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Asslam U Alakum,Sir it will be greatly appreciated if u could please let me know following
1) IMPORTANCE OF RAMZAN AS PER QURAN & PROPHET SAWS HADIS
2) WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO WORSHIP IN THIS HOLY MONTH OF RAMZAN
3) NORMALLY I RECEIVED MY REPLY BUT A LITTLE BIT DELAY IT WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED IF REPLIES WILL BE A BIT FAST .... BECAUSE THEN THE SAME REPLY FROM YR END WHICH I RECEIVE I CIRCULATE TO THE PEOPLE WHOM I HAVE CONTACTS .ALLAH HAFIZ /
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Answer:
Importance of Ramadhan
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Question: IMPORTANCE OF RAMZAN AS PER QURAN & PROPHET SAWS HADIS
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2, Surah Baqarah aayat 185:"Ramadan is the month in which the Quran was sent down: this Book is a perfect guidance for mankind and consists of CLEAR teachings which show the right way and are a Criterion of the Truth and falsehood."
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse 183: O you who have believed! The Fast has been made obligatory on you just as it was prescribed for the followers of the Prophets before you. It is expected that this produce piety in you.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 1967 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Umar
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Paradise is decorated for Ramadan from the beginning of the year till a following year, and when the first day of Ramadan comes, a wind under the throne blows some of the leaves of paradise on the maidens with large bright eyes, and they say, `My Lord, appoint us husbands from among Thy servants, with whom we shall be happy and who will be happy with us."
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 1962 Narrated byAbu Hurayrah
Allah`s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Ramadan, a blessed month, has come to you during which Allah has made it obligatory for you to fast. In it the gates of Heaven are opened, the gates of al-Jahim are locked, and the rebellious devils are chained. In it Allah has a night which is better than a thousand months. He who is deprived of its good has indeed suffered deprivation."
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 4.754 Narrated byIbn Abbas
The Prophet was the most generous of all the people, and he used to become more generous in Ramadan when Gabriel met him. Gabriel used to meet him every night during Ramadan to revise the Qur`an with him. Allah`s Apostle then used to be more generous than the fast wind.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 3.226 Narrated byAbu Huraira
I heard Allah`s Apostle saying regarding Ramadan, "Whoever prayed at night in it (the month of Ramadan) out of sincere faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven."
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 3.241 Narrated byAisha
With the start of the last ten days of Ramadan, the Prophet used to tighten his waist belt (i.e. work hard) and used to pray all the night, and used to keep his family awake for the prayers.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 9.519 Narrated byAbu Huraira
The Prophet said, "Whoever believes in Allah and His Apostle, offers prayers perfectly and fasts (the month of) Ramadan then it is incumbent upon Allah to admit him into Paradise, whether he emigrates for Allah`s cause or stays in the land where he was born." They (the companions of the Prophet) said, "O Allah`s Apostle! Should we not inform the people of that?" He said, "There are one-hundred degrees in Paradise which Allah has prepared for those who carry on Jihad in His Cause. The distance between every two degrees is like the distance between the sky and the Earth, so if you ask Allah for anything, ask Him for the Firdaus, for it is the last part of Paradise and the highest part of Paradise, and at its top there is the Throne of the Beneficent, and from it gush forth the rivers of Paradise."
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 3.125 Narrated byAbu Huraira
The Prophet said, "Whoever established prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven; and whoever fasts in the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven."
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 3.86 Narrated byIbn Abbas
When the Prophet returned after performing his Hajj, he asked Um Sinan Al-Ansari, "What did forbid you to perform Hajj?" She replied, "Father of so-and-so (i.e. her husband) had two camels and he performed Hajj on one of them, and the second is used for the irrigation of our land." The Prophet said (to her), "Perform `Umra in the month of Ramadan, (as it is equivalent to Hajj or Hajj with me (in reward)."
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 2390 Narrated byAbuHurayrah
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone breaks his fast one day in Ramadan without a concession granted to him by Allah, a perpetual fast will not atone for it.
Ref: The Night of Qadr
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 97 Surah Al Qadr verses 1-5: We have send down this (Quran) in the Night of Glory. And what do you know what the Night of Glory is? The Night of Glory is better than a thousand months. The angels and the Spirit descend in it with every decree, by the leave of their Lord. That Night is all peace, till the rise of dawn.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 3.234 Narrated byAisha
Allah`s Apostle said, "Search for the Night of Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadan."
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 1964 Narrated byAnas ibn Malik
Anas told of Allah`s Messenger (peace be upon him) saying when Ramadan began, "This month has come to you, and it contains a night which is better than a thousand months. He who is deprived of it is deprived of all good, but only those who are denied prosperity are deprived of it."
Your Question: WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO WORSHIP IN THIS HOLY MONTH OF RAMZAN
The absolute best way to worship in this Holy Month of Ramadan is to take the example of the one who was the best in his worship to Allah; Mohamed ar Rasool Allah (saws).
It is obligatory on every muslim adult to fast in this Holy Month of Ramadan.
It is obligatory to pray the ‘fard’ prayers, like it is for every other month.
Pray as many ‘nafl’ or voluntary prayers in this blessed month of Allah as is possible.
Recite and study the Holy Quran as much as possible.
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