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| 1. Start preparing your mind form the month of Sha'ban for according a befitting reception to Ramadan. Keep fasts frequently before the fifteenth of Sha'ban. Hadrat 'A'isha (God be pleased with her) relates: "The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) used to keep fasts more often in Sha'ban than in any other month". |
2.
Make an effort to sight the Ramadan moon with full attention and eagerness
and say this prayer on sighting the moon:  Allahu kbar Allahumma ahillahu 'alaina bil-amni wal-imani was-salamati wal-Islami wat-taufiqi lima tuhibbu wa tardu rabbuna wa rabbukallah. " God is the greatest ! O God ! Do make the appearance of this moon a token of peace, faith, salvation and Islam for us. Do make this moon arise as a favour to us so that we may perform deeds which conform to Thy Will and are dear to Thee. Our Lord and thy Lord is God ". |
| 3.
Do take special interest in offering devotions during the month of
Ramadan. In addition to obligatory prayers, make it a point to observe
supererogatory prayers (Nawafil) also. Make a firm resolve to win
the maximum favour of God has reserved His special favours and blessing
for this great and propitius month. On the final day of
Sha'ban. the Holy Prophet ( p.b.u.h) in a discourse on the blessings of
the month of Ramadan affirmed : " O people ! A great and blessed month is going to set in on you. Each night of this month is better than a thousand months. God has made fasting obligatory during this month and has ordained Taravih as a supplementary prayer. Any man who performs a good deed during this month of his own free wolition will receive a reward equal to the reward for obligatory deeds performed during other month, he shall receive a reward equal to the reward of seventy obligatory acts during other month ". |
| 4. Keep fasts whole of the month with deep eagerness and zeal. Even if you can't observe fast due to some serious illness or for any other reason permissible in shariah, strictly avoid eating before others out of respect for the sanctity of Ramadan. To all intents and purposes. you must appear ad if you are fasting. |
| 5. Make it a point to recite the Holy Qur'an. The month of Ramadan has a special connexion with the Holy Qur'an. The Holy Qur'an was revealed in this month and the other Divine Books also descended in the same month. |
| 6. Try to recite the Qur'an distinctly and with understanding. Along with frequent recitation, be careful to grasp the meaning of the Holy Qur'an with a elear impact of its message on your mind and heart. |
| 7. During " Taravih do listen to the recitation of the of the whole text of the Qur'an. The Holy Prophet used to listen to the whole text of the Holy Qur'an at least once during Ramadan. |
| 8. Say "Travaih' prayers with humility, eagerness and devotion. Do not just complete the nimber of Rak'ash in a mechanical fashion. Offer prayers with understanding and devotion so that your life may be influenced by the propitious onfluence of the Namaz and your devotion to God may become firm and deep. Do offer Tahajjud prayers also by the favour of God. |
| 9.
Do offer maximum rakatas of supplementary prayers during " Shab Qaqdr
and recite the Holy Qur'an. The importance of this night
is affirmed by the fact that the Holy Qur'an was revealed during this
night. The Holy Qur'an say. Lo ! We revealed it in the Night of Power . And do you understand what the Night of Power ! The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. The angels and spirits descend therein, by the permission or their Lord with all decrees. ( That night) Pace until the rising of dawn. The traditions record that ' Shab Qadr ' is one among the odd nights in the last week of Ramadan. Say this prayer During this night:  Allahumma innaka 'afuwwan tuhibb-ul-afwa fa'fu anni " God ! Forgiveness is Thy Greatest Attribute, for thou likost to forgive. So forgive me ". |
| 10.
Observe I;tkhaf in the last week of the month of Ramada. The Holy Prophet
( p.b.u.h) used to perform I'tkaf during the last ten days of
Ramadan. Hadrat ' A'isha ( God be pleased with her) reports: " When the last week of Ramadan approached, the Holy Prophet ( p.b.u.h) used to keep awake during most part of the nights and devoted himself to worship. He also decreed the female of the household to remain awake and engaged himself in the worship of God with full zeal and perfect devotion". |
| 11. Show utmost tenderness and affection to people in the month of Ramadan. Provide maximum facilities to your employees and supply their needs with extreme liberality. Deal with members with kindness and generosity. |
| 12.
Say the maximum rakats of prayers with humility, zeal and devotion.
It is related in ' Durr Manthur'
that when the Holy Month of Ramadan came, the pattern of the Holy Prophet
( Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) life underwent a change. The
number of the rakats of superoragative prayers offered by him (
p.b.u.h). He (p.b.u.h.) observed deeper humility in prayers and
appeared totally overcome with fear of God. The traditions record: " In the month of Ramadan, God ordains the heaven supporting angels to give up their supplications and say ' Amain ( So be it) after the prayers of the fasting persons". |
| 13. Pay ' Sadaqa Fitr ' ( charity ordained before Eid prayers and the end of Ramadan) with a willing heart and give it away before saying ' Eid prayer. If possible, pay it well before the 'Eod so that the needy and destitute may also buy necessary provisions for the ' Eid and go to the 'ldgah with everybody else and join in the festivities of the 'Eid. It is reported in the traditions that the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h) made the payment of 'Sadaqa Fitr' obligatory for his followers for two reasons: first as an atonement for any improper or licentious deed that the fasting people may have committed unconsciously in the period of their fast; and secondly, 'Sadaqa Fitr' is to be paid to make provisions of food for the poor and the indigent to afford them to enjoy the auspicious Eid day. |
| 14. Besides practicing maximum possible piety yourself in the holy days of Ramadan, persuade others also with fervour, zeal, tenderness and tact to do piety, so that the fear of God, love of piety and goodness may reign supreme over all and the society. as whole, may derive the greatest benefit from the limitless blessings of the holy month of Ramadan. |