Qiyamul-layl: The Prophet,
, said:
"Whoever performed the night prayer during Ramadaan out of belief and anticipating God's rewards, will be forgiven his previous sins."
[Related by Muslim]
Performing 'Umrah: The Prophet,
, said:
"'Umrah during Ramadhan is like making Hajj with me."
[Related by al-Hakim]
Offering iftar to those who fasted: The Prophet,
, said:
"Whoever feeds a fasting person has the same reward as him, except that the reward of the fasting person will not be diminished."
[Related by Ahmad]
Reading and completing the Qur'an: The Prophet,
, used to recite the whole
Qur'an to Jibril each Ramadaan. The Prophet,
, said:
"Fasting and [reading the] Qur'an will intercede for the person: fasting will say: O Lord I forbade him eating and drinking so let me intercede for him, and the Qur'an will say: I deprived him from his night sleep so let me intercede for him." He then said: "So they will intercede."
[Related by Ahmad]
Giving charity: Ibn 'Abbas,
may Allah be pleased with him, said:
"The Prophet, peace be upon him, was the most generous among people, and he was more generous during the month of Ramadaan."[Related by Muslim]
I'tikaf: Which is to confine oneself in the
masjid for prayer and invocation leaving the worldly activities. It is surprising that many people have abandoned
i'tikaf though the Prophet never abandoned it from the time he arrived to Madinah until he died. Ibn 'Abbas,
may Allah be pleased with him, said:
"The Prophet,
, used to perform i'tikaf during the last ten days of Ramadhan."
[Related by Muslim]
Supplication: Allah said:
"And when My slaves ask you (O Muhammad) concerning Me, then answer them, I am indeed near to them. I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me."
[Al-Qur'an 2:186]
This is an encouragement for the fasting person to increase his invocation. The Prophet,
, said:
"Three invocations will be answered: The invocation of the fasting person, the invocation of the oppressed, and the invocation of the traveler."
[Related by Muslim]
Repentance: Ramadaan is the time of repentance and return to Allah, for it is a time when the devils are chained, and when many people are saved from hell fire every night by the grace of Allah.
Applying oneself in all good deeds in the last ten days of Ramadaan: Aishah,
may Allah be pleased with her, said:
"When the last ten days come, he would pray most of the night and wake his family, and apply himself, and tighten up his loincloth." She also said:
"The Messenger of Allah used to strive in the last days of Ramadaan more than he did during the other days."
[Related by Muslim]
Abstaining from vain talk: Sins decrease the reward of fasting although they do not annul it. The Prophet,
, said:
"Fasting is not [only] abstaining from eating and drinking, but abstaining from vain and obscene talk, so if someone insulted you or wronged you say: I am fasting."
[Related by al-Hakim] He also said:
"Whoever does not abandon lying, then Allah does not need him to abandon his food and drink."
[Related by al-Bukhari]
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