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Hadith.1770 - Abu Ja’far (Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as)) said: "Islam is built upon five things: prayer, almsgiving, pilgrimage, fasting, and wilayah (divinely appointed leadership)."

Abu Ja'far (a.s) said: “Two signs will occur before the Qa'im (a.s), they both never occurred since Adam (AS) came down to Earth: there will be a solar eclipse in the middle of the month of Ramadan, and a lunar eclipse at the end of it.” So a man said: “Oh son of Allah’s Messenger, doesn't a solar eclipse (usually) occur at the end of the month and lunar eclipse in the middle of it?” Abu Ja'far (AS) replied: “I know what you are saying, but they are both signs which have not occurred since Adam (AS) came down.”

“Abu Ja’far (a.s.), was asked about burping if it invalidates the fast. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, it does not invalidate one’s fast.’”

"The time for Maghrib is when the disk of the sun disappears. If you see it again after that and you have already prayed, you must repeat the prayer, but your fast remains valid. Refrain from eating if you have consumed anything."

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), once said to me, ‘O Muhammad, never chew chewing gum because I today did so when I was fasting and I found something from it in my soul.’”

“He (the Imam) ‘Alayhi al-Salam, has said, ‘The Messenger of Allah left this world practicing the fast of month of al-Sha‘ban and three days of every month, the first Thursday, the middle Wednesday and the last Thursday of the month. Abu Ja‘far, and abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, would also do so.

1. Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) says, “Surely, the excellence of the Fridays of the month of Ramadan over ordinary Fridays is like the excellence of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) over other prophets. Similar is the excellence of the month of Ramadan over all months.”

“Abu Ja’far (a.s.), during the twenty-first and twenty-third nights, would pray until the end of the night, then perform (the obligatory) salat (prayer).”

"I replied, 'May I be your ransom, how beautiful this narration is!' Imam (as) said: 'How stringent its conditions are!'"

Abu Ja'far (as) was asked about a man against whom witnesses testified that he broke his fast for three days during the Month of Ramadan. Imam (as) said: "He is asked, 'Do you consider your breaking of the fast during Month of Ramadan to be a sin?' If he says, 'No,' then the Imam must execute him. If he says, 'Yes,' then the Imam must punish him with severe lashing."

Abū Jaʿfar (AS) was asked about a man upon whom witnesses testified that he had broken his fast during the month of Ramadan for three days. He said, "He is to be asked: 'Do you believe that there is any sin upon you for breaking your fast during the month of Ramadan?' If he says 'No,' then it is upon the Imam to kill him. If he says 'Yes,' then it is upon the Imam to punish him severely with beating."

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: The fasting person is in the worship of Allah, even when he is sleeping on his bed; as long as he is not backbiting a Muslim.

The Messenger of Allah (s) would look at the crescent moon of the month of Ramadan, and he would face the qibla and say: O Allah! Let the crescent moon come to us in security, faith, peace, submission, magnificent wellness, encompassing sustenance, the warding of illnesses, the recitation of the Quran, and assistance for prayer and fasting. O Allah! Deliver us to the month of Ramadan, deliver it to us, and accept it from us; until the month of Ramadan ends and You have forgiven us. Then, he would face the people and say: O Muslims! When the crescent moon of the month of Ramadan appears, the devils are bound in chains; the gates of heaven, Paradise, and mercy are opened, and the gates of the Fire are locked. Prayers are accepted, and at every breakfast, Allah frees captives from the Fire. Every night, a caller calls: “Are there any requesters? Are there any repentant ones? O Allah! Give every spender his result and give every withholder his ruin” until the crescent moon of Shawwal appears; with which the believers will be called to their reward, as it is the Day of Reward. Then, Abu Ja`far (as) said: By He in whose Hand is my soul! It is not a reward of gold and silver coins.

“Once I was with Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.), when a man came and said, ‘O abu Muhammad, I am addicted to women. One day I commit fornication and the other day I fast; if this can become expiation for the sin.’ Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.), said, ‘There is not anything more beloved to Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, than obedience to Him and not to disobey Him. So you must not fornicate and you must not fast.’ Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), pulled him to himself holding his hand and said, ‘O fornicator, you do the deeds of the people of hell and hope to enter paradise?”’

I heard the Prophet (s) said: Whoever fasts one day from Rajab out of faith and anticipation, Allah will put seventy trenches between him and the Fire. The width of each trench would be the distance between heaven and Earth.

I heard al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) say: Surely, for every night in the month of Ramadan, Allah frees people from the Fire; except for those who break their fast on an intoxicant. On the last night of it, He frees as many people as He frees in the rest of the month.

Fasting in Sha`ban is a depository for the worshiper on the Day of Resurrection. There is no worshiper who increases his fasting in Sha`ban except that Allah rectifies the affairs of his livelihood and suffices him from the evil of his enemies. The minimum [reward] for one who fasts a day in Sha`ban is that Paradise will become obligatory for him.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said to his companions: Should I not tell you something, that if you do it, Satan would be as far away from you as the East is from the West? They said: Of course. He said: Fasting blackens his face, charity breaks his back, loving for the sake of Allah and putting an effort into performing righteous deeds cuts his tail, and repentance cuts his artery. Everything has a purifier, and the purifier of the bodies is fasting.

I heard Abu Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali al-Baqir (as) say: For Allah, there are angels assigned to those who fast. They seek repentance for them every day in the month of Ramadan until its end. They call to those who fast every night at the time of their breakfast: “Rejoice, servants of Allah, for you have hungered little and will be satiated much. You will be blessed, and blessing will come by you” – until the end of the night in the month of Ramadan, wherein they will call to them: “Rejoice, servants of Allah, for Allah has forgiven your sins and accepted your repentance. So, see how you will be when you continue.”

The Messenger of Allah (sw) used to turn his face to the people and say, "O people, when the crescent of the month of Ramadan appears, the rebellious devils are chained; the gates of the sky, the gates of Paradise, and the gates of mercy are opened; the gates of Hell are closed; and prayers are answered. Allah has, at every breaking of the fast, people whom He frees from Hell. A caller calls out every night, 'Is there anyone asking? Is there anyone seeking forgiveness? O Allah, grant every spender (of charity) a replacement (reward), and give every withholder destruction.' Then, when the crescent of Shawwal appears, the believers are called out to, 'Go to your rewards, for it is the day of prize.'"
Then Abu Ja'far (as) said, "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, it is not a prize of dinars or dirhams."