1226 – Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “No servant fasts a day in the cause of Allah without Allah, because of that day, distancing his face from the Fire by seventy autumns (1).” Agreed upon.

1227 – Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever fasts Ramadan out of faith and seeking reward will have whatever sins he previously committed forgiven.” Agreed upon.

1228 – From him also, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When Ramadan arrives, the gates of Paradise are opened, the gates of Hell are closed, and the devils are chained (2).” Agreed upon.

1229 – And from him, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Fast when you sight it, and break your fast when you sight it. If it is hidden (3) from you, then complete the number of Shaʿbān as thirty days.” Agreed upon; this is al-Bukhārī’s wording.

In Muslim’s narration it states: “If it is clouded over, then fast thirty days.”

218 – Chapter: Generosity, doing good, and increasing righteous deeds during the month of Ramadan, and amplifying them in its last ten days.

1230 – Ibn ʿAbbās, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the most generous of people, and he was never so generous as he was in Ramadan, when Gabriel would meet him. Gabriel met him every night of Ramadan to review the Quran with him, and, when Gabriel met him, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was more generous in doing good than the freely blowing wind.” Agreed upon.

1231 – ʿĀʾishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: “When the last ten …”