All Hadeeth are from Al Bukhari and Muslim.
Imaam Abdul Majeed has checked all Hadeeth.

Suggested useage guidelines:

1. Primary objective is to help mosque worshippers understand more about Ramadan and fasting from the correct authentic sources.
   (Secondary objective is to help all Muslims everywhere understand more about Ramadan and fasting from the correct authentic sources.)
2. One Hadeeth to be displayed per day in your local Mosque – KINDLY GET THE PERMISSION OF YOUR LOCAL MOSQUE’S IMAAM BEFORE YOU DISPLAY THE HADEETH IN YOUR LOCAL MOSQUE.
3. Enlarge each Hadeeth (English and Arabic) and print on one sheet of A4 paper.
4. You may want to put a title for each day, like: ‘Hadeeth a day’ or ‘The Prophet’s (PBUH) sayings’ or something similar.
5. Print sufficient copies for display in your local Mosque.
6. Ask the Imaam of your local Mosque if he could explain each Hadeeth in more detail during each day.

1 – Narrated `Abdullâh bin `Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): Allâh’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said, The month can be 29 nights (i.e. days), and do not observe Saum (fast) till you see the crescent, and if the sky is overcast, then complete the month of Sha`bân as 30 days. (Bukhari)

2 – Narrated Abû Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) : Allâh’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said, Saum (fasting) is a shield (or a screen or a shelter from the Hellfire). So, the person observing Saum (fast) should avoid sexual relations with his wife and should not behave foolishly and impudently, and if somebody fights with him or abuses him, he should say to him twice, `I am observing Saum (fast) .’ The Prophet (may peace be upon him) added, By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, the smell coming out from the mouth of a person observing Saum (fast) is better with Allâh than the smell of musk. (Allâh says about the fasting person), `He has left his food, drink and desires for My sake. The Saum (fast) is for Me, So I will reward the fasting person for it (Al Bukhari)

3 – Abu Hurairah, (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: When there comes the month of Ramadan, the gates of Paradise are opened, and the gates of Hell are locked and the devils are chained. (Muslim)

4 – Narrated Abû Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (may peace be upon him) said, Whoever does not give up telling lies (false statements) and acting on those lies, and evil actions etc., Allâh is not in need of his leaving his food and drink (i.e. Allâh will not accept his Saum (fasting)). (Al Bukhari)

5 – Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Any servant of Allah who observes one day of Fast for Allah’s sake, Allah would remove his face away from the Fire of Hell a distance equivalent to seventy years. (Muslim)

6 – Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) was the most generous of people in charity, but he was even more generous in the month of Ramadan. Angel Gabriel (peace be upon him) used to meet him every year during the month of Ramadan until it ended, so that Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) could recite the Qur’an to him; and when Gabriel met Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) he was more generous in giving charity than the blowing wind. (Muslim)

7 – Narrated Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him): Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) said, Whoever prayed at night the whole month of Ramadhan out of sincere faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven. (Bukhari)

8 – Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d (may Allah be pleased with him): Allâh’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said, The people (Muslim Ummah) will remain on the right path as long as they hasten to break their fast. (Break the fast on time, without delay) (Al Bukhari)

9 – Narrated Sahl (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (may peace be upon him) said, There is a gate in Paradise called ArRaiyân, and those who observe Saum (fasts) will enter through it on the Day of Resurrection and none except them will enter through it. It will be said, `Where are those who used to observe Saum (fasts)?’ They will get up, and none except them will enter through it. After their entry the gate will be closed and nobody will enter through it. (Al Bukhari)

10 – Abu Salamah bin ‘Abdul-Rahman reported that he asked ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) about the night Prayer (Taraweeh) of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) during the month of Ramadan. She said: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) did not observe – either in Ramadan or in any other month more than eleven rak’ahs (units of prayer) of the night Prayer (Taraweeh). He in the first instance observed four rak’ahs. Ask not about their excellence and their length (i.e. these were matchless in perfection and length). He again observed four rak’ahs, and ask not about their excellence and length. He would then observe three rak’ahs (of the Witr Prayer). ‘A’ishah again reported: I asked: Messenger of Allah, do you sleep before observing the Witr Prayer? He said: O ‘A’ishah, my eyes sleep but my heart does not. (Muslim)

11 – Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: When anyone of you gets up in the morning in a state of Fasting, he should neither have sexual relations with his wife, nor use obscene language or do any act of ignorance. And if anyone slanders him or quarrels with him, he should say: “I am fasting, I am fasting.” (Muslim)

12 – Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Take Suhur (small meal before dawn); for in the Suhur there is a blessing. (Muslim)

13 – Zaid Bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: We took Sahur (light meal before the break of dawn) with the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him), we then stood up for prayer. I said, how much time was there between the two acts, he said, the time it takes to recite fifty verses of the Qur’an. (Muslim)

14 – Jabir bin ‘Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: In the course of a journey, Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) saw a man whom the people were crowding around and providing some shade. Upon this, he (the Prophet) asked: What is the matter with him? They said: He is a person observing Fast. Whereupon the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: It is not righteousness that you fast while you are travelling. (Muslim)

15 – ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported: Hamzah bin ‘Amr Al-Aslami asked the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) about Fasting on a journey, and he (the Prophet) said: If you wish to fast do so, and if you prefer to break your fast you may do so. (Muslim)

16 – Narrated `Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her): With the start of the last ten days of Ramadân, the Prophet (may peace be upon him) used to tighten his waist-belt (i.e. work hard) and used to offer Salât (prayer) all the night, and used to keep his family awake for the Salât (prayers). (Al Bukhari)

17 – Narrated Abû Sa`id (may Allah be pleased with him) about the Night of Qadr, he said: We practised I`tikâf (seclusion in the mosque) in the middle third of the month of Ramadân with the Prophet (may peace be upon him). In the morning of the 20th of Ramadan, the Prophet (may peace be upon him) came and addressed us and said, I was informed of the date of the Night of Qadr but I was caused to forget it; so search for it in the odd nights of the last ten nights of the month of Ramadân . (Al Bukhari)

18 – Narrated Ibn `Abbâs (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (may peace be upon him) said, Look for the lailat of Qadr (the night of power) in the last ten nights of Ramadân – on the night when nine or seven or five nights remain out of the last ten nights of Ramadân ((i.e. 21, 23, 25, (27, 29,) respectively). (Bukhari)

19 – Narrated `Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) the wife of the Prophet (may peace be upon him): The Prophet (may peace be upon him) used to practise I`tikâf (seclusion in the mosque) in the last ten days of Ramadân till he died and then his wives used to practise I`tikâf after him. (Al Bukhari)

20 – Narrated `Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of the Prophet (may peace be upon him) : While Allâh’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) was in I’tikaf (seclusion in the mosque) he used to put his head in the house (their house was right next to the Prophet’s mosque) so that I could comb and oil his hair. Whenever he was in I`tikâf he never used to enter the house except for an urgent need. (Bukhari)

21 – Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: If anyone forgets that he is fasting and eats or drinks, he should complete his Fast (i.e. don’t stop fasting) for it was Allah Who fed him and gave him drink. (Muslim)

22 – Narrated ‘Amir Bin Rabi’a (may Allah be pleased with him): I saw the Prophet (may peace be upon him) cleaning his teeth with Siwak (small branch of a tree) while he was fasting so many times as I cannot count. (Bukhari)

23 – ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) kissed one of his wives while he was fasting, and then she (‘A’ishah) smiled as she was narrating. (Muslim)

24 – ‘A’ishah and Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with them) reported: The Prophet (may peace be upon him) woke up in the morning in a state of janabah (major impurity, i.e. after sexual relations with his wife) which was not due to the wet dream and then observed the Fast. (Muslim)

25 – Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: A person came to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and said: Messenger of Allah, I am ruined. He (the Prophet) asked: What has brought about your ruin? He said: I have had intercourse with my wife during the month of Ramadan. Upon this he (the Prophet) asked: Can you set a slave free? He said: No. He (the Prophet) again asked: Can you fast for two consecutive months? He said: No. He (the Prophet) asked: Can you provide food to sixty poor people? He said: No. He then sat down and (in the meanwhile) there was brought to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) a basket which contained dates. He (the Prophet) said: Give these dates in Charity. He (the man) asked: Am I to give to one who is poorer than me? There is no family poorer than mine between the two lava plains of Medina. The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) laughed till his molar teeth became visible and said: Go and give it to your family to eat. (Muslim)

26 – Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (may peace be upon him) said: If any one of you is invited to a meal when he is fasting, he should say: I am fasting. (Muslim)

27 – Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) forbade uninterrupted fasting (Saum Wisal – fasting for more than one day in a row). They (some of the Companions) said: You yourself fast uninterruptedly, whereupon he said: I am not like you. I am fed and supplied drink by Allah. (Muslim)

28 – Narrated Ibn `Abbâs (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (may peace be upon him) was cupped (process of removing bad blood with a vacuum and a cup) while he was in the state of Ihrâm, and also while he was observing a Saum (fast). (Al Bukhari)

29 – Narrated Ibn `Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): I heard Allâh’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) saying, When you see the crescent (of the moon) for the month of Ramadân, start observing Saum (fast), and when you see the crescent (of the moon) for the month of Shawwâl, stop observing Saum (fast); and if the sky is overcast and you can’t see it (the crescent) then regard the month as having 30 days. (Bukhari)

30 – Narrated `Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her): Allâh’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said, Whoever died while leaving missed saum (fasts) from Ramadân, then his guardians must observe saum (fast) on his behalf. (Bukhari)