I pray that this blessed month of Ramadan has reached every single one of you in the best of health and in the highest of Imaan. It is a great opportunity for us to engage in perfecting as well as increasing our worship and good deeds.
With that said I wanted to share some good titles and beneficial works that I have read and continue to read in the sixteen Ramadan’s that I have been Muslim, and to Allah I give thanks and praise. The following are definitely not limited to all that is available in the Arabic language concerning Fasting however they are the few gems that I wanted to share with my Muslim brothers and sisters on this special occasion. From them are five books that I will present one by one with some basic information regarding each treatise throughout the rest of this blessed month.
جُزْءٌ فِيْهِ أحَادِيثُ شَهْرِ رَمَضَان فِي فَضْلِ صِيَامِهِ وَ قِيَامِهِ
“Juzun feehi Ahaadeethu-Shahri-Ramadhaan fee Fadhli-Siyaamihi wa Qiyaamihi”
{A Section containing the Prophetic Narrations of the Month of Ramadan, concerning the benefit of fasting and its enactment.}
This is an 89 page small booklet written by al-Imaam al-Haafith Abee Yumni Abdis-Samad bin ‘Asaakir (rahimahullah) concerning the narrations that deal with the benefits of fasting and the rewards earned by the one who carries out this beautiful act of ‘Ibaadah (worship).
While the treatise is very short and consists of 30 narrations the actual book is filled with very beneficial sections. It has been verified and checked by ash-Shaykh ‘Alee bin Hasan al-Halabee (hafithahullah), one of the students of Shaykh al-Albaanee (rahimahullah) and includes a biography of the author and some details as well as pictures of the hand written manuscripts that were used to produce the printed edition of this work.
The narrations are referenced with their sources and the verifier also included several indexes of the narrations, narrators, and the reference sources that he used.
