Thread: How To Spend The Month Of Ramadan?

How To Spend The Month Of Ramadan?

Studying Quran the top priority
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: "Gabriel used to meet him (Rasool Allah (saw)) every night in Ramadan to study the Holy Quran carefully together." (Bukhari)

Night Prayers
Narrated Abu Salma bin 'Abdur Rahman: I asked 'Aisha (ra), "How is the prayer of The Prophet (saw) during the month of Ramadan." She said, "The Prophet (saw) never exceeded eleven Rakat in Ramadan or in other months; he used to offer four Rakat-- do not ask me about their beauty and length, then four Rakat, do not ask me about their beauty and length, and then three Rakat.(Bukhari)

Taraweeh in Masjid e Nabawi
Narrated 'Aisha (ra), the mother of the faithful believers: One night The Prophet (saw) offered the prayer in the Mosque and the people followed him. The next night he also offered the prayer and too many people gathered. On the third and the fourth nights more people gathered, but The Prophet (saw) did not come out to them. In the morning he said, "I saw what you were doing and nothing but the fear that it (i.e. the prayer) might be made obligatory on you, stopped me from coming to you." And that happened in the month of Ramadan. (Bukhari)
Note: Taraweeh prayer is established from the sunnah based on the above mentioned hadith. Rasool Allah himself led the Muslims in Taraweeh prayer for two days but gave up after that due to fear that it may become a compulsory (wajib) sunnah. It is a voluntary (nafil) prayer and is recommended during Ramadan.

Praying in the last Ten Days of Ramadan and Lailatul Qadr - Night of Decree
The Prophet (saw) said, "Search for the Night of Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadan. (Bukhari)
Narrated Aisha (ra): With the start of the last ten days of Ramadan, the Prophet (saw) used to tighten his waist belt (i.e. work hard) and used to pray all the night, and used to keep his family awake for the prayers. (Bukhari)

Observing Itekaf
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar: The Prophet (saw) used to practice Itikaf in the last ten days of the month of Ramadan. (Bukhari)
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (saw) used to perform Itikaf every year in the month of Ramadan for ten days, and when it was the year of his death, he stayed in Itikaf for twenty days. (Bukhari)

Height of generosity in Ramadan
Giving charity generously in the month of Ramadan is also the sunnah of the Prophet (saw).
(Bukhari & Muslim)