Ramadan begins, the devils are chained, the gates of Paradise are opened, and the gates of the Fire are closed.” (1)
Abu ‘Uthman Sa‘id ibn Isma‘il al-Dabbi informed us: Abu Muhammad ‘Abd al-Jabbar ibn Muhammad ibn al-Jarrah informed us; Abu al-‘Abbas Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Mahbubi informed us; Abu ‘Isa Muhammad ibn ‘Isa al-Tirmidhi informed us; Abu Kurayb Muhammad ibn al-‘Ala’ informed us; Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn ‘Ayyash informed us, from al-A‘mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, said: “When the first night of the month of Ramadan arrives, the devils and the rebellious jinn are chained; the gates of the Fire are closed, and not one of its gates is opened; the gates of Paradise are opened, and not one of its gates is closed. A caller calls out: ‘O seeker of good, come forward! O seeker of evil, desist!’ And Allah frees people from the Fire every night.” (2)
Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Abi Nasr ibn Ahmad al-Kufani al-Harawi informed us there: Abu Muhammad ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Umar ibn Muhammad al-Tujibi al-Misri, known as Ibn al-Nahhas, informed us there. (3) He was asked, “Did Abu Sa‘id Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ziyad al-‘Anazi al-Basri, in Mecca, known as Ibn al-A‘rabi, inform you?” Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah al-Za‘farani informed us: Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah informed us, from al-Zuhri; Abu Salamah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman informed us, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, who said: “Whoever fasts Ramadan out of faith and seeking Allah’s reward will be forgiven his previous sins. Whoever stands in prayer during Ramadan out of faith and seeking Allah’s reward will be forgiven his previous sins. And whoever stands in prayer on the Night of Decree out of faith and seeking Allah’s reward will be forgiven his previous sins.” (4)
The Imam Abu ‘Ali al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Qadi informed us: Abu Sa‘id Khalaf ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nizar informed us; al-Husayn ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Asad al-Saffar narrated to us; Abu Ja‘far Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Ishaq al-‘Anazi informed us; ‘Ali ibn Hujr ibn Iyas al-Sa‘di informed us; Yusuf ibn Ziyad informed us, from ‘Ali ibn Zayd ibn Jud‘an, from Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyib ⦗26/b⦿, from Salman, who said: The Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, delivered a sermon to us on the last day