Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This blessed month of yours has come. By the oath of the Messenger of Allah, no month better than this passes by the Muslims, and no month worse than this passes by the hypocrites. By the oath of the Messenger of Allah, before this month begins, the reward and voluntary deeds of the (believer) are written, and the persistence in sins and wretchedness of the (hypocrite) are written before the beginning of this month. And this is because the believer gathers financial strength for worship in this month, and the hypocrite prepares to seek out the heedlessness and shortcomings of the believers. So this month is a gain from which the believer benefits." This is the narration of Yahya, and in the narration of Bundar it is: "So it is a gain for the believers from which the wicked person benefits."