5 Ways to Gain Reward in Ramadan Month

Assalammualaikum and Happy Ramadhan to all my Muslim friends!

So, I hope you are doing well for your fasting. As we know, Ramadhan is about to train yourself to be a better person also trying to make good deeds as many as we can. I know Ramadhan can be a little be tiring but, it is not an excuse for us to make ibadah, good deeds and so on.

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So today, I want to share with you guys, what good deeds and ibadah you can do at this holy month to gains a lot of reward from Allah S.W.T.

InshaAllah.

Sadaqah foods to anyone

It is so easy and does not cost you an arm and legs. What you can do is, cook extra portion for ifthar and then give it to your friends, neighbours or anyone! You can earn lots of pahala just by doing. There are so many benefits if you sadaqah foods to other people and let me embed hadith about sadaqah foods to other people.

Daripada Zaid bin Khalid, bahawasanya Rasulullah SAW bersabda:

مَن فَطَّرَ صَائِمًا كَانَ لَهُ مِثلُ أَجْرِهِ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَنْقُصُ مِن أَجْرِ الصَّائِمِ شَيئًا

Maksudnya: “Siapa yang member makan orang yang berpuasa maka baginya pahala seumpamanya tanpa sedikitpun kurang pahala orang berpuasa.”

(Riwayat Ahmad, al-Tarmizi dan al-Baihaqi)

 Sahur

Before we fasting we need to sahur first even it not wajib, but there's a blessing in it. Since we wake up early before Subuh, we can do any solat or ibadah sunat like tahajud or taubat.

Hadith tersebut diriwayatkan daripada Anas bin Malik RA, beliau berkata, Nabi SAW telah bersabda:

تَسَحَّرُوا فَإِنَّ فِي السُّحُورِ بَرَكَةً

Maksudnya: "Bersahurlah kamu semua, sesungguhnya pada sahur itu terdapat keberkatan."

Riwayat al-Bukhari (1923), dan Muslim (1095)

Praying before Ifthar

I know we are pretty excited when it is nearly ifthar time. Do you know, when we pray to Allah S.W.T and ask anything to Him, our du'a will be accepted. So, why not we spend at least 5 or 10 minutes to du'a first, anything we want before ifthar. It is very easy and InshaAllah what you asked from Him will be granted.

Dari Abu Hurairah radhiallahu ‘anhu, Nabi shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam bersabda:

ثَلَاثٌ لَا تُرَدُّ دَعْوَتُهُمْ: الْإِمَامُ الْعَادِلُ، وَالصَّائِمُ حَتَّى يُفْطِرَ، وَدَعْوَةُ الْمَظْلُومِ يَرْفَعُهَا اللَّهُ فَوْقَ السَّحَابِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

“Ada tiga orang yang doanya tidak ditolak: Pemimpin yang adil, orang yang berpuasa sampai dia berbuka, dan doa orang yang didzalimi, Allah angkat di atas awan pada hari kiamat.”

Dzikir

This is very easiest way. We can dzikir anywhere, not just after pray. For example on the way to school, in the car, while driving and so on. 

Perform Tarawih Prayer

I know not everyone has time to go to the mosque and perform tarawih prayer. But, you can do it by yourself at home. If you can't do 20 rakaat and 3 witir, you can do 8 rakaat and 3 witir. Just read simple surah that you know. It's okay if you can't do it at the mosque. As long as we have the intention to do it.

Actually, there are so many ibadah and good deeds you can do in this holy month. InshaAllah what we do will be accepted by Allah S.W.T.

Last but not least I will put links that I found about fasting below. Some of the articles talked about hadith that people take it as hadith sahih but in contrary, it is hadith dhaif.

So I hope we will be more productive to do ibadah and gain many pahala as we can.

Happy fasting everyone!

• http://www.muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-fatwa/edisi-ramadhan/2036-mustajab-doa-orang-yang-berpuasa
• http://www.muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-fatwa/edisi-ramadhan/3404-irsyad-al-fatwa-khas-ramadhan-siri-ke-127-apakah-yang-dimaksudkan-keberkatan-pada-sahur
• http://muftiwp.gov.my/en/artikel/irsyad-al-hadith/3399-irsyad-al-hadith-siri-ke-370-tidur-orang-yang-berpuasa-adalah-ibadah
• http://muftiwp.gov.my/en/artikel/irsyad-al-hadith/1097-irsyad-al-hadith-siri-ke-86-hadith-kelebihan-solat-sunat-tarawih-setiap-malam