the reward of performing seventy obligations at any other time. It is the month of patience, and the reward of patience is Heaven. It is the month of charity, and a month in which a believer’s sustenance is increased. Whoever gives food to a fasting person to break his fast, shall have his sins forgiven, and he will be saved from the Fire of Hell, and he shall have the same reward as the fasting person, without his reward being diminished at all.” [Narrated by Ibn Khuzaymah]

Ramadan – God Consciousness

“O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed to those before you, so that you might attain God-consciousness.” -Quran, Al-Baqarah – 183