Hadith No. 1
Why the name Ramadhan?
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{إنَّما سُمِّي رَمَضَانُ لأنَّهُ يُرَمْضُ الذُّنوبُ}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) said:
Surely, the month of Ramadhan has been named so because it scorches away the sins.
Kanz ai-’Ummal, H.: 23688
Hadith No. 2
The Reverence of the Month of Ramadhan.
قال علي عليه السلام :
{لا تَقُولُوا رَمَضَانَ ولَكِنْ قُولُوا شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ فإنَّكُمْ لا تَدْرُونَ مَا رَمَضَانُ}
Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said:
Do not say Ramadhan rather say month of Ramadhan, for surely you know not what (really) Ramadhan is.
AI-Kafi, Vol.: 4, Pg.: 69
Hadith No. 3
The Name of God
قال الصادق عليه السلام :
{لا تَقُولُوا هَذَا رَمَضَانُ ولا ذَهَبَ رَمَضَانُ ولا جَاءَ رَمَضَانُ فَإنَّ رمَضَانَ إسْمٌ مِنْ أسْمَاءِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لا يَحِيءُ ولا يَذْهَبُ و إنَّمَا يَحِيءُ وَ يَذْهَبُ الزَّائِلُ ولَكِنْ قُولُوا شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ}
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) 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”.
AI-Kafi, Vol.: 4, Pg.: 70
Hadith No. 4
The month of Revelation of the Qur’an
قال الرضا عليه السلام :
{فَإنْ قَالَ فَلِمَ جُعِلَ الصَّوْمُ فِي شَهْر رَمَضَانَ خَاصَّةً دوُن سَائِرَ الشُّهُورِ قِيْل لأنَّ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانُ هُو الشَّهْرُ الَّذِي أُنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعالى فِيهِ القُرْآنَ}
Imam Redha (peace be upon him) has said:
If he asks, “Why is it that the fasts were made obligatory extensively in the month of Ramadhan and not in the other months?” it should 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. 5
The Spring of the Holy Our’an
قال الباقر عليه السلام :
{لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ رَبِيعٌ وَ رَبِيعُ الْقُرْآنِ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ}
Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said:
For every thing there is a (period of) spring and the spring of Qur’an is the month of Ramadhan.
Wasail aI-Shia’h, Vol.: 10, Pg.: 302
Hadith No. 6
The Reward for Recitation of the Qur’an
قال الرضا عليه السلام :
{مَنْ قَرَأَ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ آيةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ كَانَ كَمَنْ خَتَمَ القُرْآنَ فِي غَيْرِهِ مِنَ الشُّهُورِ}
Imam Redha (peace be upon him) has said:
One, who recites one verse from the Book of Allah, The Mighty The Glorious, in the month of Ramadhan, is like one, who has recited the entire Qur’an in the other months.
Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.: 93, Pg.: 344
Hadith No. 7
The Reward of the Month of Ramadhan
سئل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ثَوابُ رَجَبٍ أبْلَغُ أمْ ثَوابُ شَهْر رَمَضَانَ
فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ (ص) لَيْسَ عَلَى ثَوَابِ رَمَضَانَ قِياس}ٌ
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) was asked:
0′ Prophet of Allah! Which, of the two months, possesses a greater reward, Rajab or the month of Ramadhan?
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) replied:
Nothing can be compared to the month of Ramadhan in terms of reward.
Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.: 97, Pg.: 49
Hadith No. 8
The Month of God
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{شَعْبَانُ شَهْرِي وشَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللهِ تَعالى وَهُوَ رَبِيْعُ الفُقَرَاءِ}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) 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. 9
The Chosen Month
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{إنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أخْتَارَ مِنَ الشُّهُور شَهْرَ رَجَبٍ وشَعْبَانَ وشَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ}
The Holy Prophet (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, Sha’ban and the month of Ramadhan.
Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.: 27, Pg.: 53.
Hadith No. 10
The Great Month
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{إنَّ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرٌ عَظِيمٌ يُضَاعِفُ اللهُ فِيهِ الحَسَنَاتِ ويَمْحُو فِيهِ السَّيِّئاتِ وَيَرْفَعُ الدَّرَجَاتِ}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) 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 aI-Shia’h, Vol.: 10, Pg.: 312
Hadith No.11
The Chief of the Months
قال علي عليه السلام :
{أَتَاكُمْ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ وَهُوَ سَيِّدُ الشُّهُورِ وَ أَوَّلُ السَّنَةِ}
Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said:
The month of Ramadhan has approached you. It is the chief of the months and the beginning of the year.
Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.: 42, Pg.: 193
Hadith No. 12
The Beginning of the Year
قال الصادق عليه السلام :
إذا سَلِمَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ سَلِمَتِ السَّنَةُ وَرَأسُ السَّنَةِ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ}
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said:
If, the month of Ramadhan remains safe and sound (with respect to sins), the (entire) year shall remain so (too); and the month of Ramadhan is the beginning of the year.
Wasail aI-Shia’h Vol.: 10, Pg.: 311.
Hadith No. 13
The Month of Mercy
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{وَهُوَ شَهْرٌ أوَّلُهُ رَحْمَةٌ وأوْسَطُهُ مَغْفِرَةٌ وآخِرَهُ عِتْقٌ مِنَ النَّار}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) has said:
It (Ramadhan) is the month, whose beginning is mercy, its middle, forgiveness and its end, emancipation from the fire (of helI) Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.: 93, Pg.: 342
Hadith No. 14
The Excellence of the Month of Ramadhan
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{أيُّهَا النَّاسُ إنَّهُ قدْ أقْبَلَ إلَيْكُمْ شَهْرُ الله شَهْرٌ هُوَ عِنْدَ اللهِ أفْضَلُ الشُّهُور وَ أيَّامُهُ أفْضَلُ الأيَّام وَ لَيَالَيهِ أفْضَلُ اللَّيالِي وَسَاعَاتُهُ أفْضَلُ السَّاعَاتِ}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) said:
0′ 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. 15
The Best of the Months
قال الصادق عليه السلام :
{فَغُرَّةُ الشُّهُور شَهْرُ اللهِ وهُوَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ وقَلْبُ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْر}
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) 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 (Lallatul Qadr)
Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.: 93, Pg.: 386
Hadith No. 16
The Night of Qadr
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{يَا أيُّها النَّاسُ قَدْ أظَلَّكُمْ شَهْرٌ عَظِيمٌ مُبَارَكٌ شَهْرٌ فِيهِ لَيْلَةُ الْعَمَلُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مَنْ ألْفِ شَهْر}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) said:
0′ People! Surely, a great and blessed month has enveloped you. A month, in which there is a night; deeds in which are better than that of a thousand months.
Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.: 96, Pg.: 342.
Hadith No. 17
The Gift of Allah’s Month
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{أنْفَاسَكُمُ فِيهِ تَسْبِيحٌ وَنَوْمَكُمْ فِيهِ عِبَادَةٌ}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) said:
Your breath in it is glorification (of Allah) and your sleep in it is worship (of Allah).
Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.: 96, Pg.: 356.
Hadith No. 18
The Fasts of the Month of Ramadhan
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{شَهْرُ رَمَضَان شَهْرٌ فَرَضَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ صِيَامَهُ فَمَنْ صَامَهُ إيمَاناً واحْتِسَاباً خَرَجَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَيَوْم وَ لَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) said:
The month of Ramadhan is the month whose fasts Allah, The Mighty
The Glorious, has made 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. 19
The Contentment of Allah
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{مَنْ صَامَ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ فَاجْتَنَبَ فِيهِ الْحَرَامَ والْبُهْتَانَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ وَ أوْجَبَ لَهُ الْجِنانَ}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) said:
One, who fasts in the month of Ramadhan and refrains from the forbidden things and calumny, Allah shall be pleased with him and make paradise mandatory for him.
Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.: 93, Pg.: 343.
Hadith No. 20
Paradise covets one who fasts
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{إنَّ الْجَنَّةَ مُشْتَاقَةٌ إلى أرْبَعَةِ نَفَر إلى مُطْعِمٍ الجَيعانِ وَحَافِظِ اللِّسَانِ وَ تَالِي الْقُرآنِ وَ صَائِم شَهْر رَمَضَانَ}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) said:
The paradise is desirous for four persons:
1. One, who feeds the hungry.
2. One, who guards the tongue.
3. One, who recites the Quran.
4. One, who fasts the month of Ramadhan.
Mustadrak al-Wasail, Vol.: 7, Pg.: 400
Hadith No. 21
The Burning away of Sins
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{وإنَّما سُمِّيَ رَمَضَانَ لأنَّهُ تُرْمَضُ فِيهِ الذُّنُوبُ أيْ تُحْرَقٌ}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) has said:
Surely, the month of Ramadhan has been named so because the sins get burnt away in it.
Mustadrak al-Wasail, Vol.: 7, Pg.: 484.
Hadith No. 22
The Month of Spiritual Striving
قال الصادق عليه السلام :
{إذا دَخَلَ شَهْرٌ رَمَضَانَ فَاجْهَدُوا أنْفُسَكُمْ فإنَّ فِيهِ تُقَسَّمُ الأرْزَاقٌ وَ تٌكْتَبٌ الآجَالٌ وفِيهِ يُكْتَبٌ وَفْدٌ اللهِ الَّذِينَ يَفِدٌونَ إليْهِ وفِيهِ لَيْلَةُ الْعَمَلٌ فِهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ فِي ألفِ شَهْر}
In his testament to his sons, Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said:
When the month of Ramadhan arrives, exert yourselves, for surely it is in this month that livelihood is distributed, the hour of death, ordained and those arriving for Hajj, decreed. In it is a night, deeds in which are better than deeds in a thousand months.
AI-Kafi, Vol.: 4, Pg.: 66
Hadith No. 23
The Month of Good Deeds
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{إنَّ شَهْرَكُمْ هَذَا لَيْسَ كَالشٌّهُور إنَّهُ إذَا أقْبَلَ إلَيْكُمْ أقْبَلَ بالْبَرَكَةِ وَ الرَّحْمَةِ وإذَا أدْبَرَ عَنْكُمْ أدْبَرَ بِغُفْرَانِ الذُّنُوبِ هَذَا شَهْرُ الْحَسَنَاتُ فِيهِ مُضَاعَفَةٌ وأعْمَالُ الْخَيْر فِيهِ مَقْبُولَةٌ}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) 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 acts of goodness accepted.
Wasail aI-Shia’h, Vol.: 10, Pg.: 312
Hadith No. 24
The Blessed Month
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرٌ مُبَارَكٌ شَهْرٌ فَرَضَ اللهُ عَلَيْكُمْ صِيَامَهُ تُفْتَحُ فِيهِ أبْوَابُ الْجِنَانِ وَ تُغَلُّ فِيهِ الشَّيَاطِينُ فِيهِ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْر خَيْرٌ مِنْ ألْفِ شَهْر}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) has said:
Surely, the month of Ramadhan, 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 aI-Ahkam, Vol.: 4, Pg.: 152
Hadith No. 25
The Month of Emancipation
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{وَ سُمِّيَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرَ الْعِتْقِ لأنَّ للهِ فِيهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَ لَيْلَةٍ سِتْمَائَةِ عَتِيقٍ وفِي آخِرهِ مِثْل مَا أعْتَقَ فِيمَا مَضَى}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) said:
The month of Ramadhan is called the month of Emancipation, because on every day and in every night of it, Allah emancipates six hundred people (from the fire of hell), and on the last day of the month, (those emancipated) are equivalent to all those whom He has emancipated on all the previous days.
Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.: 97, Pg.: 77
Hadith No. 26
The Month of Ramadhan and Seeking Forgiveness
قال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام :
{عَلَيْكُمْ في شَهْر رَمَضَانَ بِكَثْرَةِ الإسْتِغْفَار والدُّعَاءِ فأمَّا الدُّعَاءُ فَيَدْفَعُ بِهِ عَنْكُمْ الْبَلاءُ وأمَّا الإسْتِغْفَارُ فَيَمْحَى ذُنُوبَكُمْ}
Imam Ali (peace be upon him) 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.
AI-Kafi, Vol.: 4, Pg.: 88.
Hadith No. 27
The Liberation from Hell
قال الصادق عليه السلام :
{إنَّ للهِ عَزَّ وّ جلَّ في كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ شَهْر رَمَضَان عُتَقَاءَ و طُلَقَاءَ من النَّار إلاَّ مَنْ أفْطَرَ على مُسْكِر}
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said:
Surely, in every night of the month of Ramadhan, there are those whom Allah, The Mighty The Glorious, liberates from the fire (of hell), except those, who break their fasts by means of intoxicants (for they are not of the liberated ones).
AI-Kafi, Vol.: 4, Pg.: 68.
Hadith No. 28
The Opening of the Doors of the Heavens
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{إن أبْوابَ السَّماءِ تُفْتَحُ في أوَّل لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ شَهْر رَمَضَان ولا تُغْلَقُ إلى آخر لَيْلَةٍ منهُ}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) said:
The doors of the heavens are opened Li on the first night of the month of Ramadhan and are not closed till the last night of it.
Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.: 96, Pg.: 344.
Hadith No. 29
The Opening of the Doors of Paradise
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{تُغْلَقُ فِيهِ أبْوَاب النيران وَتُفْتَحُ فِيهِ أبْوَابُ الْجِنَانِ}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) said:
In it (the month of Ramadhan) the doors of Hell are closed and thedoors of Paradise, opened.
Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.: 96, Pg.: 363.
Hadith No. 30
The Month of Ramadhan and Itekaaf
قال الصادق عليه السلام :
{اعْتَكَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ (ص) في شَهْر رَمَضَانَ في الْعَشْر الأوَّلِ ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفَ في الثَّانِيةِ في الْعَشْر الْوُسْطَى ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفَ في الثَّالِثَةِ في الْعَشْر الأوَاخِر ثُمَّ لَمْ يَزَلْ يَعْتَكِفُ في الْعَشْر الأواخِر}
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) has said:
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny), initially, observed the itekaaf (spiritual retreat) during the first ten days of the month of Ramadhan. 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. 31
The Month of Ramadhan and the Divine Books
قال الصادق عليه السلام :
{نَزَلَتْ التَّوْرَاةُ في سِتٍّ مَضَتْ مِنْ شَهْر رَمَضَانَ وَنَزَلَ الإنْجِيلُ في إثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً مَضَتْ من شَهْر رَمَضَانَ ونَزَلَ الزَّبُورُ في لَيْلَةِ ثَمَانَيَ عَشَرَةَ مَضَتْ مَنْ شَهْر رَمَضَانَ وَنَزَلَ القُرْآنْ في لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْر}
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said:
The Torah was revealed on the sixth day of the month of Ramadhan, the Bible, on the twelfth night of the month, the Psalms on the eighteenth night of the month and the Qur’an on the Night of Qadr.
AI-Kafi, Vol.: 4, Pg.: 157
Hadith No. 32
Eclipses during the Holy Month of Ramadhan
قال الصادق عليه السلام :
{تَنْكَسِفُ الشَّمْسُ لِخَمْسَ مَضَيْنَ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ قَبْلَ قِيَامِ القَائِمِ (عج) }
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) has said:
The sun shall be eclipsed, on the fifth day of the month of Ramadhan, before the reappearance of the Qaim (May Allah hasten his reappearance).
Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.: 52, Pg.: 207.
Hadith No. 33
The Best Deed of the Month of Ramadhan
في خُطْبَةِ النَّبي ص في فَضْلِ شَهْرِ رَمَضَان……
قال علي عليه السلام :
{فَقُمْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أفْضَلُ الأعْمَالِ في هذا الشَّهْرِ فَقَالَ يَا أبا الحَسَنِ أفْضَلُ الأعْمَالِ فِي هَذَا الشَّهْرِ الوَرَعُ عَنْ مَحَارِمِ اللهِ عَزّض وَ جَلَّ}
During the course of a sermon of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) upon the virtues of the month of Ramadhan.
Imam Ali (peace be upon him) says:
I stood up and said: 0′ Prophet of Allah! What is the best deed for this month?
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) replied:
0′ Abu al-Hasan! The best deed for thL5 month is abstinence from that which is forbidden by Allah, The Mighty The Glorious.
Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.: 42, Pg.: 190.
Hadith No. 34
The Battles of the Month of Ramadhan
قال الرضال عليه السلام :
{أنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ (ص) سَافَرَ إلى بَدْرٍ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وافْتَتَحَ مَكَّةَ في شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ}
Imam Redha (peace be upon him) said:
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) set off for (the battle of) Badr in the month of Ramadhan and achieved the conquest of Mecca in the month of Ramadhan (too).
Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.: 21, Pg.: 116.
Hadith No. 35
The Month of Ramadhan and Faith
وقال الصادق عليه السلام :
{مَنْ أفْطَرَ يَوْماً مِنْ شَهْر رَمَضَانَ خَرَجَ رُوحُ الإيمَانِ مِنْهُ}
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said:
One, who does not fast for a day in the month of Ramadhan, the `Soul of Faith’ departs from him.
Wasail aI-Shia’h, Vol.: 10, Pg.: 251.
Hadith No. 36
The Month of Ramadhan and the Satans
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{قَدْ وَكَّلَ اللهُ لِكلِّ شَيْطَان مَرِيدٍ سَبْعَةً مِنْ ملائِكَتِهِ فَلَيْسَ لِمَحْلُولٍ حَتَّى يَنْقَضِي شَهْرُكُمُ هَذَا}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) said:
Surely, over every recalcitrant Satan, Allah has appointed seven angels (to fetter hit), and he shall not be released till this month of yours (month of Ramadhan) passes away.
Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.: 96, Pg.: 372.
Hadith No. 37
The Losers of the Month of Ramadhan
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم :
{مَنْ أدْرَكَ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ فَلَمْ يُغْفَرْ لَهُ فأبْعَدَهُ اللهُ}
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) said:
One who perceives the month of Ramadhan 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. 38
Imam Zayn al-Abidin (peace be upon him) and the Month of Ramadhan
قال الصادق عليه السلام :
{كَانَ عَليُّ بْنُ الحُسَيْنِ (ع) إذا كَانَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ إلا بالدُّعَاءِ وَ التَّسْبِيحِ والإسْتِغْفار وَ التَّكْبِير}
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said:
With the advent of the month of Ramadhan, Imam Au Ibn al-Husain (peace be upon them) would cease to speak out anything except dua, tasbeeh (glorification of Allah), isteghfar (seeking forgiveness) and takbeer (saying `AllahuAkbar).
AI-Kafi, Vol.: 4, Pg.: 88.
Hadith No. 39
The Superiority of the Fridays of the Month of Ramadhan
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