The Blessings and Virtues of the Month of Ramadan

Every year, Muslims are given a chance to glorify their deed records and get their past sins forgiven. Those blessed to live long enough to experience this month consider themselves to be very lucky.  It is the most celebrated month of the Islamic calendar. Through this month, they are taught great patience and self control as they have to observe fast from early morning till the setting of the sun. There are countless blessings and virtues of this month, here we shall discuss a few:

Great rewards:

Every great deed in Ramadan is multiplied by seventy. Hence, if we wish to earn great rewards then Ramadan should be utilized at its best. This is also supported in the following hadith:

“Whoever draws near to Allah during it (Ramadan) with a single characteristic from the characteristics of (voluntary) goodness, he is like whoever performs an obligatory act in other times. And whoever performs an obligatory act during it, he is like whoever performed seventy obligatory acts in other times.”  (Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah)

In addition to that, Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) has said in numerous ahadith that our chances of entering heaven are increased and that the devil is chained. Since the devil is chained, we’ll be getting less evil thoughts in our heads. We should learn and recite surahs of Quran and if possible we have to memorize and learnlast 10 Surahs of Quran which are very short Surahs and easy to memorize.

“When the month of Ramadan starts, the gates of the heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed and the devils are chained.” (Bukhari)

Thus, this would automatically increase our chances of doing great deeds and consequently earning great rewards. Therefore, we should keep ourselves busy with great practices like reading or reciting the Quran especially the important surahs like SurahAl-Waqiah has numerous benefits and the best dua for the Muslims in Quran is Ayatul Kursi, which has countless rewards and blessings.

A solution for the past sins:

As Humans, we sin. We sin a lot. But as Muslims, we have the blessed opportunity of getting our past sins forgiven. Especially in the month of Ramadan:

“.. Whoever fasts during Ramadan out of sincere faith and hoping to attain Allah's rewards, and then all his past sins will be forgiven."  (Bukhari)

We must also understand that Allah loves the act of asking for His forgiveness. It is only natural that we sin, but we should then acknowledge this mistake and immediately ask for His forgiveness. It is a greater sin to know our mistake but keep on doing it without asking forgiveness.

Health benefits:

The month of Ramadan is known to have many health benefits. This is due to the fasting that we do that our body gets the chance to revive its digestive system. Starving for a couple of hours and then breaking the fast results in us consuming mostly water. This way, we consume less food and those who have weight problems lose their weight by a great magnitude.

Conclusion:

The month of Ramadan has many blessings and any Muslims who is lucky enough to experience it must practice as many good deeds as he can in order to achieve a great place in jannah.