The Messenger of Allah said:

‘There has come to you Ramadan, a blessed month, which Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has enjoined you to fast. In it the gates of heavens are opened and the gates of Hell are closed, and every devil is chained up. In it Allah has a night which is better than a thousand months; whoever is deprived of its goodness is indeed deprived.’

Sunan an-Nasa’i

The Holy month of Ramadan is when we recharge our Imaan (faith) for the entire year.

The following are a few tips which we can all do to make our Ramadan this year more spiritual and hopefully some of these tips would develop into habits which we carry on for the year ahead:

• Read Quran daily 

If you read one juz (part) of Quran each day, by the end of the month, you would have completed the entire Quran!

• Pray Sunnah Salaat before and/or after Salaat

The Messenger of Allah said: “Allah will build a house in Jannah for whoever is diligent in observing 12 sunnah Raqa’ (as follows) 4 Raqa’ before and 2 after Dhur, 2 after the Maghrib, 2 after Ishaa, and 2 before Fajr.”
[Tirmidhi]

• Increase your remembrance of Allah

“O You who believe! Remember Allah with much remembrance”
{Surat Al-‘Aĥzāb33: Verse 41}

• Give extra charity

Our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him, has said that even a smile is charity.

• Do not engage in unnecessary talk

It has been reported that if someone approaches you and engages in a nonconstructive talk, then you say  ‘I am fasting, I am fasting’.

• Visit a sick Muslim

The Messenger of Allah said: “There is no Muslim who visits a sick Muslim early in the morning but 70 thousand angles send blessings upon him until evening comes, and if he visits him in the evening, 70 thousand angles send blessings upon him until morning comes, and he will have a garden in paradise.”
[Tirmidhi] 

• Provide food for breaking the fast

The Messenger of Allah said:  “Whoever provides food for breaking of the fast for a fasting person receives the reward of the fasting person, without the reward of the fasting person being reduced in any way.”
[Tirmidhi & Ibn Majah]

• Stand in prayer on Laylatul Qadr

“Laylatul Qadr is better than a thousand months.”
{Surat Al-Qadr 97: Verse 3}

• Attend lectures and events in the Masjid

The Messenger of Allah said:  “Whoever goes to the mosque not desiring except to learn or teach what is good has the reward of a pilgrim who completed his Hajj”.
[Tabarani]

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