This excerpt is taken from Sheikh Hussain bin Mubarak Al-Mosuli's Arabic book Al-Awamer wal-Nawahi, whose Urdu translation has been done by Muhammad Sarwar Gohar Sahib under the title Ahkamat o Mamnoaat.
① Sayyiduna Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
ما من عبد يصوم يوما فى سبيل الله إلا باعد الله وجهه عن النار سبعين خريفا
"Whoever fasts one day in the way of Allah, Allah distances him from Hellfire by a distance equivalent to seventy years."
Reference: Bukhari, Book of Jihad and Expeditions 2840. Muslim, Book of Fasting 1153. Tirmidhi, Virtues of Jihad 1633.
② Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
من صام يوما فى سبيل الله جعل الله بينه وبين النار خندقا كما بين السماء والأرض
"Whoever fasts one day in the way of Allah, Allah creates a trench between him and Hellfire as vast as the earth and the sky."
Reference: Tirmidhi, Virtues of Jihad 1624. The narration is Hasan (good).
I'tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan and related rulings
① Sayyiduna Ibn Umar رضي الله عنهما narrates that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم used to perform I'tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan.
Reference: Bukhari, Al-I'tikaf Hadith 2025. Muslim, I'tikaf, Hadith 1171/1.
Seeking and Searching for Laylat al-Qadr
① It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha رضي الله عنها that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:
تحروا ليلة القدر فى العشر الأواخر من رمضان
"Seek and search for Laylat al-Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadan."
Reference: Bukhari, Book of Taraweeh Prayer 2020. Muslim, Book of Fasting 1163.
