By: Sadaket Ali Malik

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is considered the most sacred and blessed month in terms of faith, worship, and spiritual purity. During this month, Allah has made fasting obligatory so that believers can develop patience, piety, and self-discipline. The greatest virtue of Ramadan is that it was in this month that the Holy Quran was revealed, serving as a complete code of life for humanity until the Day of Judgment.

The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said that when Ramadan arrives, the doors of Paradise are opened, the doors of Hell are closed, and the devils are chained. The rewards for good deeds are multiplied in this month, and those who fast are granted immeasurable blessings. The Quran states that fasting has been prescribed for you, just as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may attain piety. Fasting is not merely abstaining from food and drink but a complete spiritual training in which one controls desires and strives to avoid sins.

Ramadan contains a special night called Laylat al-Qadr, which is greater than a thousand months. On this night, angels descend to the earth, and divine decrees are executed by the command of Allah. The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said that whoever worships on Laylat al-Qadr with faith and sincerity will have........

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