The one who does not gain anything from fasting

Abu Hurairah (RA) has reported the Prophet (SAW) as saying: "Perhaps a fasting person will get nothing for his fast save hunger, and perhaps the one who stands to pray at night will get nothing from his standing except sleeplessness."

The hunger Muslims feel when they fast should prompt them to be especially generous to the poor. We learn from the Sunnah, that Prophet Muhammad (SAW) viewed Ramadan as a special time for generosity. Imam Bukhari records that Ibn Abbaas (RA) said, "The Prophet (SAW) was the most generous of people, but he would be his most generous during Ramadan when he would meet the angel Jibreel. He would meet him every night and recite the Qur'ân. When Jibreel met him, he used to be more generous than a fast wind." Thus, offering food to needy families in our neighborhoods or feeding the poor in remote locations is in line with the spirit of Ramadan.

Rather than spending each day of Ramadan sleeping to suppress cravings for favorite foods, shopping for Eid gifts, and cooking huge feasts for iftaar meals, we should devote as much time as possible to doing things which please Allah (SWT) such as Dhikr, Sunnah, Nawafil Salaah, Du'aa, reading and Understanding Qur'ân, as well as performing the neighborly deeds of visiting the sick and tending to the less fortunate.

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