Ramadan of Prophet Muhammad(SAW)

By Muhammad Danish


Reciting and Reflecting Upon The Quran
Narrated Ibn Abbas: Jibreel used to meet him (Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhe
Wasallam) every night in Ramadan to study the Holy Quran carefully together.
(Bukhari)

Night Prayers
Narrated Abu Salma bin Abdur Rahman: I asked Aisha, How is the prayer of Prophet
Sallallahu Alayhe Wasallamduring the month of Ramadan. She said, Prophet
Sallallahu Alayhe Wasallam 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)

Tarweeh in Masjid e Nabawi
Narrated Aisha, the mother of the faithful believers: One night Prophet Sallallahu
Alayhe Wasallam 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 Allahs Apostle 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 Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhe Wasallamhimself 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
Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhe Wasallamsaid, Search for the Night of Qadr in
the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadan. (Bukhari)
Narrated Aisha: With the start of the last ten days of Ramadan, the Prophet Sallallahu
Alayhe Wasallamused 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: Prophet Sallallahu Alayhe Wasallamused to practise
Itikaf in the last ten days of the month of Ramadan. (Bukhari)
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet Sallallahu Alayhe Wasallam 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
Narrated Ibn Abbas: Prophet Sallallahu Alayhe Wasallam was the most generous of all
the people, and he used to be more generous in the month of Ramadan when JIbreel
used to meet him Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhe Wasallam used to become
more generous than the fast wind when he met Jibreel.(Bukhari)