Ramadaan Rocks! Your Guide to Having The Best Ramadaan Ever!

What is Ramadaan?

The fast of Ramadaan is the annual fulfillment of the Fourth Pillar of Isam. It is a month of devotion, attonement and purification.

"O' Faithful!, fasting is mandated for you as it was mandated for those before you so that hopefully you will protect yourselves." [Qur'an, 2: 183]

How Do I Fast?

Fasting in Islam, during the month of Ramadaan or otherwise, consists of obstaining from food in any form as well as drink in anyform (yes ... including water!), from sunrise to sunset. In addition, one must refraim from vain talk, cursing, smoking as well as guarding the senses, such at looking at things which stir up the desires.

Tarawih Prayer

It has been related by Abu Hurayrah, may God be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet ﷺ said:

"Whosoever performs the night prayer (qiyam) during the Night of Decree (Laylah al-Qadr), with faith and being hopeful of God's reward, will have his former sins forgiven.

Welcome to Ramadaan.Rocks!

Ramadaan Rocks! is an online resource to help you (re)discover the blessings of the holy month of Ramadaan. Here you will find quick resources on how to fast, the virtues of the month, summaries of the 30 azja’ of Qur’an, and more. I hope you will find these few pages helpful, in sha’Allah.

Ramadaan is the Holy Month in which God sent down the Qur'an. It commemorates the month-long fasting for Muslims worldwide, fulfilling one of the "Five Pillars of Islam".

God says in the Holy Qur'an:

"Ha Mim. By the Book which makes things clear. We sent it down on a blessed night; We are constantly giving warning." [Qur'an, 44: 1-3]

حم وَالكِتابِ المُبينِ إِنّا أَنزَلناهُ في لَيلَةٍ مُبارَكَةٍ ۚ إِنّا كُنّا مُنذِرينَ

Accidentally Breaking One's Fast

"Whoever eats out of forgetfulness while fasting, let him complete his fast, for it is God Who has fed him and given him to drink." — Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

The Virtue of Fasting

"Every slave of God who observes fast for a day for God's sake, God will remove, because of this day, his or her face farther from the Hell-Fire to the extent of seventy years' distance." — Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

The Importance of the Ramadaan Fast

"Whoever breaks the fast during Ramadaan without an allowance or illness, then if he fasted for all time, his fasting would not make up for it." — Prophet Muhammad ﷺ