Merits of the Month of Ramaḍān

Muḥammad b. ʿAlī Majīlawayh narrated to us, saying that his paternal uncle, Muḥammad b. Abī’l-Qāsim, narrated to him among others, from Aḥmad b. Abī ʿAbd Allāh al-Barqī, from his father, from Muḥammad b. Sinān, from al-Mufaḍḍal b. ʿUmar, from Yūnus b. Ẓibyān, who said: “I said to Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq عليه السلام: “O’ son of the Messenger of Allāh, what is that which will drive Iblīs away from us?” So he replied: “Fasting blackens his face, charity breaks his back, love for Allāh and supporting one another in righteous deeds cuts off his roots, and seeking forgiveness (from Allāh) severs his lifeline.”