Ruling on welcoming the month of Ramadan with good news and reminders
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Question:
We are approaching the month of Ramadan, so is there a word for the occasion of this blessed month? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes, the month of Ramadan is a blessed month, and it is the master of the months. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to give his Companions good news about Ramadan and say:, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 2014.
Therefore, the believer should prepare for it, and strive for a sincere intention in his fasting, perfecting his fasting, guarding it, and performing night prayers according to his ability; because it is a great month, in which one should increase in the obedience of Allah, strive in reading the Qur'an, and increase in it, and study it with his brother. If two students or more study it together, that is good. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to study the Qur'an with Jibril in Ramadan. So if studying together is facilitated, it is better, and there is great good in it. Increasing in the recitation of the Qur'an was known among the Salaf. Allah the Exalted said: [al-Baqarah: 185], so it is the month in which the Qur'an was revealed. It is fitting for the believer to increase in its recitation, reflect on its meanings, and increase in other acts of worship: from prayer, charity, frequent remembrance of Allah, visiting the sick, maintaining family ties, showing mercy to the poor, and doing good to them, and other forms of good. It is a great month in which one should increase in every kind of good.
May Allah grant everyone success and guidance, and bring us and you to its fasting and night prayers.
And among what is mentioned regarding this great month: that it is better to perform the night prayer in congregation in the mosques, and it is better for the prayer to be eleven or thirteen rak'ahs. This is the best. If one prays twenty with witr, or more than that, there is no harm. The matter is broad, praise be to Allah. The Companions did both: they prayed twenty with witr of three, and they prayed eleven, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did. The matter is broad, but what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did is the best: eleven or thirteen, saying taslim after every two rak'ahs, and making witr with one. This is the best. In the first part of the night, in congregation. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 1605Sahih (Darussalam). So it is better for the one who stands with the imam to remain with him until he leaves, so that that night is recorded for him, with attention to listening, reflection, understanding, and not rushing. Many people pray a prayer in tarawih that they do not understand; they rush. This is not permissible. Rather, one must be calm, understand his recitation, and reflect, so that he benefits and benefits those behind him. Rushing is not permissible, so clapping for the prayer invalidates it. It is obligatory for the believer to be calm in it, and not to rush: not in his recitation, not in his bowing, and not in his prostration. Rather, he should be calm and read a clear recitation from which those behind him benefit.
May Allah grant everyone success, and bring everyone to its fasting and night prayers, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
We are approaching the month of Ramadan, so is there a word for the occasion of this blessed month? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes, the month of Ramadan is a blessed month, and it is the master of the months. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to give his Companions good news about Ramadan and say:
The month of Ramadan has come to you, a blessed month, a month in which sins are erased and supplication is answered, so show Allah good from yourselves, for the wretched one is the one who is deprived of the mercy of Allah.
جاءكم شهر رمضان، شهرٌ مباركٌ، شهرٌ تُحطُّ فيه الخطايا، ويُجاب فيه الدعاء، فأروا الله من أنفسكم خيرًا، فإنَّ الشَّقي مَن حُرم رحمة اللهWhoever fasted the month of Ramadan out of sincere Faith (i.e. belief) and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his past sins will be forgiven, and whoever stood for the prayers in the night of Qadr out of sincere Faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven
مَن صام رمضان إيمانًا واحتسابًا غُفر له ما تقدَّم من ذنبه، ومَن قامه إيمانًا واحتسابًا غُفر له ما تقدَّم من ذنبهTherefore, the believer should prepare for it, and strive for a sincere intention in his fasting, perfecting his fasting, guarding it, and performing night prayers according to his ability; because it is a great month, in which one should increase in the obedience of Allah, strive in reading the Qur'an, and increase in it, and study it with his brother. If two students or more study it together, that is good. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to study the Qur'an with Jibril in Ramadan. So if studying together is facilitated, it is better, and there is great good in it. Increasing in the recitation of the Qur'an was known among the Salaf. Allah the Exalted said:
The month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur'an
شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُMay Allah grant everyone success and guidance, and bring us and you to its fasting and night prayers.
And among what is mentioned regarding this great month: that it is better to perform the night prayer in congregation in the mosques, and it is better for the prayer to be eleven or thirteen rak'ahs. This is the best. If one prays twenty with witr, or more than that, there is no harm. The matter is broad, praise be to Allah. The Companions did both: they prayed twenty with witr of three, and they prayed eleven, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did. The matter is broad, but what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did is the best: eleven or thirteen, saying taslim after every two rak'ahs, and making witr with one. This is the best. In the first part of the night, in congregation. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever prays Qiyam with the Imam until he finishes, Allah (SWT) will record for him the Qiyam of a (whole) night.
مَن قام مع الإمام حتى ينصرف كتب الله له قيام ليلةٍMay Allah grant everyone success, and bring everyone to its fasting and night prayers, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Source
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