The Holy month of Ramadan is when Muslims refuel their Imaan (faith) for the entire year.
To take charge of this course, below are 10 exercise to undergo while in the season of Ramadan:
1. Read Quran daily: Reading the Quran is more effective in Ramadan because as you fast, you strengthen your consciousness of Allah which allows you to better internalise the teachings of the Quran and align your behavior to these teachings.
You will be rewarded 10 rewards for every letter you read. This prize basically illustrates the weight of the Quran in terms of where it should be in your life.
Ramadan is the perfect opportunity for us to develop a routine by making reading the Holy Quran part of your daily lifestyle choices.
2. Pray Sunnah Salaat before and/or after Salaat: “Allah will build house in Jannah for whoever is diligent in observing 12 sunnah rakat (as follows) 4 rakat before and 2 after Dhur, 2 after the Maghrib, 2 after Ishaa, and 2 before Fajr.”
[Tirmidhi]
During this month, there are so many extra blessings you can attain and praying your voluntary prayers before and/or after your obligatory salaat is an easy way to gain these. If we give ourselves the time to pray these extra salaat for this month, then during the rest of months, it would become like second nature to us. Make this a habit, and you would soon feel incomplete in your salaat without your voluntary prayers, and feel so much more spiritual when you complete them; not to mention, your blessings would be increasing and you would feel more accomplished.
3. Increase your remembrance of Allah: “O You who believe! Remember Allah with much remembrance” {Surat Al-‘Aĥzāb33: Verse 41}.
This could be as simple as doing dikhr (remembrance) while you’re in the car going to work, or in the check-out line at the grocery. Any and all free time could be the vehicle you use to develop your dikhr of Allah.
A few common things you can say are: SubhanAllah or SubhanAllahwabihamdihi (“I praise Allah (or All praise if to Allah) above all attributes that do not suit His Majesty.”). It is recorded that the reward for saying this is that a tree will be planted for you in Paradise. Another hadith records that whoever says this 100 times a day, his/her sins will be forgiven even if they were as much as the foam of the sea [Bukhari].
Alhamdulillah (“All praise is for Allah.”)
The stated reward for this one is that your scales will be tipped in your favour on the Day of Judgment.
La hawlawa la quwwataillabillah (“There is no power or might except (by) Allah.”)
You will enter through a special door in Paradise if you oft use this remembrance.
