Bismillāh. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: “Indeed the doors of heaven are opened on the first night of the month of Ramadan, and they are not shut until the last night from it.” Bihār al-Anwār, vol. 10, p. 504 أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ ۚ وَلَوْ كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ غَيْرِ … Read more
Bismillāh. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) has said: Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said: “Every deed of the son of Adam is for him, except fasting; it is for Me, and I Myself shall reward it.” al-Khisāl, vol. 4, p. 45 وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ ۖ … Read more
Bismillāh. The Messenger of God (s) said: “O Jābir, this is the month of Ramadān: whoever fasts its days, prays a portion of its nights, keeps his belly and private parts pure, and restrains his tongue, his sins depart from him as they depart at the end of the month.” Jābir said: “O Messenger of … Read more
Bismillāh. Imam al-Sādiq (peace be upon him) said: “Whoever fasts three days at the end of Shaʿbān and connects them with the month of Ramaḍān, God — the Exalted — records for him the fast of two consecutive months.” Wasā’il al-Shī’ah, vol. 10, p. 504 إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ The faithful are indeed brothers. Sūrat al-Hujurāt, … Read more
Bismillāh. The Prophet (s) said: “Shaʿbān is my month, and Ramadān is the month of God. Whoever fasts a day of my month, I will be his intercessor on the Day of Judgment, and whoever fasts the month of Ramadān will be freed from the Fire.” Wasā’il al-Shī’ah, vol. 10, p. 503 ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ … Read more
Bismillāh. From ʿAlī ibn Mūsā al-Ridā (a): “Whoever asks forgiveness from God — Blessed and Exalted — seventy times during Shaʿbān, God will forgive his sins, even if they are as numerous as the stars.” Bihār al-Anwār, v. 94, p. 90 الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ The Merciful [whose mercy is all-encompassing], the Merciful [whose special mercy is … Read more
Bismillāh. From the Forty Hadith on Rajab and Sha’bān Ibrāhīm b. Maymūn asked Imam al-Ridhā ‘alayhis-salām: What is the best supplication in this month? So, he (the Imam) replied: doing istighfār; surely whoever does istighfār seventy times in Sha‘bān, is like one who does istighfār seventy thousand times in other months. I asked him: How … Read more
Bismillāh. From the Forty Hadith on Rajab and Sha’bān It has been reported by Qāsim b. Yahyā from his grandfather al-Hasan b. Rāshid, “Imam Ja‘far b. Muhammad (a) said: do not abandon the fasting of the 27th Day of Rajab, for it is the day on which the prophethood was bestowed upon Muhammad (s); and … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. It has been narrated from Amīrul Mu’minīn (Ali ibn Abī Tālib) A that he used to fast in it and say: Rajab is my month, Sha‘bān is the month of the Messenger of Allah 1 and the month of Ramadan is Allah’s month. Misbāh2:797; Wasā’il … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. Imam al-Kāzim (a): Rajab is a great month in which Allah multiplies good deeds and erases sins. Whoever fasts one day in Rajab is kept at a distance from the Fire equal to a year’s journey, and whoever fasts three days, Paradise becomes obligatory … Read more