Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt
Question:
Can you please help with a list of what can be done during the last 10 days and nights of Ramaḍān so we can maximise the benefits and blessings?
Answer:
Increase in Acts of Worship:
Qurʾān recitation, dhikr (remembrance of the Almighty), fasting rigorously, tarawīḥ (night vigil prayers) in addition to daily mandatory ritual prayers, qiyām (pre-dawn nocturnal prayers), seek Laylat al Qadr (the night of power), nawāfil (optional ritual prayers), tawbah (repentance), duʿās (supplications) and Iʾitikāf (spiritual retreat in the masjid).
Connect with Education:
Learn and study, attend ḥalaqahs (study circles), tafsīrs (Qurʾān study sessions), read a good Islamic book or two, enhance your tajwīd (Qurʾān articulation), watch reliable islamic lectures online.
Make Your Social Presence:
Seek forgiveness from family and friends, help around the house and in the local masjid, volunteer in the community, give charity, feed the poor, share the spirit of Ramaḍān with non-Muslim neighbours through gifts and da’awah (propagation message of Islam)
Stay Away from Sin and Distractions
Abstain from things that keep you from remembering the Almighty and also those things that affect you negatively.
