Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 9120 — What is mentioned on the excellence

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This month has come upon you. By the oath of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), hear this: no month has come upon the Muslims better for them than it, and no month has come upon the hypocrites worse for them than it. By the oath of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Allah Almighty writes the reward and the voluntary deeds of this month before it arrives, and Allah Almighty writes its sin and its wretchedness before it arrives. That is because the believer prepares in it provision for strength in worship, while the hypocrite prepares in it to pursue the heedlessness of the Muslims and their faults. This month is a gain for the believer and a calamity for the wicked" — or he said: "by which the wicked is grieved."