Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when the month of Ramadan arrived, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The month of Ramadan has begun, it is a blessed month, Allah Almighty has made fasting in this month obligatory upon you, in this month the gates of Paradise are opened and all the gates of Hell are closed, and the devils are also chained. In this month there is a night which is better than a thousand months; whoever is deprived of the blessing of this night is truly deprived.