How do we prepare for Ramadan sad reality

How prophet Mohammad (PBUH) welcomed Ramadan

Some prepare by Shopping

Some prepare by stocking special food items 

Some prepare by watching all the missed Movies and Episodes as they wont be doing so in Ramadan

HOW THE PROPHET ﷺ & THE RIGHTEOUS PREDECESSORS PREPARED FOR RAMADAN

FASTING IN SHABAAN

‘Aa’ishah (R.A.) said: The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ used to fast until we said: He will not break his fast, and he used not to fast until we said: He will not fast. And I never saw the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ complete a month of fasting except Ramadaan, and I never saw him fast more in any month than in Sha’baan. (Bukhaari & Muslim). 

Some of the scholars mentioned, that one of the reasons is that this fasting is like Sunnah prayers offered beforehand in relation to the obligatory prayer; they prepare the soul for performing the obligatory action, and the same may be said of fasting Sha’baan before Ramadaan. 

READING QUR’AAN

Salamah ibn Kuhayl said: It was said that Sha’baan was the month of the Qur’aan readers. 

When Sha’baan began, ‘Amr ibn Qays would close his shop and free his time for reading Qur’aan. 

Abu Bakr al-Balkhi said: The month of Rajab is the month for planting, the month of Sha’baan is the month of irrigating the crops, and the month of Ramadaan is the month of harvesting the crops. 

He also said: The likeness of the month of Rajab is that of the wind, the likeness of Sha’baan is that of the clouds and the likeness of Ramadaan is that of the rain; whoever does not plant and sow in Rajab, and does not irrigate in Sha’baan, how can he reap in Ramadaan? Now Rajab has passed, so what will you do in Sha’baan if you are seeking Ramadaan? This is how your Prophet and the early generations of the ummah were in this blessed month, so what will you do?

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