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Hadith 394
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أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَيُّوبَ، يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُبَشِّرُ أَصْحَابَهُ يَقُولُ: ((جَاءَكُمْ رَمَضَانُ شَهْرٌ مُبَارَكَ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ صِيَامَهُ، يُفْتَحُ فِيهِ أَبْوَابُ الْجَنَّةِ، وَيُغْلَقُ فِيهِ أَبْوَابُ الْجَحِيمِ، وَتُغَلُّ فِيهِ الشَّيَاطِينُ، فِيهِ لَيْلَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ، مَنْ حُرِمَ خَيْرَهَا فَقَدْ حُرِمَ)).
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to give glad tidings to his noble companions (may Allah be pleased with them) saying: “A blessed month, Ramadan, has come to you. Allah has made its fasting obligatory upon you. In it, the gates of Paradise are opened and the gates of Hell are closed, and the devils are chained. In it, there is a night (Laylat al-Qadr) which is better than a thousand months (of worship). Whoever is deprived of its goodness has truly been deprived (in every respect).”
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Abdush Shakoor Tirmidhi
Benefits:
➊ ... The literal meaning of "siyam" (fasting) is to abstain, and in the technical (Islamic legal) sense, fasting is an act of worship to Allah Ta'ala in which a Muslim abstains from eating, drinking, and sexual intercourse from the break of dawn until sunset. Fasting was made obligatory in the second year of Hijrah, and the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) fasted nine Ramadans. From the mentioned hadith, it is understood that a leader should give glad tidings to his people, and the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was, in any case, a bearer of glad tidings and a bringer of good news.
It is also understood that the month of Ramadan is blessed in terms of good deeds, because an ‘umrah performed in this month is equal to Hajj. Furthermore, the reward for fasting is without measure. In this month, Allah, the Possessor of Majesty, abundantly frees His servants from Hellfire, and by the blessing of fasting, sins are forgiven. As the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: ((Whoever fasts in Ramadan with faith and seeking reward, his past sins will be forgiven.)) (Bukhari, No. 38) "Whoever fasts in Ramadan out of faith and in hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven."
➋ ... It is understood that fasting in the blessed month of Ramadan is obligatory. The command of Allah Ta'ala is:
﴿O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may attain taqwa (piety).﴾ ( al-Baqarah: 183)
➌ ... The gates of Paradise are opened and the gates of Hell are closed. This also proves the greatness and virtue of the month of Ramadan, and the opening and closing of the gates is real (haqiqi), not metaphorical. It is not, as some people interpret, that the gates of mercy and forgiveness are meant by the gates of Paradise, and the gates of wrath by the gates of Hell.
➍ ... It is understood that in the month of Ramadan, the devils (shayatin) are chained. But the question arises: if the devils are chained, why do people still commit sins? The answer is that a person’s own soul (nafs) also incites to sin, and for eleven months the soul becomes accustomed to sins, and then in this month as well, if a person does not strive for self-reform, does not fast, does not recite (the Qur’an), nor perform supererogatory prayers (nawafil), and his soul is not reformed even in Ramadan, then he does not abstain from sins. This can also be observed by comparing the number of worshippers at the Fajr prayer on the first day of Ramadan and on the day of Eid al-Fitr (1st Shawwal).
➎ ... The most virtuous night of Ramadan is Laylat al-Qadr, which is better than a thousand months. The command of the Lord is:
﴿The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.﴾ ( al-Qadr: 3)
It is understood that worshipping on Laylat al-Qadr is a great fortune, because spending one night in worship earns the reward of more than 83 years and 4 months of nights. However, if someone is negligent, then truly being deprived of such a great reward is a great misfortune.
➊ ... The literal meaning of "siyam" (fasting) is to abstain, and in the technical (Islamic legal) sense, fasting is an act of worship to Allah Ta'ala in which a Muslim abstains from eating, drinking, and sexual intercourse from the break of dawn until sunset. Fasting was made obligatory in the second year of Hijrah, and the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) fasted nine Ramadans. From the mentioned hadith, it is understood that a leader should give glad tidings to his people, and the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was, in any case, a bearer of glad tidings and a bringer of good news.
It is also understood that the month of Ramadan is blessed in terms of good deeds, because an ‘umrah performed in this month is equal to Hajj. Furthermore, the reward for fasting is without measure. In this month, Allah, the Possessor of Majesty, abundantly frees His servants from Hellfire, and by the blessing of fasting, sins are forgiven. As the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: ((Whoever fasts in Ramadan with faith and seeking reward, his past sins will be forgiven.)) (Bukhari, No. 38) "Whoever fasts in Ramadan out of faith and in hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven."
➋ ... It is understood that fasting in the blessed month of Ramadan is obligatory. The command of Allah Ta'ala is:
﴿O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may attain taqwa (piety).﴾ ( al-Baqarah: 183)
➌ ... The gates of Paradise are opened and the gates of Hell are closed. This also proves the greatness and virtue of the month of Ramadan, and the opening and closing of the gates is real (haqiqi), not metaphorical. It is not, as some people interpret, that the gates of mercy and forgiveness are meant by the gates of Paradise, and the gates of wrath by the gates of Hell.
➍ ... It is understood that in the month of Ramadan, the devils (shayatin) are chained. But the question arises: if the devils are chained, why do people still commit sins? The answer is that a person’s own soul (nafs) also incites to sin, and for eleven months the soul becomes accustomed to sins, and then in this month as well, if a person does not strive for self-reform, does not fast, does not recite (the Qur’an), nor perform supererogatory prayers (nawafil), and his soul is not reformed even in Ramadan, then he does not abstain from sins. This can also be observed by comparing the number of worshippers at the Fajr prayer on the first day of Ramadan and on the day of Eid al-Fitr (1st Shawwal).
➎ ... The most virtuous night of Ramadan is Laylat al-Qadr, which is better than a thousand months. The command of the Lord is:
﴿The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.﴾ ( al-Qadr: 3)
It is understood that worshipping on Laylat al-Qadr is a great fortune, because spending one night in worship earns the reward of more than 83 years and 4 months of nights. However, if someone is negligent, then truly being deprived of such a great reward is a great misfortune.
Source: Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwayh, Page: 394
