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Truly, the (recognized) religion in the sight of Allah is only Islam (Qur'an 3:19)

Thursday 15 June 2023

31 Golden Hadiths (Part 1)

 Surely, a Messenger has come unto you from among yourselves; grievous to him is that you should fall into trouble; he is ardently desirous of your welfare; and to the believers he is compassionate, merciful.(Qura an 9:128)

Verily you have in the Prophet of Allah an excellent model, for him who fears Allah and the Last Day and who remembers Allah much.(Qura an 33:22)



Sunday 19 February 2023

Importance of Darood

 DUROOD SHAREEF IN THE LIGHT OF A QUR’ANIC VERSE

Allah  says in the Qur’aan:


“Undoubtedly Allah and all His angels are sending salutations upon the Nabi....”

Allah  says in the Qur’aan:


  “O you who believe send your Salawaat upon Nabi (pbuh )it and greet him with the Islamic way of greeting.”

Verily Allaah and His angels pray for mercy to be showered upon the Nabi . O you who have Imaan! You also pray for mercy and an abundance of peace to be showered upon him.


DUROOD SHAREEF IN THE LIGHT OF A HADITH

“A miser is he who, when my name is mentioned in his presence, does not send salutations upon me.”(Tirmidhi)

Hadhrat Abu Hurayrah t reports that Rasulullaah  (saw) said, “The person who confers Durood upon me once, Allaah will confer Durood upon him ten times.”( Muslim, Abu Dawood,)

Hadhrat Anas (RA) reports that Rasulullaah (saw) said, “When I am mentioned in front of anyone, he should confer Durood upon me because the person who confers Durood upon me once, Allaah will confer Durood (mercies) upon him ten times.” Another narration adds that together with the ten mercies that will be bestowed upon the person, ten of his sins will also be forgiven and his rank will be elevated ten times.(Nasa'ee and Ibn Hibbaan)

Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood (RA) reports that Rasulullaah (saw) said, “The closest person to me on the Day of Qiyaamah will be the one who recited the most Durood for me.”( Tirmidhi and Ibn Hibbaan)

Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood (RA) reports that Rasulullaah (saw) said, “Verily Allaah has (appointed) angels who travel throughout (the earth) only to convey to me the Salaams of my Ummah.”( Nasa'ee and Ibn Hibbaan)

Hadhrat Ammaar bin Yaasir (RA) reports that Rasulullaah (saw) said,  “Verily Allaah has (appointed) an angel at my grave who can hear all of creation. Whenever any person conveys Durood to me until the Day of Qiyaamah, this angel conveys it to me together with the name of the person and his father’s name.”( Targheeb.)

Hadhrat Abu Hurayrah (RA) reports that Rasulullaah (saw) said, “When someone confers Durood upon me at my grave, I can actually hear him and when he confers Durood upon me in my absence, it is conveyed to me.”(Bayhaqi)

Hadhrat Ubay bin Ka’b RA) (once asked, “O Rasulullaah (saw) I confer Durood to you in abundance. How much of my time for du’aa should I set aside for (reciting Durood upon) you?” “As much as you please,” Rasulullaah replied. “What about a quarter?” Hadhrat Ubay (RA)   asked. Rasulullaah (saw) responded by saying, “As much as you please, but it would be better for you if you increased.” “Then what about half?” he asked further. “As much as you please, but it would be better for you if you increased,” Rasulullaah (saw) repeated. “Then three quarters?” Hadhrat Ubay (RA). “As much as you please, but it would be better for you if you increased,” Rasulullaah (saw)  responded yet again. Hadhrat Ubay (RA)  then said, “I shall then reserve all of it for you.” “In that case,” Rasulullaah (saw)  remarked, “Your worries will be taken care of and your sins will be forgiven.”( Tirmidhi)

Hadhrat Abu Dardaa (RA)  reports that Rasulullaah (saw) said, “The person who confers Durood upon me ten times in the morning and then ten times in the evening shall receive my intercession on the Day of Qiyaamah.”( Tabraani)

Saturday 14 January 2023

What Islam says about drinking alcohol


Allah, Most High says,

Spend in the way of Allah and do not put yourselves into destruction, and do good. Of course, Allah loves those who do good. (Qur’an  2:195)

O you who believe! Wine, gambling, altars and divining arrows are filth, made up by Satan (devil). Therefore, refrain from it, so that you may be successful.

Satan (devil) wishes only to plant enmity and malice between you through wine and gambling, and to prevent you from the remembrance of Allah and from Salah (prayer). Would you, then, abstain? (Qur’an  5:90-91)

They ask you about wine and gambling. Say, “In both there is great sin, and some benefits for people. And their sin is greater than their benefit.”(Qur’an  2:219)

O you who believe! Do not go near Salah (Prayer) when you are intoxicated, until you know what you say, nor in a state of major impurity’“...(Qur’an  4:43)




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It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allah was asked about Al-Bit' (mead). He said: 'Every drink that intoxicates is Harâm."(Muslim 5211) 

The Messenger of Allah said: "Everything that detains (a person) from As-salat (prayer) is haram." (Muslim 5215)

It was narrated from Jabir that a man came from Jaishan - and Jaishan is in Yemen - and asked the Prophet about a drink that they used to drink in their land, which was made of corn and was called Al-Mizr. The Prophet said: "Is it an intoxicant?" He said: "Yes." The Messenger of Allah said: "Every intoxicant is Haram. Allah has made a covenant that whoever drinks intoxicants, He will give him to drink of the mud of Al-Khabal." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, what is the mud of Al Khabal?" He said: "The sweat of the people of Hell, or the juice of the people of Hell."( Muslim : 5217) 

It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'Every intoxicant is Khamr and every intoxicant is Haram. Whoever drinks Khamr in this world and dies when he is addicted to it and has not repented, will not drink it in the Hereafter." (Muslim : 5218)

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever drinks Khamr in this world will be denied it in the Hereafter." (Muslim : 5222)

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever drinks Khamr in this world will not drink it in the Hereafter, unless he repents." ( Muslim : 5224) 

It was narrated that Yaliya bin 'Umar Al-Nakha'I said: "Some people asked Ibn 'Abbâs about buying and selling Khamr and dealing in it. He said: 'Are you Muslims?' They said: 'Yes.' He said: 'It is not permissible to buy it, sell it or deal in it.' They asked him about NabIdh and he said: 'The Messenger of Allah went Out on a journey, then he came back and some of his Companions had made Nabidh in Al-Hantam, An-Naqir and gourds. He ordered that it be spilled out, then he ordered that raisins and water be put in a skin overnight. The next day he drank from it, and the following night, and the next day until evening came. He drank from it and gave it to others to drink, and the following morning he poured away whatever was left of it." ( Muslim :5230)

Thus, Allah the Exalted forbids wine and warns us of approaching it.The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Avoid wine, it is the mother of abomination. " (An-Nasa'i and AI-Baihaqi)

Allah the Almighty says, But those who disobey Allah and His Messenger and transgress His limits will be admitted to a fire, to abide therein: and they shall have a humiliating punishment. (An-Nisai)

Ibn 'Abbas related that, "When the wine was forbidden, the companions (of the Prophet) met each other and said, The wine was forbidden and became equal to polytheism (Shirk)." (AI-Mustadrak)

'Abdullah Ibn 'Amr held that, "Wine is the worst of the major sins.”(AI-Mustadrak)

Undoubtedly, wine is the core of abominations. Moreover, he who drinks it was cursed in various hadiths.

"Every intoxicant is wine and every wine is unlawful. Whoever it in the world and dies addictive to it without repentance, he will not drink it in the Hereafter."( Muslim, Abu Dawud)

"Whoever drinks wine in this world it shall be forbidden for them in the next.”( Al-Bukhari, An-Nisa'i)

"A drunkard is like a worshiper of an idol."( Ibn Majah) 

"He who shows disrespect to his parents and the drunkard will not enter Paradise.”

"Three people, Allah will deprive them of Paradise; the drunkard, the one who shows disrespect to his parents and the pimp who admits what his family do of abomination”.( An-Nasa'i and AI-Hakim.)

Further, Allah does not accept the good deeds of a drunkard. Jabir Ibn ' Abdullah relates that the Prophet (pbuh) said, "There are Three people from whom Allah does not accept their Prayer nor do their good deeds rise up to heaven: the fleeing slave until he returns to his masters and surrends to them, the woman who annoys her husband until he is pleased with her, and the drunkard until he becomes conscious” (Al-Baihaqi)

The Arabic word Khamr is what befogs the mind in whatever form: soft, solid, edible or beverage.

Abu Sa'id Al-Khudari related that the Prophet (pbuh) said, "Allah does not accept the Prayers from him who drinks wine so long as there is still something of it in his body” (An-Nasa'i) 

"Whoever drinks wine Allah never accepts what he does: Whoever is intoxicated by drinking it will not have his Prayers accepted for forty morning (days). If he repents but drinks again, Allah will make him drink from the molten brass of the Hell-fire.”( Ibn Majah and An-Nasa'i) 

"Whoever drinks wine without being intoxicated, Allah rejects him for forty nights. If he dies during this period, he dies as an idol worshiper.”( AI-Zawa'id)

'Abdullah Ibn Awfa said, "Whoever dies a drunkard will die as the worshiper of AI-Lat and AI-'Uzza (two idols). It is said, Do you think that the drunkard is the one who drinks it constantly? He answered, "But he drinks it whenever he finds it even after years.”( AI-Matalb)

Whoever drinks wine is not considered a believer at the time of drinking. Abu Hurayrah related that the Prophet (pbuh) said, "A thief is not a believer at the time of committing a theft. A fornicator is not a believer at the time of committing fornication, and a drunkard also is not a believer at the time of drinking as long as they have the opportunity to repent”  "Whoever fornicates or drinks wine, Allah takes his faith from him as a man takes a shirt off over his head.”

"The scent of Paradise is smelt five hundred years away but is not sensed by whomever shows disrespect to his parents, he who reminds of his charity to them, a drunkard or an idol worshiper.” (AI-Zawa'id)

Imam Ahmad reported on the authority of Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari that the Prophet said, "A drunkard, a believer in sorcery or he who severs his family ties will not enter Paradise. Whoever dies while drinking wine, Allah will make him drink from the river of Ghuta which is the water flowing from the genitals of the wenches. The odor of their genitals hurt all the people of the Hell-Fire.” (Ai-Hakim and Ai-Baihaqi)

"Allah sent me as a mercy and guidance to the worlds. I was sent to do away with musical instruments, flutes, and the affairs of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance and idols. My Lord the Almighty swore by His Majesty that if one of my servants drinks a dosage of wine, I would make him drink the like of it in the Hell-Fire. But whoever gave up it out of fear from Me, I would give him drink from the yards of the shrine with the best fellow of drinking.”

As for those who are cursed because of drinking wine, Abu Dawud reported that the Prophet (pbuh) said, "Allah has cursed wine, and whoever drinks it, pours it, buys it, presses it for another, presses it for himself, carries it or accept its delivery.” (Ahmad and Tabarani) 

Ahmad reported on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that the Prophet (pbuh) said, "Gabriel came to me and said, "O  Muhammad, Allah has cursed wine, and whoever presses it for another, presses it for himself, drinks it, carries it, accepts its delivery, sells it buys it, pours it for another or pours it for himself. ( Tabarani) 

It is unlawful to visit a drunkard when he is ill so is greeting him. `Abdullah Ibn 'Amr Ibn AI-As (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Do not visit the drunkard when being ill."( Al-Mustadrak) 

AI-Bukhari and Ibn 'Umar said, "Do not greet the drunkard."

The Prophet said, "Do not sit with the drunkard, visit their sick or attend their funerals. On the Day of Judgement the drunkard will be brought with a black face, and his tongue dangling on his chest, flowing with saliva. Whoever sees him knowing that he is a drunkard will disgust him.”

A scholar said, they are forbidden to be visited and be greeted because the drunkards are cursed and rebellious. Allah and His Messenger cursed them as mentioned before. Allah cursed wine and he who drinks it. If they buy and press it they will be cursed twice and if they pour it for another they will be cursed three times. Therefore, it is for bidden to visit or greet them unless they repent to Allah. Whoever repents to Allah. He will accept his repentance.

Wine is forbidden as a medicine. Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) related, "Once, one of my daughters was ill, so I made wine in a container for her. Then, the Prophet entered while it was boiling. He asked, "What is this, Umm Salamah?" She replied, "It is just a medicine for my daughter."  The Prophet, then, said, "Allah has not made a cure for you in what He has prohibited to you."

Miscellaneous hadiths narrated about wine: Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) related that the Prophet (pbuh) said, "A cask of wine was brought to the Prophet (pbuh) who said, Throw it against the wall, it is the drink of those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day.”

"Whoever memorizes a verse (Ayah) from Allah's Book and pours wine on it every letter of this Ayah will drag him from his forehead, make him stand before Allah Most Blessed and Exalted. Then, it argues with him, and whoever is argued with by the Qur'an will be treated as an opponent. Woe to whomever is argued by the Qur'an on the Day of Judgement.”

"If a group of people gather together to have an intoxicant in this world, Allah will gather them together in the Hell-Fire. They will turn to and blame one another by saying, O such and such may Allah not bless you. You brought me here."

"Whoever drinks wine in this world, Allah will make him drink from the poison of Asawid. One sip of this poison will make the flesh of his face fall in the goblet before he drinks it. Having drunk it, his flesh and skin will fall off, and it will bring pain to the people of the Hell-Fire. Behold, whoever drinks it, presses it for another, presses it for himself; carries it, accepts its delivery or eats its price are alike in entailing its sin. Allah does not accept their Prayer, Fasting or Pilgrimage until they repent. But if they die before doing repentance, Allah will make them drink pus of the Hell-Fire for every dosage they drank in this world. Beware, every intoxicant is wine, and every win is unlawful.”

The Prophet's statement "Every intoxicant is wine" included also hashish (marijuana) as will be shown later. It is narrated that "When the drunkards are brought to the bridge on the Fire (Sirat) they will be kidnapped by the angels of punishment to the river of Khabal. There they will drink for every glass of wine they have drunk a sip from the river of Khabal. Such a sip is so hot that if poured on to heaven, it will be burnt."

 


Tuesday 13 December 2022

husband and wife in islam

 

It is among His signs that He has created for you wives from among yourselves, so that you may find tranquility in them, and He has created love and kindness between you. Surely in this there are signs for a people who reflect.(Quran 30:21)

 …..They are apparel for you, and you are apparel for them. (Quran 2:187)

Vile women are for vile men, and vile men are for vile women; and good women are for good men, and good men are for good women …. (Quran 24:26)

 We have created you in pairs, (Quran 78:8)

 


Ahadiths

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said that women are married for their lineage, wealth, beauty and piety. You should marry one who is pious

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The most blessed nikah is the one with the least expenses.

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "O woman, your heaven and hell is your husband" (i.e. a woman will enter heaven if the husband is pleased, and hell if he is displeased with her).

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said that if a woman died and her husband was pleased with her during her life, undoubtedly she has entered heaven

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said that the best woman is the one that pleases her husband. When he looks at her, she pleases him. When he commands her, she obeys him. When he absents himself (goes away on a journey etc.) she protects his wealth and his honour.

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "May Allah curse those women who imitate men in appearance and those men who imitate women."

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said that Allah Subhanahu Taala says "Sight is a poisonous arrow of the devil. Whosoever, whether male or female protects himself or herself from evil glances will be granted a sweet Iman (faith) which will please his/her heart."

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: There are 3 persons whose prayer (salaah) is not accepted nor does any good act of theirs reach the sky. Firstly, a runaway slave until he returns to his master. Secondly, an woman whose husband is displeased with her and thirdly an intoxicated person as long as he does not repent from using intoxicants.

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said that evil (Shaytaan)  (the devil) sits on his throne daily and dispatches his agents to work among human beings. One of the agents returns and says that I made a certain person commit a sin, another says I got so and so involved in this offence. Upon listening to all this evil (Shaytaan) says that you have done nothing great. Eventually one representative comes and says that I saw a husband and wife extremely devoted to each other. I sowed the seeds of enmity between them. On hearing this evil (Shaytaan) becomes happy and embracing his agent says that you have achieved something great.

Ibn Abbas Radhiallahu anhu narrates that a woman came to The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: "I have come as a representative of all women. We want to present a petition to you. Jihaad is fardh (compulsory) on men and only they obtain the reward of martyrdom. We women are deprived of it although we take responsibility for all their domestic affairs". The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Convey this message on my behalf to all the women that they can achieve the reward of jihaad by obeying their husbands, but very few women consider this to be a reward."

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When any woman troubles her husband, the celestial bride (hur) of heaven calls out "Woe to you. Do not trouble him. He is temporarily with you. He is going to leave you and be our guest. Why do you trouble our beloved?

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said that the woman who performed her five daily prayers and kept the fast of Ramadan and protected herself from evil acts i.e. adultery and obeyed her husband, has a choice to enter heaven from whichever door she pleases.

It is reported from Hazrat Ibn Umar Radhiallahu Anhu that The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said that when a woman leaves her home without her husband's consent then all the angels of the skies and the entire universe curse her for this act until she returns home.

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said "A woman cannot fulfill the rights of Allah without fulfilling the rights of her husband. Even if a woman is busy at the stove and the husband calls her, in that busy period also she must leave all her work and answer his request.

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The rights of the husband on the wife are so great that if pus flows on the husband's body and the woman licks it clean, then too his rights will not be fully fulfilled.

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said that the fragrance of heaven will be forbidden for a woman who asks her husband for divorce without any valid reason.

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The worst person on the day of Qiyamah will be the one who reveals the private life of his wife to others."

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When a husband calls his wife at night to have relations with her and she refuses without a valid Shari reason, she is cursed throughout the night by the angels."

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) Whenever a strange man and woman meet in seclusion devil (Shaytaan) definitely is the third one by joining them.

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A woman should be kept concealed. When she emerges from the home without necessity, devil (Shaytaan) makes her appealing in the sight of men.

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said : "When heaven and hell were shown to me I saw that the majority of the inmates of hell were women.

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "It is not permissible for any woman to fast optionally without her husband's permission, and it is not permissible for her to allow anyone into his house without his consent.

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "It is extremely abominable for a woman's shoulder to touch a man. It is better to touch a pig that is all messed up than for a woman to touch the body of a strange man.

 

Wednesday 6 April 2022

Night Of Qadr (Night Of Power)

 

We have sent it (the Qur’an) down in the Night of Qadr

And what may let you know what the Night of Qadr is?

The Night of Qadr is much better than one thousand months

The angels and the Spirit descend in it, with the leave of your Lord, along with every command.

Peace it is till the debut of dawn.(Qur’an 97:1-5)


** Fasting (Ramadhan)

Abdullah bin Mas'ud (RA) used to tell his pupils that only that blessed person will have the Night of Power who performs late night prayer during the whole year. His objective of this was that they would perform late night prayer the whole year to seek and achieve the Night of Power.

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA) The Prophet said, "Whoever observed Saum (fast) in the month of Ramadan with 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 salat (prayers) in the night of Qadr with sincere faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his past sins will be forgiven."(Sahih Bukhari: 2014)

Narrated Ibn 'Umar (RA) Some men amongst the companions of the Prophet (pbuh) were shown in their dreams that the night of Qadr was in the last seven nights of Ramadan. Allah's Messenger said, "It seems that all your dreams agree that (the night of Qadr) is in the last seven nights, and whoever wants to search for it (i.e., the night of Qadr) should search in the last seven (nights of Ramadan) ."(Sahih Bukhari: 2015)

Narrated 'Aishah (RA) I Allah's Messenger said, "Search for the night of Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten nights of Ramadan." (Sahih Bukhari: 2017)

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas (RA) The Prophet said, "Look for the night of Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadan; on the night when nine or seven or five nights remain out of the last ten nights of Ramadan [i.e., 21, 23, 25, (27, 29) respectively] ." (Sahih Bukhari: 2021)

It was narrated from Sâlim that his father [may Allah be pleased with them] said: "A man saw (in a dream) that Lailat Al-Qadr was the night of the twenty-seventh. The Prophet said: 'I see that your dreams indicate the last ten (nights), so seek it in the odd numbered ones thereof." (Sahih Muslim: 2763)

It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed Al- Khudr (RA) said: "The Messenger of Allah used to observe I'tikaf during the middle ten days of the month. Then when twenty nights had passed, and the twenty-first came, he would go back to his home, and those who had been observing I'tikaf with him also went back home. Then one month he observed I'tikaf on that night when he used to go home. Then he addressed the people and exhorted them as Allah willed, then he said: 'I used to observe I'tikaf during these ten days, then I decided to observe I'tikaf during these last ten days, so whoever was observing I'tikaf with me, let him stay in his place of I'tikaf, for I was shown this night, then I was caused to forget it, so seek it in the last ten nights, on every odd-numbered night, for I saw myself prostrating in water and mud." Abu Sa'eed Al-KhudrI said: "It rained on the night of the twenty first, and the Masjid leaked at the place where the Messenger of Allah prayed. I looked at him when he had finished praying Subh and his face was wet with mud and water." (Sahih Muslim: 2769)

Zirr said:"I said to Ubayy bin Ka'b (RA) O Abu Al-Mundhir! How do you know that it is the night of the twenty-seventh?' He said: 'Rather, the Messenger of Allah informed us that it is a night (after which) the sun rises without rays, so we counted and we remembered it. By Allah! Ibn Mas'ud learned that it is in Ramadan and that it is the night of the twenty-seventh, but he did not want to inform you lest you would depend on it."(Tirmidhi: 793)

Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported: “I asked: O Messenger of Allah! If I realize Laylat-ul-Qadr (Night of Decree), what should I supplicate in it?’ He (peace be upon him) replied, ‘You should supplicate: Allahumma innaka afuwwun, tuhibbul-'afwa, fa'fu 'anni (O Allah, You are Most Forgiving, and You love forgiveness; so forgive me).’"(Tirmidhi)

Sunday 27 March 2022

Fasting (Ramadhan)

O you who believe, the fasts have been enjoined upon you as they were enjoined upon those before you, so that you may be God-fearing, (Qur'an 2:183) 

The month of Ramadan is the one in which the Qur’an was revealed as guidance for mankind, and as clear signs that show the right way and distinguish between right and wrong. So those of you who witness the month must fast in it. But the one who is sick, or is on a journey (should fast)  as much from other days (as he missed). Allah intends (to provide) ease for you and does not intend (to create) hardship for you. All this is so that you may complete the number (of fasts as prescribed) and proclaim the Takbir of Allah for having guided you, and (so) that you may be grateful. (Qur'an 2:185)


** Night Of Power (Night Of Qadr)

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA) Allah's Messenger said, "Saum (fasting) is a shield or a shelter from the Hell-fire. So, the person observing Saum (fast) should avoid sexual relation with his wife and should not behave foolishly and impudently, and if somebody fights with him or abuses him, he should say to him twice, 'I am observing Saum (fast)." The Prophet added, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, the smell coming out from the mouth of a person observing saum (fast) is better with Allah than the smell of musk. (Allah says about the fasting person), 'He has left his food, drink and sexual desires for my sake. The Saum (fast) is for Me . So I will reward (the fasting person) for it and the reward of good deeds is multiplied ten times.(Sahih Bukhari :1894)

Narrated Sahl (RA)  The Prophet (PBUH) said, "There is a gate in Paradise called Ar-Raiyan, and those who observe Saum (fasts) will enter through it on the Day of Resurrection and none except them will enter through it. It will be said, 'Where are those who used to observe Saum (fast)? They will get up, and none except them will enter through it. After their entry the gate will be closed and nobody will enter through it." (Sahih Bukhari :1896)

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA) Allah's Messenger said, "When the month of Ramadan starts, the gates of the heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed and the devils are chained." (Sahih Bukhari :1899)

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA) The Prophet (PBUH)  said, "Whoever established Salat (prayer) on the night of Qadr with sincere faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven; and whoever observes Saum (fasts) in the month of Ramadan with sincere faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven." (Sahih Bukhari :1901)

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA) Allah's Messenger said, "Allah said, 'All the deeds of Adam's sons (people) are for them, except Saum (fasting) which is for Me, and I will give the reward for it.' Observing Saum (fast) is a shield or protection (from the Hell-fire and from committing sins). If one of you is observing Saum (fast), he should avoid sexual relation with his wife and quarrelling, and if somebody should fight or quarrel with him, he should say, 'I am observing Saum (fast).' By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, the smell coming out from the mouth of a fasting person is better before Allah than the smell of musk. There are two pleasures for the person observing saum, one at the time of Iftar (breaking his fast), and the other at the time when he will meet his Lord; then he will be pleased because of his saum (fasting) ." (Sahih Bukhari :1904)

Narrated 'Aishah (RA) The Prophet used to kiss and embrace (his wives) while he was observing .Saum (fast), and he had more power to control his desires than any of you. Jabir bin Zaid said, "If a man gets asexual discharge as a result of casting a look (at his wife) should complete his Saum (fast) ." (Sahih Bukhari :1927)

Narrated Abu Bakr bin 'Abdur- Rahman: My father and I went to 'Aishah and she said, "I testify that Allah's Messenger  at times used to get up in the morning in a state of Janaba from sexual intercourse, not from a wet dream and then he would observe Saum (fast) that day." (Sahih Bukhari :1931)

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA) The Prophet said, "If somebody eats or drinks forgetfully then he should complete his Saum (fast), for what he has eaten or drank, has been given to him by Allah." (Sahih Bukhari :1933)

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA) on the authority  of the Prophet , "Whoever did not observe  Saum (fast) for one day of Ramadhan without genuine excuse or a disease, then even if he  observed Saum (fast) for a complete year, it would not compensate for that day."

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA) While we were sitting with the Prophet (pbuh) a man came and said, "O Allah's Messenger! I have been ruined." Allah's Messenger asked what was the matter with him. He replied, "I had sexual intercourse with my wife while I was observing Saum (fast)."

Allah's Messenger (pbuh)  asked him, "Can you afford to manumit a slave?" He replied in the negative. Allah's Messenger ; asked him, "Can you observe Saum (fast) for two successive months?" He replied in the negative. The Prophet ; asked him, "Can you afford to feed sixty poor persons?" He replied in the negative. The Prophet (pbuh)  kept silent and while we were in that state, a big basket full of dates  was brought to the Prophet (pbuh)  He asked, "Where is the questioner?" He replied, "I (am here)." The Prophet (pbuh)  said (to him), "Take this (basket of dates) and give it in charity." The man said, "Should I give it to a person poorer than I? By Allah; there is no family between its (i.e., Al-Madina's) two mountains who are poorer than I " The Prophet smiled till his premolar teeth became visible and then said, "Feed your family with it." (Sahih Bukhari :1936)

Narrated 'Aishah the wife of the Prophet (pbuh)   Uamza bin 'Anir Al Aslami asked the Prophet "Should I observe Saum (fast) while travelling?" The   Prophet replied, "You may observe Saum (fast) if you wish, and you may not observe  Saum (fast) if you wish." (Sahih Bukhari :1943)

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah [may Allah be pleased with them] that the Messenger of Allah forbade fasting on two days: The day of A1-Adha and the day of Al- Fitr (Sahih Muslim:2672)

It was narrated from 'Aishah [may Allah be pleased with her] that the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever dies owing any (obligatory) fasts, his Wali (relative) should make themupon his behalf. (Sahih Muslim:2672)

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah [may Allah be pleased with them] that the Prophet said: "If one of you starts his day fasting, let him not engage in any obscene or ignorant speech, and if someone insults him or argues with him, let him say: 'I am fasting, I am fasting (Sahih Muslim:2703)

Abu Hurairah [may Allah be pleased with them] said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah it say: 'Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, says: "Every deed of the son of Adam is for him, except fasting. It is for Me, and I shall reward for it." By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, the smell of the mouth of the fasting person is better to Allah than the fragrance of musk." (Sahih Muslim:2704)

It was narrated that 'Aishah, the Mother of the Believers [may Allah be pleased with her], said: "The Messenger of Allah  used to fast until we said: 'He will not break his fast,' and he used not to fast until we said: 'He will not fast'. And I never saw the Messenger of Allah complete a month of fasting except Ramadan, and I never saw him fast more in any month than in Shaban." (Sahih Muslim:2721)

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah [may Allah be pleased with them] that the Prophet (pbuh) was asked: "Which prayer is best after the obligatory prayers, and which fasting is best after the month of Ramadan?" He said: "The best prayer after the prescribed prayer is prayer in the middle of the night, and the best fasting after the month of Ramadhan is fasting in the month of Allah, Muharram." (Sahih Muslim:2756)

It was narrated from Abu Ayyub Al- Ansari [may Allah be pleased with them] that the Messenger ofAllah said: "Whoever fasts Ramadan then follows it with six days of Shawwal, it is as if he fasted a lifetime." (Sahih Muslim:2758)

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar [may Allah be pleased with them] that some men among the Companions of the Prophet were shown Lailat Al-Qadr in their dreams, during the last seven (days of Ramadan). The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I see that your dreams agree concerning the last seven (nights), so whoever wants to seek it, let him seek it in the last seven (nights)." (Sahih Muslim:2761)

It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin 'Umar [may Allah be pleased with them] that the Messenger of Allah used to observe I'tikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan. Nafi' said: "Abdullâh showed me the place where the Messenger of Allah used to observe I'tikaf in the Masjid." (Sahih Muslim:2781)

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever fasts Ramadan and stands (in the night prayer) for it out of faith and seeking a reward (from Allah), he will be forgiven what preceded of his sins. Whoever stands (in the night prayer) on the Night of Al-Qadr out of faith and seeking a reward (from Allah), he will be forgiven what preceded of his sins."(Tirmidhi:683)

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet said: "Whoever  does not leave false speech, and  acting according to it then Allah is  not in any need of him leaving his  food and his drink." (Tirmidhi:707)

Ibn 'Abbas narrated: "A woman came to the Prophet . and said: 'My sister died while she had two consecutive months of fasting due.' So he said: 'Do you not see that if there was a debt due from your sister then you would have to pay it?' She said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then the right of Allah is more appropriate. (Tirmidhi:716)

'Abdullah bin 'Amir bin Rabi'ah narrated from his father who said: "I saw the Prophet - (a number of times) such that I was not able to count - using the Siwak (tooth-stick) while he was fasting. (Tirmidhi:725)

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "A woman may not fast a day - other than in the month of Ramadan - while her husband is present, except with his permission." (Tirmidhi:782)