Ayah's and Hadith's about Ramadan

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Allah's Apostle 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." [Bukhari] ...

Narrated Abu Huraira(r.a): The Prophet said:"... whoever fasts during
Ramadan out of sincere faith and hoping to attain Allah's rewards, then
all his past sins will be forgiven." (Sahih Al-Bukhari).

"...whoever witnesses the Month of Ramadan should fast through it..."
Q(2:185)

"Ramadan is the (month) in which the Quran was sent down, as a guide
to mankind and a clear guidance and judgment (so that mankind will distinguish
from right and wrong).." (Q 2:183)

"Oh you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed
to those before you, that you many learn piety and rightousness" (Qur'an,
al-Baqarah, 2:183)

"...And it is better for you that ye fast, if ye only knew." (Q 2:184)

The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) addressed
his companions on the last day of Sha`ban, 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]

It is called the night of Power (i.e Laelat-ut Qadr) or the night of
blessing (Laelat-ul mubarak). The deed in this night is better than the
rewards of deeds of 1,000 months (about 83.3 years).

"Indeed We have revealed it (Qur'an) in the night of Power. And what
will explain to you what the night of Power is? The night of Power is better
than a thousand months. Therein descends the Angels and the Spirit (Jibreel)
by Allah's permission, on every errand: (they say) "Peace" (continuously)
till the rise of Morning!" Q(97:1-5)

Abu Said al-Khudri reported that the Messenger of Allah, said: "No servant
fasts on a day in the path of Allah except that Allah removes the hellfire
seventy years further away from his face." This is related by "the group,"
except for Abu Dawud.

`Abdullah ibn `Amr reported that the Messenger of Allah, salla Allahu
alaihi wa sallam, said: "The fast and the Qur'an are two intercessors for
the servant of Allah on the Day of Resurrection. The fast will say: 'O
Lord, I prevented him from his food and desires during the day. Let me
intercede for him.' The Qur'an will say: 'I prevented him from sleeping
at night. Let me intercede for him.' And their intercession will be accepted."
[Ahmad]

Abu Umamah reported: "I came to the Messenger of Allah and said: 'Order
me to do a deed that will allow me to enter Paradise.' He said: 'Stick
to fasting, as there is no equivalent to it.' Then I came to him again
and he said: 'Stick to fasting."' [Ahmad, an-Nasa'i, and al-Hakim].

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].

He who is amongst those who pray will be called from the gate of the
prayer (in Paradise) and he who is from the people of Jihad will be called
from the gate of Jihad, and he who is from those' who give in charity (i.e.
Zakat) will be called from the gate of charity, and he who is amongst those
who observe fast will be called from the gate of fasting, the gate of Raiyan."
Abu Bakr said, "He who is called from all those gates will need nothing,"
He added, "Will anyone be called from all those gates, O Allah's Apostle?"
He said, "Yes, and I hope you will be among those, O Abu Bakr." [Bukhari]

Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet (S) said : "The time between
the five prayers, two consecutive Friday Prayers, and two cosecutive Ramadans
are expiations for all that has happened during that period, provided that
one has avoided the grave (major) sins." [Muslim]

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]

Abu Umaamah r.a.a. said: I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, tell me of an
action by which I may enter Paradise'. He said: 'Take to Fasting, there
is nothing like it.' [An-Nasaa'ee, Ibn Hibbaan, Al-Haakim, Saheeh]

"Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before
you, that you may attain taqwaa." [2:183]

The most honoured by Allah amongst you are those best in taqwaa."[49:13]

"Every action of the son of Adam is given manifold reward, each good
deed receiving then times its like, up to seven hundred times. Allah the
Most High said, 'Except for fasting, for it is for Me and I will give recompense
for it, he leaves off his desires and his food for Me.' for the fasting
person there are two times of joy; a time when he breaks his fast and a
time of joy when he meets his Lord, and the smell coming from the mouth
of the fasting person is better with Allah than the smell of musk." [al-Bukhaaree]

"Fasting is a shield with which a servant protects himself from the
Fire." [Ahmad, Saheeh]

On the Day of Judgement, "Fasting will say: O My Lord I prevented him
from food and desires so accept my intercession for him." [Ahmad, al-Haakim
and Abu Nu'aim, Hasan]

There are in the month of Ramadhan in every day and night those to whom
Allah grants freedom from the Fire, and there is for every Muslim an supplication
which he can make and will be granted." [al-Bazzaar, Ahmad, Saheeh]

The Prophet said: He who gives food for a fasting person to break his
fast, he will receive the same reward as him, except that nothing will
be reduced from the fasting persons reward." [Ahmad, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn
Maajah, Ibn Hibbaan, Saheeh].

"When My servants ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed close (to them):I
listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth on Me: let them
also, with a will, listen to My call, and believe in Me: that they may
walk in the right way." (Q 2:188)

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This article was compiled by Huma Ahmad

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