Eid Mubarak

Forty Hadith (Ahadith) in the month of Ramazan:

Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) has said: “Those people from amongst my ummah, who memorize forty hadith (traditions) pertaining to those issues of religion, which they are in need of, Allah shall resurrect them on the Day of Judgment as jurisprudents and scholars.”

(Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 2, pg. 156; Al-Ikhtasaas, pg. 2)

Hadith No. 01

Why the name ‘Ramazan’?

Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) said: “Surely, the month of Ramazan has been named so because it scorches away the sins.”

Kanz al-Ummal, H: 23688

Hadith No. 02

Ramazan: The Name of God

Imam Sadiq (A.S.) has said: Say not, “This is Ramazan” and “Ramazan has departed” and “Ramazan has arrived” for surely, Ramazan 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 Ramazan”. Al-Kafi, 4, pg. 70

Hadith No. 03

Ramazan: The Month of Revelation of the Holy

Imam Reza (A.S.) has said: If one asks, “Why is it that the fasts were made obligatory exclusively in the month of Ramazan and not in the other months?” it would be said, “(this is) because the month of Ramazan is the month in which Allah, the Exalted, had revealed the Holy Quran.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 18, pg. 190

Hadith No. 04

Reward for Recitation of the Holy

Imam Reza (A.S.) has said: “Someone who recites one verse from the Book of Allah, The Mighty, The Glorious, in the month of Ramazan, is like one who has recited the entire Holy Quran in the other months.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 93, pg. 344

Hadith No. 05

Reward of the Month of Ramazan

Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) was asked: O’ Prophet of Allah! Which of the two months possesses a greater reward, Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) replied: Nothing can be compared to the month of Ramazan in terms of reward.

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 97, pg. 49

Hadith No. 06

Ramazan: The Month of God

Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) said: is my month and the month of Ramazan is the month of Allah, The Exalted, and it is the springtime for the poor.

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 97, pg. 68

Hadith No. 07

Ramazan: The Chosen Month

Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) said: Surely, Allah, The Mighty, The Glorious, has chosen from amongst the months (and granted preference to), the months of Rajab, Shaaban and the month of Ramazan.

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 27, pg. 53

Hadith No. 08

Ramazan: The Great Month

Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) said: Surely, the month of Ramazan 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. 09

Ramazan: The Chief of the Months

Imam Ali (A.S.) said: The month of Ramazan has approached you. It is the chief of all months and the beginning of the year.

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 42, pg. 193

Hadith No. 10

Ramazan: The Beginning of the Year Imam

Sadiq (A.S.) said: If the month of Ramazan remains safe and sound (with respect to sins), the (entire) year shall remain so (too); the month of Ramazan is the beginning of the year.

Wasail al-Shia’h vol.10, pg. 311

Hadith No. 11

Ramazan: The Month of Mercy

Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) has said: It (Ramazan) is the month, whose beginning is mercy, its middle, forgiveness and its end, emancipation from the fire (of hell).

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 93, pg. 342

Hadith No. 12

Excellence of the Month of Ramazan Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) 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

Ramazan: The Best of the Months

Imam Sadiq (A.S.) said: The best of the months is the month of God - the month of Ramazan - and the heart of the month of Ramazan is the Night of Qadr.

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. pg. 386

Hadith No. 14

The Night of Qadr Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) 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 Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) 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

Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) said: The month of Ramazan 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

Ramazan: The Month of Spiritual Striving

In his testament to his sons, Imam Sadiq (A.S.) said: When the month of Ramazan 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

Ramazan: The Month of Good Deeds

Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) said: This month of yours (Ramazan) 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

Ramazan: The Blessed Month

Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) has said: Surely, the month of Ramazan, 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 Satan’s 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 Ramazan and Seeking Forgiveness Imam Ali (A.S.) said: It is incumbent upon you to seek forgiveness and supplicate excessively in the month of Ramazan. 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

Hadith No. 21

Opening of the doors of Paradise

Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) said: In it (the month of Ramazan) the doors of Hell are closed and the doors of Paradise opened.

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 96, pg. 363

Hadith No. 22

The Month of Ramazan

Imam Sadiq (A.S.) has said: Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny), initially observed the Itikaf (spiritual retreat) during the first ten days of the month of Ramazan.

Later, he observed it during the middle ten days of the holy month and finally, he observed it during the last 10 days of the month and then continued to do so in the last ten days (for as long as he was alive).

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 16, pg. 274

Hadith No. 23

The Month of Ramazan and Divine Books

Imam Sadiq (A.S.) said: The Torah was revealed on the sixth day of the month of Ramazan, the Bible, on the twelfth night of the month, the Paslms on the eighteenth night of the month and the Quran on the Night of Qadr.

Al-Kafi, vol. 4, pg. 157

Hadith No. 24

The Best Deed of the Month of Ramazan

During the course of a sermon of Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) about the virtues of the month of Ramazan. Imam Ali (A.S.) says: I stood up and asked: O’ Prophet of Allah! What is the best deed for this month? Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) replied: O’ Abul-Hasan! The best deed for this month is abstinence from that which is forbidden by Allah, The Mighty, The Glorious.

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 42, pg. 190

Hadith No. 25

Losers of the Month of Ramazan

Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) said: One who perceives the month of Ramazan and (does not strive in it and hence) is not forgiven, Allah distances him from Himself.

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 74, pg. 74

Hadith No. 26

Imam Sajjad (A.S.) and the Month of Ramazan

Imam Sadiq (A.S.) said: With the advent of the month of Ramazan, Imam Ali Ibn al-Hussain (A.S.) would cease to speak about anything except dua, tasbeeh (glorification of Allah), isteghfar (seeking forgiveness) and takbeer (saying ‘Allahu Akbar’).

Al-Kafi, vol. 4, pg. 88

Hadith No. 27

Fridays of the Month of Ramazan

Imam Baqir (A.S.) has said: Surely, the Fridays of the month of Ramazan possess an excellence over the Fridays of the other months, just as Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) possesses an excellence over the other prophets.

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 69, pg. 376

Hadith No. 28

Seven Excellences of Ramazan Fasting

Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) has stated: There is no Mu’min, who fasts for a day in the month of Ramazan with the intention of attaining its rewards, except that Allah, The Exalted, grants him seven excellences:

1. The forbidden food that had entered into his body melts away.

2. He moves closer to the Mercy of Allah, The Exalted.

3. Allah expiates his sins.

4. Allah reduces for him the agony of death.

5. Allah protects him from the hunger and thirst of the Day of Judgment.

6. He is granted pardon from the fire (of Hell).

7. Allah provides him the good and pleasant food of Paradise.

Mustadrak al-Wasaail al-Shia’h, vol. 7, pg. 395

Hadith No. 29

Ramazan: The Month of Patience Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) said: And it (the month of Ramazan) is the month of patience, and surely, the reward of patience is Paradise.

Al-Kafi, vol. 4, pg. 66

Hadith No. 30

Giving Charity Imam Sadiq (A.S.) has said: Allah shall ward off 70 kinds of calamities from one who gives charity in the month of Ramazan.

Wasaail al-Shia’h, vol. 9, pg. 404

Hadith No. 31

Reward of an Obligatory Act

Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) has stated: (The rewards of) one, who performs in it (the month of Ramazan) a single act from amongst the obligatory (wajib) acts of Allah, would be like (that of) one, who has performed seventy obligatory acts in the other months. Wasaail al-Shia’h, vol. 10, pg. 307

To be Contined

 Ramazan, the symbol of peace

It gives me a great pleasure to send this message of greetings on the important occasion of the Eid-ul-Fitr-Ramazan festival. This Eid is not only an occasion for enjoyment for all Muslims who had observed fasting for the month of Ramazan but also the day Allah (SWT) rewards them for the sincere obligations to Him. The message of peace, tolerance and patience was no doubt a practical reality while helping the Ummah in practicing the Commandments of Allah (SWT) and the traditions of our beloved Prophet Muhammed (Sal). At a time when the whole world is in tribulation, Ramazan has conveyed to the world the significance of peace and unity laying stress on the caring for others and less fortunate. I wish to express my warm and sincere Ramazan greetings to every member of our community to enjoy a peaceful and eventful Eid-Ul-Fitr. - M.H. Mohamed, MP, Minister of Parliment Affairs

Ramadhan - a month of patience and forgiveness

Ramadhan Festival message by Alhaj A. H. M. Fowzie, Minister of Petroleum and Petroleum Resource Development

Muslims throughout the world celebrate today as the day of Festival of Charity, the Eidul Fitr. To a pious Muslim this day marks the completion of a full month of fasting as ordained by Allah. Fasting rekindle in him the feelings for his fellow being and makes him more charitable.

Ramadhan has also been a month for forgiveness, patience, generosity and humanitarian deeds. Above all it is a month to seek protection, guidance, strength and support of Allah towards peaceful life and the successful attainments of our goals. Now that the three decades of blood spilling terrorism has ended we must thank Allah and resolve to work hard to turn our motherland a land of peace prosperity and development.

As patriotic citizens of the country every Muslim, in his prayer today seeks Allah’s blessings for the protection of our country from natural hazards and from men with evil minds; and to make it a stronger Nation to be able to face all challenges.

As Muslims, it is our belief that, unfailingly, Allah grants our pleas if we ask for it with true piety and purity of heart, if only we have obeyed his commands and observed the fast during the Holy Ramadhan.

Our main task ahead of us is to achieve national peace and to create an environment that people of all communities are ensured adequate safeguards to their life, property, dignity and honour, besides facilitating the fulfilment of our goals.

In order to achieve this it is essential that we take care to maintain internal unity of our Ummah shunning trivial differences and to act in unison with regard to matters affecting the community and the country.

On this day of Eidul Fitr, I appeal to my Muslim fraternity to rededicate themselves with newer energy gained from dutiful submission to Allah and to resolve to meet the challenges of the future.

I convey my sincere greetings to all my Muslim brothers and sisters. Eid Mubarak.

The blessed month of Ramadhan

S. Ayesha Yusuf

As we reach the end of the Holy Month of Ramadhan, the blessed month of peace, and mercy of Allah, we have to remind ourselves of our obligations to the Lord our Creator and Sustainer.

Fasting was prescribed for man that he attains Taqwa. It is the month of sincere repentance whereby we seek forgiveness for our past sins. Let us strive to fast in complete submission to our Lord, and rediscover our lost faith, whilst also seeking his help, to live as he has ordained for us always, and not only in this sacred month.

Repentance has a status, that does not exist with any other form of worship.

Allah loves those who repent, and diligently seek purity.

This is the month of endurance, that also brings Paradise within man’s reach. Fasting or Saum, one of the five pillars of Islam is a shield that protects man, and makes him aware of his obligations, and also enables him to control his desires. It distances man from the fire, for fasting comes between man and the fire.

Every action of the son of Adam is given manifold reward, each good deed receives ten times its like, upto seven hundred times.

Allah says “Except for fasting, for it is for me, and I will give recompense for it.” (Muslim).

The Glorious Quran, that came as a guidance to mankind was revealed in this Holy Month. Clear proof of guidance and the criterion of (right from wrong) are also part of the revelations that follow. So “whoever of you who sights the crescent moon, on the first night, he must fast that month.” (2-185).

“O ye who believe, Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may attain right consciousness.” (2-183)

Fasting enables man to master himself, and resist the cravings of his inner self. Instead of being a slave to his desires, he finds contentment, and inner peace, with the knowledge, that all this and fasting is for Allah’s sake.

Allah does not impose hardships on man for he knows his ability. In Surah Mulk Allah says: “Should he not know, he that created” (67-140) he understands the finest mysteries, and is well acquainted with them.

It is the month that enables Muslims to strengthen their faith, and increase their practices in meritorious deeds. We have to keep in mind, that fasting in Ramadhan does not mean to only abstain from food and drink, from dawn to dusk, but also to control our tongue and actions, devoid of evil deeds and speech. As we fast we come to terms with the pangs of hunger, the poor experience in their daily life. If we fast in its true sense, we can get its benefits, both spiritually and physically. It is for our well-being that Allah prescribed the fast in this Holy Month.

To Muslims, fasting is restricting the consumption of food and drink, as also our desires.

The Holy Prophet explained the excellence of fasting, and said, that when man fasts his sins are forgiven through this blessed act of worship.

“On no soul doth Allah place a burden grater than he can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and suffers every ill that it earns.” (2-285).

Hope it was a peaceful and blessed Ramadhan for the Muslim Ummah.

Prayers for economic growth

M.I. Ahmed Kabir

Let us all pray together that our country to achieve economic growth, says Minister of Co-operatives, Najeeb A. Majeed in his festival message, celebrating “Eid-ul-Fitr”.

He further says that we should determine to adopt the lessons that we learnt through fasting during the month of Holy Ramadhan, throughout our life at all circumstances.

The Al-Quran of Allah is a source of great strength to the Islamic life and faith.

The life of Prophet Sal following the tracks of Quran has been very exemplary.

We should also lead an exemplary life, practising the values of Islam from this day onwards.

Today, we have been liberated from the grip of war. Though we have a certain amount of relief, we should pray that our community to be entirely freed from poverty.

Further our community is in confrontation within them because of petty policy differences. Let us come out of this with the grace and teachings of Allah.

Imperialists are in the forefront to destroy us.

Let us pray to Allah that their attempts and plots become futile, abortive, shattered.

Also let us pray that we all in our country to lead a peaceful life, sinking the religious and race differences on this happy day of Ramadhan.

Greetings to all for a happy “Eid-ul-Fitr”.