Majalis Ramadan - Ahmad Farid

Majalis Ramadan (مجالس رمضان, Sessions of Ramadan) is a devotional and instructional work by the Egyptian physician and contemporary scholar Ahmad Farid, designed to offer spiritual guidance, exhortations, and religious counsel tailored for the month of Ramadan.

Author and Context

The author, Ahmad Mahmoud Farid, was born in the Dakahlia Governorate in Egypt Majallat al-Bayan. He received a bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery from Alexandria University in May 1977 Majallat al-Bayan. Developing his religious education primarily through peer study and attending the discourses of contemporary Islamic figures, he met and engaged with scholars such as Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymin, Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani, and Abu Bakr al-Jaza'iri Majallat al-Bayan. Farid became well known for his writings on spiritual refinement, ethics, and heart-softening matters (al-raqa'iq), most notably his work Al-Bahr al-Raiq fi al-Zuhd wa al-Raqaiq Majallat al-Bayan+1.

Content and Themes

Following the tradition of seasonal homiletic treatises (majalis), Majalis Ramadan is structured into discrete daily or nightly reading assemblies intended for personal reflection and community preaching during Ramadan. The work focuses on cultivating piety, encouraging repentance, and detailing the virtues of fasting, night prayers (qiyam and tarawih), Quranic recitation, and charity, drawing upon scriptural texts and the sayings of early Muslim authorities.