Merits of the Month of Ramaḍān

Muḥammad b. ʿAlī (b.) Mājīlawayh narrated to us, saying that ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm b. Hāshim narrated to him, from his father, from Muḥammad b. Abī ʿUmayr, from more than one person, from Abī ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṣādiq عليه السلام, who has said: “The Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم has said: “The month of Ramaḍān is the month of Allāh عز وجل, and it is the month in which Allāh doubles the rewards of good deeds and erases misdeeds. It is the month of blessing, the month of turning (to Allāh), the month of repentance, the month of forgiveness, the month of liberation from Perdition, and the month of triumph through Paradise. So beware of every forbidden thing in it, recite the Qurʾān abundantly, ask in it for your needs, and occupy yourselves in it with the remembrance of your Lord. Let not the month of Ramaḍān be with you like any other month, for it has with Allāh a sanctity and a distinction over all other months, and let not the day of your fasting in Ramaḍān be like the day of your breaking the fast.”