Indeed, from that which is done in welcoming the great month of Ramaḍān is the utterance of that which our Messenger ﷺ taught us, as has come in the hadith of Ṭalḥah ibn ʿUbaydillāh with al-Tirmidhī and others, and in the hadith of ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar and others, may Allah be pleased with them, with Ibn Ḥibbān: that the Messenger ﷺ, when he saw the crescent moon, he would say:

“O Allah, bring it over us with blessings and iman, and safety and Islam. My Lord and your Lord is Allah.”
(اللَّهُمَّ أَهِلَّهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالْيُمْنِ وَالْإِيمَانِ، وَالسَّلَامَةِ وَالْإِسْلَامِ، رَبِّي وَرَبُّكَ اللَّهُ)

This supplication is said upon the appearance of the crescent moon at the beginning of every month, and it is not specific to the crescent of Ramaḍān; however, it is from that which is done in Ramaḍān from the affairs that are given greater emphasis and stronger affirmation.

Likewise also, from that which is done in welcoming this noble month is that which has come in the hadith of Abū Hurayrah, may Allah, the Most High, be pleased with him, with al-Nasāʾī: that the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, delivered a sermon, then he said in his sermon:

“Ramadan has come to you—a blessed month. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has obligated upon you its fasting. In it, the gates of the heaven are opened, and in it, the gates of Hellfire are closed, and in it, the rebellious devils are chained. For Allah, in it, is a night better than a thousand months. Whoever is deprived of its goodness has indeed been deprived.”

Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Rajab, may Allah have mercy upon him, said in his book Laṭāʾif al-Maʿārif: “Some of the scholars said: This hadith is a foundation regarding the congratulating of the people, some of them to others, with the month of Ramadan.”

And how can the Muslims not congratulate themselves upon the entrance of this noble month, while it is the month of iman, certainty, excellence, the Qur’an, forgiveness, and pleasure; within it are the various types of goodness in the immediate and the later.

Urgent:

The crescent of Ramaḍān has been sighted in Tumayr.

And tomorrow, Wednesday, is the first day of Ramaḍān in Saudi Arabia.

🌙 Blessed be upon you this noble month of Ramaḍān.

All praise is due to Allah, who has allowed us to reach it once again. We ask Him, exalted is He, to aid us in fasting its days and standing its nights, to place barakah within it for us, and to make it a month of acceptance, forgiveness, and elevation. We ask Him to free our necks, and the necks of our fathers, our mothers, and all the Muslims from the Fire, and to make us among those who attain its immense rewards and emerge from it purified and triumphant.

🤲 May your Ramaḍān be blessed, filled with tranquillity, and enveloped in the mercy and protection of Allah.

The Great Blessing of Reaching Ramadan: A Gift from Allah — Will You Honour It?

Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله

Welcoming Ramadan

Sheikh Muhammad Sa’eed Raslan حفظه الله

My dear brothers and sisters,

From the widespread misunderstandings in our time is that many people assume that any food eaten before sleep, or any meal taken early in the night, is considered suḥūr. Thus, you find a person eating at 10 or 11 PM, then sleeping the entire night, thinking he has fulfilled the Sunnah of suḥūr, while in reality he has deprived himself of its legislated time and its immense blessing.

The scholars have clarified this matter with precision. Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Nawawī, may Allah have mercy upon him, said in al-Majmūʿ (6/360): “The time of suḥūr is between the middle of the night and the emergence of dawn.”

And it is stated in Ḥāshiyat al-Dasūqī (1/515): “The time of suḥūr begins with the last half of the night, and the more it is delayed, the more virtuous it becomes.”

This clarification removes the confusion that has become common today, where suḥūr is treated as a cultural meal or mere habit rather than a legislated act of worship tied to a noble and blessed time. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ not only legislated suḥūr, but he encouraged it with emphatic encouragement and immense promise. He ﷺ said: “Take suḥūr, even if only with a sip of water.” And he ﷺ said: “The suḥūr is a blessed meal, so do not abandon it—even if one of you were to take only a sip of water, for indeed Allah and His angels send prayers upon those who take suḥūr.”

Reflect upon this tremendous virtue—Allah, the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and His noble angels, send prayers upon those who rise for suḥūr. What greater honour could a servant seek? And who is the one who would knowingly deprive himself of such divine favour?

And he ﷺ said to his companions: “Come to the blessed meal,” meaning the suḥūr. And he ﷺ said: “Take suḥūr, for indeed there is blessing in suḥūr.” This barakah is not limited to the body, but extends to the soul, the fast, the strength to worship, and the conformity to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

From his perfect guidance was that he would delay his suḥūr until close to Fajr. The companions, may Allah be pleased with them, reported that the time between his suḥūr and the adhān was equivalent to the recitation of fifty verses.

Yet today, this Sunnah has become from the neglected Sunnahs. Many people remain awake deep into the night in amusement, distraction, or sin, then eat before sleeping, thereby abandoning the blessed time which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ himself honoured. So follow his Sunnah ﷺ, and do not be from those who eat early and then sleep in heedlessness, assuming they have attained suḥūr, while its true time—and its true blessing—slips quietly beyond their reach.

📖 New Lesson Announcement:
إِحْيَاءُ السُّنَنِ وَإِمَاتَةُ الْبِدَعِ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ
Reviving the Sunnah and Eliminating Innovations in the Month of Ramaḍān

✍️ Authored by the virtuous Shaykh Abū ʿAbd al-Aʿlā Khālid ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUthmān al-Miṣrī, may Allah preserve him.

🎙 Read and translated live by: Abu Zakariyya Ahmed al-Hudaydi, may Allah forgive him, his parents, and all the Muslims.

My dear brothers and sisters, Ramaḍān is not merely a month that passes with the turning of days and nights. Rather, it is a sacred season in which the Sunnah must be revived within our lives, our homes, and our worship, and in which innovations must be abandoned and extinguished. For every innovation extinguishes a Sunnah, and every Sunnah revived brings life to the heart and nearness to Allah.

From the greatest ways of honouring this blessed month is to worship Allah upon clarity, following the guidance of His Messenger ﷺ in fasting, prayer, remembrance, and conduct—free from additions, distortions, and practices that were not legislated. For the true success of Ramaḍān is not merely in fasting, but in fasting upon the Sunnah, and not merely in worship, but in worship upon correctness and sincerity. For actions are not accepted except by two mighty foundations: sincerity to Allah alone, and conformity to the Sunnah of His Messenger ﷺ.

For this reason, we are pleased to announce this blessed lesson series, through which we will study this beneficial treatise that clarifies how the believer revives the Sunnah in Ramaḍān and distances himself from innovations. It will address widespread innovations that have become common in this noble month, presenting them with clarity, knowledge, and precision, upon the understanding of the righteous predecessors (al-Salaf al-Ṣāliḥ), so that the truth may be distinguished from falsehood, and the Sunnah from innovation. Through this, our fasting, our prayers, and our devotion may be established upon correctness—pure in intention and sound in practice—so that they are accepted by Allah and complete in their reward.

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We ask Allah to revive our hearts with the Sunnah, to distance us from innovation and misguidance, and to allow us to witness Ramaḍān while we are upon correctness, sincerity, and steadfastness.

You Are Capable of Abandoning Sin and Obeying Allah: Ramadan Teaches Us That We Can!

Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله

The Prophetic Supplication to Be Recited Upon Completing the Witr Prayer: A Great Forgotten Sunnah!

Shaykh Abdurazzaq Al-Badr حفظه الله

📩 The Question:

I would like to please ask, In shaa Allaah, when should we hold the intention for fasting the month of Ramadan?

I personally made the intention to fast for the entire month of Ramadan before the month began. Is this okay?

📝 The Answer:

Answered by Shaykh Muḥammad bin Ḥizām al-Baʿdānī — may Allah preserve him.

The correct view is that Ramaḍān and whatever is attached to it of that which continuity is stipulated in—such as fasting two consecutive months—a single intention at its beginning suffices, so long as he does not interrupt it due to an excuse, in which case he renews the intention.

And the evidence for that is the generality of his statement ﷺ: “Indeed, actions are only by intentions.” And also, it is one single act of worship, so one intention suffices for it.

Despite that, every Muslim carries forward his first intention in every night of Ramaḍān, for in every night he is resolved to fast the following day, and he takes suḥūr, and he is keen upon fasting the following day.

But if it were decreed that he slept that night and did not rise for suḥūr, then it is obligatory upon him to fast without suḥūr, if he is able to do so, because he is upon the intention of fasting the entire month completely.

For further benefit and clarification, our Shaykh also elaborated on this matter in his book Khulāṣat al-Aḥkām fī Masāʾil al-Ṣiyām (The Summary of the Rulings on the Issues of Fasting), where he addressed the question: Is Intention a Condition for Fasting?

His answer was as follows:

Fasting is not valid except with an intention, whether it is obligatory or voluntary, due to the statement of the Prophet ﷺ:

“Indeed, actions are only by intentions.”
(Agreed upon, from ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, may Allah be pleased with him.)
This is the position of most scholars.

The majority of scholars hold that specifying the type of fast is a condition, meaning that one must determine that they are fasting tomorrow as Ramaḍān, or as its makeup, or as an expiation, or as a vow, or as a voluntary fast.

This is the position of Mālik, Aḥmad, al-Shāfiʿī, Isḥāq, and Dāwūd, and they used as evidence his ﷺ statement:

“And each person will only have what he intended.”

However, specifying the type of fast is not a condition in voluntary fasting unless it is from the regular fasts, such as ʿArafah and ʿĀshūrāʾ, in which case specification is required.

As for Ramaḍān and other fasts that require continuity, Mālik, Aḥmad (in a narration), and Isḥāq (in a narration), and this was preferred by Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah, held that:

A single intention at the beginning of the month suffices, unless it is interrupted by an excuse, in which case a new intention must be made.

This is the stronger view, and it was also preferred by Imām Ibn ʿUthaymīn, may Allah have mercy on him.

[The Summary of the Rulings on the Issues of Fasting, Page 10]

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A Common Mistake When Breaking the Fast: The Dua After Breaking Fast – Are You Saying It Too Early?

Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله

📩 The Question:

I have been suffering from a dental infection for a few weeks now. While waiting to start my treatment plan with the dentist on the 27th, I was prescribed painkillers to manage the pain.

Ramadan has now begun and I am fasting. I would like to know what I should do regarding the fasting day. For instance, this morning during Suhoor, I took my medication so that I wouldn't be in pain during the day, but the pain returned just a few hours later. It is Allah who puts the barakah (blessing) in the remedies, alhamdulillah.

However, if the pain becomes unbearable and too intense to handle, am I allowed to break my fast and fast it after ramadan? Baarakallahu feekum.

📝 The Answer:

Answered by Shaykh Usāmah ibn Saʿūd al-ʿAmrī — may Allah preserve him.

Yes. If the pain becomes severe, it is permissible for her to break the fast, and she should make up one day in its place after the month of Ramadan, as Allah, Glorified is He, said:

“And whoever is ill or on a journey, the same number (of days which one did not observe fasts must be made up) from other days.” (Surah al-Baqarah 2:184)

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📩 The Question:

I am currently 3 months post partum and exclusively breastfeeding my baby. How can I tell the difference between just “Ramadan hardship” and being unable to continue fasting? What if I feel like “it’s not bad enough to leave fasting”?..

Last year I tried durnt my pregnancy despite my hyperemesis gravidarum (pregnancy sickness where I threw up more than 10 times a day) and I got hospitalised in the end because I felt so bad ‘giving up’..

📝 The Answer:

Answered by Shaykh Usāmah ibn Saʿūd al-ʿAmrī — may Allah preserve him.

It is upon the Muslim not to throw himself, nor those under his care, into destruction. And the criterion for fear regarding the pregnant woman or the breastfeeding woman, or their child, is harm. The jurists mentioned by way of example their statement: “That the pregnant woman fears miscarriage, or the breastfeeding woman fears that the milk will decrease such that the child perishes.”

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My dear sisters,

Do not let Ramaḍān be consumed by your kitchen.

In this magnificent month, whose hours are more precious than gold and whose moments cannot be replaced, how many blessed portions of time are lost over stoves and countertops — preparing food that would suffice a nation, not merely a family.

Some sisters imagine that the true competition of Ramaḍān lies in perfecting dishes, multiplying varieties, and adorning the table with abundance. They strive in recipes as though this were the arena of the month. Yet the real race of Ramaḍān is not in flavours, but in forgiveness; not in presentation, but in prayer; not in abundance of food, but in abundance of remembrance and recitation of the Quran.

There is no doubt that excessive preoccupation with cooking wastes precious time, exhausts the body, and weakens one’s worship. When half the day is spent in the kitchen, the Qur’an remains unopened. And when night arrives, fatigue settles heavily upon the limbs, and the soul finds itself too weary to stand in prayer.

Prepare little, my sisters, for in little there is blessing. Let your effort be moderate and sincere. Intend by your cooking the worship of Allah — serving your husband and children, feeding those who fast — and you will be rewarded for it. But beware of turning your kitchen into a place of competition, display, and unnecessary extravagance.

Remember that you are not cut off from goodness even while you prepare food. You can listen to the Qur’an. You can reflect. You can remember Allah. You can transform ordinary moments into acts of devotion. Let your kitchen become a place of reward, not a place of loss.

Ramaḍān is a guest that comes swiftly and departs swiftly. Do not allow it to leave while your hands were busy but your heart was absent. Guard your hours. Preserve your strength. Direct your striving toward what will elevate your ranks and illuminate your grave.

May Allah grant you wisdom in your time, blessing in your homes, and acceptance in your worship.