Merits of the Month of Ramaḍān

Muḥammad b. ʿAlī Mājilawayh—may Allāh have mercy on him—narrated to us, saying that his paternal uncle Muḥammad b. Abī’l-Qāsim narrated to him, saying that Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Kūfī narrated to him among others, saying that Muḥammad b. Sinān narrated to him among others, from al-Mufaḍḍal b. ʿUmar, from Yūnus b. Ẓibyān, who narrates: “I said to al-Ṣādiq عليه السلام: “What is it that distances Iblīs from us?” So he replied: “Fasting blackens his face, charity breaks his back, love for Allāh and mutual support in righteous deeds sever his lineage, and seeking forgiveness cuts his lifeline.”