Ramadan The Month of Worship

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِذَا جَاءَ رَمَضَانُ فُتِّحَتْ أَبْوَابُ الْجَنَّةِ وَغُلِّقَتْ أَبْوَابُ النَّارِ وَصُفِّدَتْ الشَّيَاطِينُ 

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

When there comes the month of Ramadan, the gates of mercy are opened, and the gates of Hell are locked and the devils are chained,

(HR Muslim No: 1079a)

Status: Sahih Hadith

https://sunnah.com/muslim:1079a 

Learnings:

When Ramadan approaches, the Prophet SAW reminds the companions to prepare for the arrival of the month of worship: 

1. Ramadan is a month in which Muslims are required to fast. 

2. Ramadan is the month of Shayam (fasting during the day) and Qiam (enlivening the night with voluntary prayer, recitation of the Quran, dhikr and prayer). 

3. Ramadan is the month of worship where the gates of heaven are opened. Those who continue to perform various practices that contain worship or goodness, will prepare themselves with the grace of Allah swt to enter heaven. 

4. The gates of hell are closed in the month of Ramadan. Meaning, with the presence of the month of Ramadan, we are encouraged to increase the number of good deeds, then by itself bad deeds (immorality) are avoided.  Thus, there is no more opportunity for sins, thus closing the gates of hell. 

5. The month of Ramadan is made easier for Muslims to perform worship because the devil has been chained or restricted in his movements to disturb or tempt. 

Other hadith references:

- An-Nasa'i [Sahih]

   - https://sunnah.com/nasai:2097

   - https://sunnah.com/nasai:2098

- Jami' at-Tirmidzi [Hasan] 

   - https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi:682

- Sunan ibn Majah [Hasan] 

  - https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:1642

- Muwatta Malik- https://sunnah.com/urn/506920