The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) addressed his companions on the last day of Sha`ban, saying, "Oh peole! 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
In another hadith, the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) says, "Ramadan has come to you. (It is) a month of blessing, in which Allah covers you with blessing, for He sends down Mercy, decreases sins and answers prayers. In it, Allah looks at your competition (in good deeds), and boasts about you to His angels. So show Allah goodness from yourselves, for the unfortunate one is he who is deprived in (this month) of the mercy of Allah, the Mighty, the Exalted." -Narrated by Tabarani
And when opening your fast:
Hadhrat Ibn Abbas (radiAllahuAnhu) relates that the prophet Muhammad (Salallahu Alayhi Wassalam) said: 'blessing comes down upon food in it's middle, so eat from the sides of the vessel and do not eat from its centre' -Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi.
Adding more later, inshaAllah.
Last edited by Pk_#2; 09-10-2008 at 10:22 AM.
Reason: Name capitalised, for the sister on page 4 who got annoyed by it =) JazakiAllahu khair.
"Whoever lives amongst you will see much differing, so adhere to my Sunnah" Muhammad (صلّى الله عليه و سلم)
You know ukhti this has to be the best thread for ramadhan. My best read over ramadhan. I wish i had made more of ramadhan though. InshaAllah i will use these reminders next year. And make Ramadhan the bestest of months!!!!! Well done ukhti, continue to add more content
FiAmaaniAllah
Wa'AlaykumSalaam Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh,
Oh jazakAllaahu khair and InshaAllaah, may our next Ramadhan be better in good deeds then the previous Ramadhan,
I will add more content inshaAllaah,
(I'm gonna make use of reference books in Uni, that a certain special *cough* db*cough* brother has shown me,
AsalamuAlaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.
"Whoever lives amongst you will see much differing, so adhere to my Sunnah" Muhammad (صلّى الله عليه و سلم)
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