Q. What was the preparation of
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) to
welcome Ramadan?
A. There is hadith in sahih al bukhari (vol. 3
book of fasting, hadith 1969) “aisha (r. a)
related that the prophet (saw) never fasted a
complete month except in Ramadan and he
didn’t fast in any month as many days as he
fasted in the month of shabaan” thus from
this hadith we come to know that prophet
(saw ) used to welcome or prepare for the
month of Ramadan by fasting many days in
the previous month, i.e. the month of
shabaan. And further if you read in Tirmidhi
(Book of supplications, Hadith 5431) which
says that Talha (r.a) says on the authority of
his father that whenever the prophet (saw)
saw the new moon he always used to pray to
Allah (swt) and say “O Allah bless us in this
month (and he used to mention the name of
the month) keep us stead fast in faith in this
month. This is how prophet (saw) used to
pray to Allah (swt) whenever he used to see
the new moon. It wasn’t specifically only for
the new moon of the Ramadan but it was for
all the new moons he used to see. He used to
mention about coming of this blessed month
to the people. Prophet (saw) addressed the
people in hadith (Musanad Ahmad, vol 2,
page 230, hadith 7148) “O people this blessed
month is approaching you and Allah (swt) has
ordained on you to fast in this month. Gates of
the heaven will be opened in this month and
gates of hell will be closed and the devil will
be chained, and in this month there is a night
which is better than a thousand months and
whosoever is deprived of Allah’s (swt) blessing
in this month, he is truly the deprived person.
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