Merits of the Month of Ramaḍān

Aḥmad b. Ziyād b. Jaʿfar al-Hamadānī رضي الله عنه narrated to us, saying that ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm b. Hāshim narrated to him among others, from his father, from Ibn Abī ʿUmayr, from al-Mufaḍḍal b. ʿUmar, from Jābir b. Yazīd al-Ju‘fī, from Abī Nuṣra [or Abī Ḥamza], from Jābir b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Anṣārī, who said: “The Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وعلى آله has said: “My community has been given five particulars in the month of Ramaḍān that no community of any prophet before me has been given. The first: Allāh عز وجل looks to them on the first night of the month of Ramaḍān, and whoever Allāh looks to, He does not punish him. The second: The odour of their mouths when they break their fast is sweeter to Allāh than the scent of musk. The third: The angels seek forgiveness for them every day and night. The fourth: Allāh عز وجل will say to His Paradise: “Adorn yourself and prepare for My servants, for they are soon to rest from the toil and harm of the world and enter the abode of My generosity.” The fifth: On the last night of the month of Ramaḍān, Allāh will forgive them all together.” A man said: “O’ Messenger of Allāh, is that the Night of Power?” He replied: “Nay! Do you not see that when the labourers finish their work, they are given their wages?”