🌙 The Blessings of the Month of Ramadan 🌙

The month of Ramadan is a blessed month for many reasons, so we must be sure to take advantage of all of its blessings. Allah has opened the gates of His mercy, chained the devils, and multiplied the rewards for every good deed. Let us explore the great virtues of this magnificent month.

📖 The Month the Qur'an Was Revealed

شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِّنَ الْهُدَىٰ وَالْفُرْقَانِ

"The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Quran, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights the month, let him fast it."

Surah Al-Baqarah · 2:185

🚪 The Gates of Heaven Are Opened

إِذَا دَخَلَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ فُتِّحَتْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ، وَغُلِّقَتْ أَبْوَابُ جَهَنَّمَ، وَسُلْسِلَتِ الشَّيَاطِين

"When the month of Ramadan begins, the gates of the heaven are opened and the gates of Hellfire are closed, and the devils are chained."

Sahih Bukhari 1800 · Grade: Sahih

🤲 Forgiveness of All Previous Sins

⭐ The Magnified Virtue of Fasting

— Allah says in Hadith Qudsi —

كُلُّ عَمَلِ ابْنِ آدَمَ لَهُ إِلاَّ الصِّيَامَ فَإِنَّهُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ

"All the deeds of the children of Adam are for them, except fasting which is for Me, and I will give the reward for it."

Fasting is a shield. The Prophet ﷺ said: "If one of you is fasting, he should avoid intimate relations and arguments. If someone should fight with him, he should say: I am fasting."

"By Him in whose hand is my soul, the unpleasant smell from the mouth of a fasting person is better in the sight of Allah than the smell of musk."

"There are two pleasures for the fasting person — one at the time of breaking his fast, and the other when he meets his Lord; then he will be pleased because of his fasting." — Sahih Bukhari 1805

🌟 The Night of Decree (Laylatul Qadr)

إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ ۝ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ ۝ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ

"Verily, We sent the Quran down during the Night of Decree. What will make you know what is the Night of Decree? The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months."

Surah Al-Qadr · 97:1-3

🕌 The Sunnah of I'tikaf (Mosque Retreat)

Aisha (RA) reported: "The Prophet ﷺ used to retreat in the mosque during the last ten nights of Ramadan until Allah the Exalted took him. His wives continued to observe this practice after him." — Sahih Muslim 1172

Imam Ash-Shafi'ee said: "Whoever desires to follow the example of the Prophet ﷺ should seek seclusion in the mosque during the last ten nights — entering before the setting of the sun on the twenty-first night."

💚 Increase All Good Deeds & Generosity

"Being generous and performing favors are highly recommended during Ramadan, specifically during the last ten nights. This month is honoured and good works carried out in it are more blessed than they are at any other time."

— An-Nawawi, Al-Majmu 501