How to make this Ramadan the best one ever

How to make this Ramadan the best one ever

Good deed is generally important in life of a muslim to make you a complete muslim. "Verily, those who belief (in the oneness of Allah and his messenger Muhammed (SAW) including all obligations ordered by Islam) and do righteous good deeds, they are all the best of creatures". (Quran 98:7).
"The likeness of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah, is as the likeness of a grain(of corn), it grows seven ears, and each ear has a hundred grains. Allah gives manifold increase to whom he wills. And Allah is All-sufficient for his creatures' needs, All-know er". (Quran 2:261)
Like a single seed from which springs forth hundreds of grains Allah will cause the good deeds of his righteous servant to grow and multiply.
For a muslim, the golden opportunity of earning countless blessing and rewards in the Holy month of Ramadan. It is the month in which muslims indulge in prayers and good deeds with greater intensity and frequently compared to what they do in normal days.
Thus, Muslims wish to make the most out of each and every moment of Ramadan.
The list below are hugely rewarded deed in this month of Ramadan:

#1. Dhikr
Dhikr simply means remembrance of Allah. Dhikr can be done at anytime and any place except the toilet.
Doing dhikr brings one great reward in this life (dunya) and hereafter (akhira). We have different dhikr with different significance. Some of the dhikr one can recite are; Subhanalai, Lailaha ilala, Astagfirlai, Alhamdulilai, Alahuma solihala seyidina Muhammed wa seleem, etc.
Someone from the gathering asked the Prophet (SAW),"How can anyone of us earn a thousand rewards?" Prophet Muhammed (SAW) said,"Glorify Allah a hundred times by just saying "subhanalai" and a good deed will be written for you, or a thousand sins will be wiped away". (Muslim 4:2073)
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Prophet Muhammed (SAW) said:
"Whoever enters a market and says: 'laa ilaha illallah wahadahu laa shareeka lah, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu yuhyi wa yumeetu wa huwa hayyun laa yamoot, bi yadihil khair, wa huwaala kulli shayin qadeer"
Translation: (there is nothin worthy of worship except Allah, alone without partner, to him belong dominion and praise, he causes life and death and he is the living and does not die. In his hand is all the good, and he is over all things (ompetent).
...Allah will write for him or her a MILLION good deeds and erase a MILLION bad deeds and raise him a MILLION levels" (Tirmidhi).

#2. Obligatory prayer
What differentiate a muslim from kafir (those that disbelief) is the obligatory prayer. If you bear a mulim name and you don't observe obligatory prayer, you are not yet a muslim.
"...And whoever performs an obligatory act during it (ramadan), he is like whoever perform seventy obligatory act in other times.". (Sahih ibn Khuzaymah)

#3. Offering Fajar and Isha prayer in congregation
Once a group of companion came to Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and said:
"O Messenger of Allah, the wealthy people will have higher grades and will have permanent enjoyment and they pray like us and fast as we do. They have money, which they give in charity".
The Prophet (SAW) replied:
"Has Allah not rendered for you the 'Isha prayer in congregation equal to Hajj, and Fajr prayer in congregation equal to 'Umrah'?". (Muslim)

#4. Sadaqah (Voluntarycharity)
Charity is a very important deed in islam, and Allah (SWT) mentioned it in different verses in Al-Quran. The more we give sodaqah the more we increase our eeman and thus expect Allah's reward both in this world and in the life hereafter. To give charity out of our wealth does not decrease our wealth but instead Allah (SWT) increases it.
"Allah will destroy Riba (usury) and will give increase for sodaqah (deds of charity, alms e.t.c). And like not the disbeliever, sinners". (Quran 2:276)

"The best Charity is that given in Ramadan". (Tirmidhi).

#5. Provide for Breaking Fast of a person
Providing food for someone opening fast or breaking fast is another great deed. As great as the reward is, it will be written for that person that he/she fasted even if he/she did not fast.
"Whoever provides food for breaking of the fast for a fasting person receives the reward of the fasting person, without the reward of the fasting person being reduced in any way". (Tirmidhi)

#6. Observing Itikaf
Itikaf is to retire for a particular number of days to a mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan in accordance with the believer's own wish and to devote oneself exclusively to act of worship. Itikaf provides an opportunity to the believer to get closer to Allah by temporarily freeing oneself and one's mind from the activities and worries of this world and instead, focus only on Allah alone.
Note: Itikaf is to be held only in a mosque where congregation pprayers are held.
"He who observes the ten days Itikaf during Ramadan will obtain the reward of two Hajj and Two Umrah". (Bayhaqi)
Aa'isha (May Allah be pleased with her) reported that when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) observing Itikaf, he did not enter the house except to relief himself. Narrated by Muslim (297)
Aa'isha (R.A) said : The Messenger of Allah (SAW) used not to enter the house except for things that a person needs when he was observing Itikaf. ( Al-Bukhari 2092 and Muslim 297)

#7. Exhibiting Good Manners
No other religion emphasis on Good Manner like the way Islam does.
"There is none heavier in the scales of the hereafter than good character". (Tirmidhi)
The best thing is to exhibit good manner to be among the fortunate.

#8. Attending Lectures in the Mosque
Attending lectures in the month of Ramadan has a great reward.
"Whoever goes to the mosque not desiring except to learn of teach what is good has the reward of a pilgrimage who completed this Hajj". (Taborani)

#9. Visiting a Sick Muslim
"There is no Muslim who visit a sick Muslim early in the morning but 70 thousand angels send blessing upon him until evening come, and if he visits him in the evening , 70 angels send blessings upon him until morning comes, and he will have a garden in Paradise" (Tirmidhi)

#10. Prayer Lylatul Qadr
Praying on the on the night of Lylatul Qadr reward - worshipping Allah in that night is better than worshipping him a thousand months.
"It was narrated from Abu Hurairah (R.A) that the Prophet (SAW) Said: 'Whoever spends the night of Lailatul Qadr in Prayer out of faith and in hope of reward, will be forgiven his previous sins'".
Aa'isha (R.A) reported " With the last ten days of Ramadan, the Prophet used to tighten his waist belt (I.e work harder) and used to pray the whole night, and used to keep his family awake for the prayer" (Bukhari)

#11. Reciting the Quran
As an authentic hadith in At-Tirmithee proves:
"Whoever reads a letter from the Quran, he will have a reward. And that reward will be multiplied by ten. I am not saying that 'Alif Laam Meem' is a letter, rather I am saying that Alif is a letter ,laam is a letter and meem is a letter". So increase your recitation of the Quran to gain these merit and to gain the following merits as well:
In another hadeeth Aa-isha (R.A) relates that the Prophet (SAW) said: Verily the one who recites the Quran beautifully smoothly and precisely, he will be in the company of the noble and obedient angels. And as for the one who recites with difficulty,stammaring or stumbling through the verses, then he will have TWICE that reward". (Al- Bukhari and Muslim)
These are some of the soorah that contains huge reward;
*Soorah Zilzilah brings reward equal to recitation of half of the Quran (1/2)
*Soorah Al-Kaafirun brings the reward equal to recitatioin of quarter of Quran (1/4)
*Soorah Ikhlas carries reward equal to recitation of one-third of the Quran (1/3)
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (SAW) said "There is a soorah of the Quran containing thirty verses which have interceded for a man until he was forgiving. It is the soorah Tabarak alladhi biyadhii- Mulk.
Narrated by Al-Tirmidhi, 2891:Ahmad,7634:Abu Dawood 1400: Ibn Maajah 3786. This hadeeth was classed by Al-Tirmidhi and by Al-Albaani in saheeh Al-Tirmidhi.

#12. Observing Eid prayer
Eid prayer is a thanksgiving day where all Muslims gather together to show their gratitude to God.
Ibn Rajab (RA) Narrated that the companion Mikhnaf ibn Sulaym (RA))) said:
"The reward for attending 'Eid Al-Fitr prayer is equal to the reward of performing Ummrah and the reward for attending Eid Ul-Adha prayer is equal to that of performing Hajj".

We are so lucky to have this month of Ramadan, the wise should be able to get the best out of this Ramadan. Tomorrow might be too late.

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