How to prepare to Welcome the Holy           month of Ramadan?

God Almighty favored the Holy month of Ramadan among the months of the year with several characteristics and advantages. It is the month in which the Holy Quran was revealed, and it is the month in which there is a night better than a thousand months, which is the Night of Destiny. It is also a month whose beginning is forgiveness, its middle is mercy, and its end is liberation from the fire, multiplied. In it are rewards, devils are chained in it, the gates of Hell are closed, and the gates of Paradise are opened in it. God Almighty said (The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Quran, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion).

A Muslim should welcome the blessed month of Ramadan well, and this can be achieved through several things, including:

Asking God Almighty to reach the month of Ramadan with health and well-being, and to help one strive and be active in worship during it.

Thank God - the Almighty - and praise Him for reaching Ramadan.

Joy and pleasure at the arrival of the month of Ramadan, and rejoicing at its entry and arrival upon Muslims.

Good planning to benefit from Ramadan, and determination to be diligent in acts of obedience and worship during it.

Learn the provisions of Ramadan and the provisions of its fasting. It is not permissible for a Muslim to be ignorant of the obligations of God Almighty, but rather he must worship Him with knowledge and insight.

Reading some books and letters and listening to some religious lectures about the blessed Ramadan and its virtues and rulings. Psychological preparation to receive it.

Preparing for the call to God Almighty in the blessed month of Ramadan.

The importance of welcoming the month of Ramadan

The blessed month of Ramadan is the month of fasting and worship, and the month of elevating the souls and elevating them above everything that pollutes them. God Almighty has prescribed fasting in it to purify the souls of His servants and protect them from the tyranny of the desires of the flesh, not to suffer from the pains of hunger and thirst, and He, Glory be to Him, has legislated it. Mentioning Him frequently, reciting His verses, and reciting Tahajjud in front of Him during prayer. For all of this, a Muslim should prepare to welcome Ramadan, holding himself accountable for what has passed, and asking him for success in what is to come.

How to greet the Salaf for the month of Ramadan?

The righteous predecessors - may God be pleased with them - were extremely happy about the arrival of the blessed month of Ramadan upon them. They also used to pray to God - the Almighty - to inform them of it for six months before its entry, then they would ask Him to accept it from them for another six months after it. They considered Ramadan a school to accustom the soul to. To fast voluntary prayers, to pray the night prayers, and to strive diligently in reciting the Holy Quran, listening to it, and contemplating it, just as they were quick to be generous and generous in it, and were keen to purify themselves and train them to abandon miserliness and stinginess in it.