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The month of Ramadan Kareem is very dear to Allah. It is the most august of
all months, pure, generous and merciful. Do not let its nights go waste in
slumber, its days in careless omission or loss of remembrance of Allah.
Allah's Name r Greatest
33 Blessings of Fasting !
The benefits of the Ramadhan month of fasting are too many to be
counted. If one does recognize them and realize their importance, he wishes to
have the month of Ramadhan to be throughout the whole year.
These blessings are given by Allah to the fasting Muslims, who are to fast
with full faith and expectation.
These blessings and benefits of the month of fasting during Ramadhan have
been grouped and summarized into different categories. They are summarized here
without commentary. It should be remembered that all of these blessings were
taken directly from Holy Quran and Hadith.
The following is a partial list for the blessings and benefits of the month
of fasting during Ramadhan:
01. Taqwa:
Fearing Allah (SWT)
Practicing the Revelations of Allah (SWT)
Accepting the little things that one has achieved
Preparing for departure from this world to the Hereafter
Self-discipline
Self-control
Self-restraint
Self-education
Self-evaluation
By accepting these criteria and by practicing them, the Muslim will achieve
the concept of Taqwa in his private and public life.
02. Protection:
Avoiding Immorality
Avoiding anger/outcry/uproar
Avoiding stupidity
Avoiding all makrooh/mashbooh/haram
By achieving these good manners, a Muslim will come out of fasting a better
human being in the society.
03. Revelation of Holy Quran: The Holy Quran was revealed during the month of
Ramadhan. The Holy Quran is meant to be:
A Guidance to mankind
A Manifestation of right from wrong
A Summation and culmination of all previous revelations
A Glad-tiding to the believers
A Healer
A Mercy
04. Doors of heaven are open 05. Doors of hell are closed
06. Devils are chained down
07. Fasting with Iman (faith) and expectation: Such type of intention leads
to forgiveness by Allah (SWT) to the individual's sins.
08. Door of Rayyan: There is in Paradise a door called Al-Rayyan. It is for
the fasting Muslims. Only those who fasted the month of Ramadhan are the ones
to enjoy the bliss of Paradise inside that area.
09. Rejoices: There are two types of rejoices for the Muslims who fast. These
are:
When breaking fast
When meeting Allah (SWT) on the day of Judgment
10. Mouth Smell: The smell of the mouth of the fasting Muslim will be better
than the smell of musk during the day of Judgement. (Bad Breath) 11.
Glad-Tidings: These glad-tidings are given to the well-wishers while the
ill-wishers are to be stopped during fasting.
12. Ramadhan -to- Ramadhan: Whoever fasts two consecutive months of Ramadhan
with good intention will receive forgiveness for the mistakes committed
throughout the year.
13. Multiplication of Rewards: Doing good = 10x, 70x, 700x or more during the
month of Ramadhan.
14. Feeding Others: Whoever invites others to break the fast, and whoever
takes care of the hungry, needy, during the last ten days of Ramadhan will
receive equal rewards to the fasting person(s).
15. Blessing of Iftar: Dua is accepted by ALLAH (SWT) at Iftar time.
16. Blessings of Sahoor (The late night meal): This meal time gives the
opportunity for:
Night Prayers
Zikr, Remembrance, Contemplation
Recitation of Holy Quran
Fajr Salat in Jamaat
Dua of Fajr
17. Night Prayers: Whoever performs the Night prayers with sincerity and good
intention will receive forgiveness of his past mistakes. 18. Shafa'at
(Pleading One's Case for Forgiveness): Whoever fasts Ramadhan will receive on
the day of Judgement the Shafa'at of:
Ramadhan
Holy Quran
19. Ihya (Passing Nights Awake): Last ten days of Ramadhan. When a Muslim makes
this type of effort, he will get rewards, forgiveness, and multiples of
blessings. 20. Itikaf (Retreat): A Muslim who performs Itikaf during the last
ten days of Ramadhan will get:
Blessings and rewards
Peace of mind
Contemplation and evaluation
Better citizen
21. Lailatul Qadr (The Night of Power): Whoever observes it with sincerity and
good intention will get the following benefits:
Forgiveness of mistakes
Better than 1,000 months
Dua
Zikr
Prayers
Reading Holy Quran
Rewards
Blessings
Better human being
22. Generosity : Kindness, hospitality, visitation, etc. All of these and many
more are among the benefits of Ramadhan. 23. Zakat al-Fitrah (Charity on Eid
Day): The benefits of paying such as charity to the needy are tremendous, among
which are the following:
Purity
Feeding the needy
Sharing happiness
Improving human relations
Improving society
24. Sadaqah (Charity): The benefits of paying sadaqah are many. These are
summarized as follows:
Purity
Flourishing of wealth
Improving economy
Circulation of wealth
Elimination of inflation
Elimination of poverty
25. Fasting and Health : By fasting, one gets the following benefits:
Purification of body from toxins
Reducing of weight
Purity of brain
Rejuvenation of body
Living of life with happiness
Looking younger
26. Change of Lifestyle: By living a different life style, one gets rid of the
monotony of life and hence enjoys his life span. 27. Sharing: Of hunger,
thirst and rituals with others in the society.
28. Eid-ul-Fitr (Feast) : Sharing of happiness and visitation of one another
as members of the society.
29. Graveyards Visitation: One will get the following benefits by visiting
graveyards.
Dua for the deceased
Preparing oneself for departure from this world
Feeling respect for the deceased
Making the person to be humble in his life
30. Every breath is Tasbiih. Every breath and even sleep is Ibadah and awarded.
31. Umrah in Ramadhan: Visiting Makkah during the fasting month of Ramadhan
is:
Equal to one Hajj (pilgrimage)
Equal to one Hajj with Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
32. Historical Successes and Victories in Ramadhan: Muslims throughout their
history received many benefits during Ramadhan the month of fasting, among
which are the following:
Battle of Badr
Battle of Khandaq
Opening of Makkah
Battle of Tabuk
Tariq Ibn Ziyad opened Europe
Salahuddin liberated Jerusalem from the crusaders
Egypt and Israel, 1973 - Egyptians kicked the Israelis out of Egypt during
Ramadhan the month of fasting, etc.
33. Learning lessons from historical incidents that happened during Holy
Ramadhan the month of fasting, e.g.
Wafaat Hazrat Khadijeh (as).
Wiladat Imam Hassan bin Ali (as).
Shahadat Imam Ali bin Abi Talib (as).
Youm-al-Quds.
May Allah SWT give all of us Hidayat and taufeeq Ameen...
May Allah accept all our deeds and forgive all our sins and give us the power
to use this big opportunity wisely.
We pray to Allah (s.w.t.) to accept our supplications during this Holy Month
and grant us Tawfiq to serve Him and to forgive us for our shortcomings.
Happiness keeps u Sweet, Trials keeps u Strong, Sorrow keeps u
Human,Failure Keeps u Humble, Success keeps u Glowing,But only God Keeps u
Going................................
Sweet Shenu
ABDUL WAHID OSMAN BELAL
Abida Rahmani
If all the trees in the world were used to make paper it would not be
sufficient to write all the blessings provided to us.
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