(Ahadith Regarding the Month of Ramazan 40 (part 1

40 Ahadith Regarding the Month of Ramazan

IntroductionThe Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) has said:
Those people from amongst my ummah, who memorise forty traditions pertaninig to those issues of religion, which they are in need of, Allah shall resurrect them on the Day of Judgment as jurisprudents and scholars. (Bihaar al-Anwaar, vol. 2, p. 156; Al-Ikhtasaas, p.2)

Hadith No. 1

Why the name 'Ramadhan'?

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) said:

Surely, the month of Ramadhan has been named so because it scorches away the sins.
Kanz al-'Ummal, H.: 23688

Hadith No. 2

The Name of God

Imam Sadiq (A.S.) has said:

Say not, "This is Ramadhan" and "Ramadhan has departed" and "Ramadhan has arrived" for surely, Ramadhan is one of the names of Allah, The Mighty, the Glorious, who neither arrives nor departs. Surely, arrives and departs that, which is ephemeral, Instead say: "The month of Ramadhan".

Al-Kafi, 4, pg,: 70

Hadith No. 3

The Month of Revelation of the Qur'an

Imam Reza (A.S.) has said:

If one asks, "Why is it that the fasts were made obligatory exclusively in the month of Ramadhan and not in the other months?" it would be said, "(this is) because the month of Ramadhan is the month in which Allah, the Exalted, had revealed the Qur'an."
Bihar al-Anwar, vol.: 18, Pg,: 190

Hadith No. 4

Reward for Recitation of the Qur'an

Imam Reza (A.S.) has said:

Someone who recites one verse from the Book of Allah, The Mighty, The Glorious, in the month or Ramadhan, is like one who has recited the entire Qur'an in the other months.
Bihar al-Anwar, vol.: 93, Pg.: 344

Hadith No. 5

Reward of the Month of Ramadhan

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) was asked:

O' Prophet of Allah! Which of the two months possesses a greater reward, Rajab or the month of Ramadhan?

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) replied:

Nothing can be compared to the month of Ramadhan in terms of reward.
Bihar al-Anwar, vol,: 97, pg,: 49

Hadith No. 6

The Month of God

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) said:

Sha'ban is my month and the month of Ramadhan is the month of Allah, The Exalted, and it is the springtime for the poor.

Bihar al-Anwar, vol,: 97, Pg,: 68

Hadith No. 7

The Chosen Month

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) said:

Surely, Allah, The Mighty, The Glorious, has chosen from amongst the months (and granted preference to), the months of Rajab, Sha'ban and the month of Ramadhan.
Bihar al-Anwar, vol,: 27, Pg,: 53.

Hadith No. 8

The Great Month

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) said:

Surely, the month of Ramadhan is a great month. Allah multiplies in it the good deeds, erases in it the sins and elevates in it the ranks.

Wasail al-Shia'h, vol,: 10, Pg,: 312

Hadith No. 9

The Chief of the Months

Imam 'Ali (A.S.) said:

The month of Ramadhan has approached you. It is the chief of all months and the beginning of the year.

ihar al-Anwar, vol.: 42, Pg,: 193

Hadith No. 10

The Beginning of the Year

Imam Sadiq (A.S.) said:

if the month of Ramadhan remains safe and sound (with respect to sins), the (entire) year shall remain so (too);

the month of Ramadhan is the beginning of the year.

wasail al-Shia'h vol.: 10, Pg,: 311

Hadith No. 11

The Month of Mercy

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) has said:

It (Ramadhan) is the month, whose beginning is mercy, its middle, forgivness and its end, emancipation from the fire (of hell).

Bihar al-Anwar, vol,: 93, Pg,: 342

Hadith No. 12

Excellence of the Month of Ramadhan

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) said:

O' People! Surely, the month of God has approached you. The month which, in the eyes of Allah, is the most virtuous of the months. Its days are the best of the days and its nights, the best of the nights and its moments, the best of the moments.
Bihar al-Anwar, vol,: 96, Pg.: 356

Hadith No. 13

The Best of the Months

Imam Sadiq (A.S.) said:

The best of the months is the month of God - the month of Ramadhan - and the heart of the month of Ramadhan is the Night of Qadr (Lailatul Qadr).

Bihar al-Anwar, vol.: Pg.: 386.

Hadith No. 14

The Night of Qadr

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) said:

O' People! Surely, a great and blessed month has enveloped you. A month, in which there is a night, deeds in which are better than of a thousand months.
Bihar al-Anwar, vol.: 96, Pg.:342.

Hadith No. 15

Gift of Allah's Month

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) said:

Your breath in it glorification (of Allah) and your sleep in it worship (of Allah).
Bihar al-Anwar, vol.: 96, Pg.: 356.

Hadith No. 16

Fasts of the Month of Ramadan

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) said:

The month of Ramadhan is the month in which Allah, The Mighty, The Glorious, has made fasting obligatory upon you. So one, who fasts in this month in a state of belief and with the intention of recompense, shall become free of his sins just as he was on the day when his mother gave him birth.

Tahdheeb al-Ahkam, vol.: 4, Pg.: 152.

Hadith No. 17

The Month of Spiritual Striving

In his testament to his sons, Imam Sadiq (A.S.) said:

When the month of Ramadhan arrives, exert yourselves, for surely it is in this month that livelihood is distributed, the hour of death is ordained and the arriving for Hajj is decreed. In it is a night, deeds in which are better than deeds in a thousand months.
Al-Kafi, vol.: 4, Pg.:66.

Hadith No. 18

The Month of Good Deeds

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) said:

This month of yours (Ramadhan) is unlike the other months. Surely, when it approaches you, it does so with blessings and mercy and when it turns away from you, it does so with forgiveness of sins. This is a month in which good deeds are multiplied and of goodness accepted.

Wasail al-Shia'h, vol.: 10, pg.: 312.

Hadith No. 19

The Blessed Month

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) has said:

Surely, the month of Ramadan, the blessed month, has come to you. The month, whose fasts Allah has made obligatory upon you. In it, the doors of Paradise are opened up and the Satans fettered, and in it is the Night of Qadr, which is more virtuous than a thousand months.

Tahdheeb al-Ahkam, vol.: 4, Pg.: 152.

Hadith No. 20

The Month of Ramadhan and Seeking Forgiveness

Imam 'Ali (A.S.) said:

It is incumbent upon you to seek forgiveness and supplicate excessively in the month of Ramadhan. As for the supplication, by means of it the calamities are warded off from you, and as for the seeking of forgiveness, it erases away your sins.
Al-Kafi, vol.: 4, Pg.: 88.