Devils chained during Ramadan?
Abu Hurairah (radiallahu ta’ala anhu): Allah’s Messenger(sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)said,
“When the month of Ramadan comes, the gates of Paradise are opened and the gates of (Hell) Fire are closed, and the devils are chained.”
[Taken from the english translation of Sahih al Bukhaari by Dar us Salaam hadeeth #3277.]
Alhamdulillaah our noble brother Abu Khadijah al Jazaa’iree was able to go through this in his duroos at Masjid as Sunnah, Cranford on Sunday the 9th of August 2009.
This is a brief summary of what he explained from the chapter “Baab us-Siyaam” (Chapter of Fasting) from the book Minhaj as Saalikeen by Shakyh Abdur-Rahmaan bin Naasir as-Sa’di rahimuhullaah:
As the Gates of Jannah are being opened at the same time the Gates of Jahannam are being closed.The Shayaateen are in levels, Iblis being at the top and then the Khabith next and the small shayateen. Iblis and the Khabith shayateen (May Allaahs Curse be upon them until The Hour), the Maarid (sick ones) are locked up but the small shayateen are not locked up; hence why you see some small evil in Ramadhaan. The strong shayateen called maarid, they are also being locked up and chained in the month of Ramadhaan.
