ramadan series: why is ramadan important?

here we go!

salam everyone! i absolutely loved doing the ramadan series on tumblr last year and i’m so glad that so many loved reading them too. i thought i’d reshare and restart the same series on my newsletter. i pray these serve as good reminders and motivation as we prep, go into, and experience the blessed month of ramadan this year ♡

this will mean you’ll likely get 2 emails in one week from me until the end of ramadan… hope that’s okay! here we go…

RAMADAN SERIES: WHY IS RAMADAN IMPORTANT?

• it is the holiest month in Islam
  the Holy Qur'an, which is forever a blessing for all of mankind, was revealed during this month. in this month, not only are we reminded of the less fortunate during Ramadan but we learn patience, purify ourselves and devote ourselves to Allah to get nearer to Him.

• it is one of the five pillars
  the pillars represent the acts of worship which Allah has commanded us to follow to practise our faith. this unites us together, especially during Ramadan.

• the doors of heaven are opened
  subhanallah, the gates to our goal and destination are open during this month which shows that Allah is allowing us to be extremely near to Him with our good deeds/actions. this is also symbolic of how blessed Ramadan is.

• the doors of hell are closed
  this means that it is easier for us to not be tempted by shaytan and control our behaviour. this allows us to have a full month to develop and strengthen good habits to continue after Ramadan ends. this also allows us to recognise weaknesses within ourselves that are present without shaytaan’s whispers, helping us to better work on ourselves in a pure month.

• rewards are multiplied
  this is a chance for us to repent and do good deeds in order to be forgiven and have our blessings outweigh our sins.

• laylatul-qadr is in ramadan which is better than 1000 months
  this is the night of power which we seek on the odd nights in the last 10 days where our sincere and genuine du'as and prayers are answered and past sins forgiven, subhanallah.

may Allah سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ make it easy for us and help us change for the better during Ramadan and may He forgive our sins, Allahumma Ameen.

— SabrGirl