Virtues of Ramadaan
Bismillah
The Virtues of Ramadaan
1 – Allaah has made fasting this month the fourth pillar of Islam.
2 – Allaah revealed the Qur’aan in this month.
3 – Allaah has made Laylat al-Qadr in this month, which is better than a thousand months.
4 – Allaah has made fasting Ramadaan and spending its nights in prayer out of faith and in the hope of reward a means of forgiveness of sins.
5 – In this month, Allaah opens the gates of Paradise and closes the gates of Hell, and chains up the devils.
6 – Every night Allaah has people whom He redeems from the Fire.
7 – Fasting Ramadaan is a means of expiation for the sins committed since the previous Ramadaan, so long as one avoids major sins.
8 – Fasting in Ramadaan is equivalent to fasting ten months.
9 – Whoever prays qiyaam in Ramadaan with the imam until he finishes, it will be recorded for him that he spent the whole night in prayer.
10 – ‘Umrah in Ramadaan is equivalent to Hajj.
11 – It is Sunnah to observe i’tikaaf (retreat for the purpose of worship) in Ramadaan.
12 – It is mustahabb in the sense of being strongly recommended in Ramadaan to study the Qur’aan together and to read it a great deal.
13 – It is mustahabb in Ramadaan to offer iftaar to those who are fasting.
Karim Baz
September 2, 2008
Jazakumullahu Khayran for the post. I clicked through to the article on Islam QA. After looking at it, I realized that I probably would not have read through the whole thing on my own. This quick little summary made it easy to pick up the key points.