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What is the optimal Ramadan schedule for students obligated to attend morning classes and deal with evening assignments and exams?

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Ramadan is an opportunity to seize good deeds and renew faith. To achieve this, the following is recommended:

1. The Qur'an: Commit to early sleep and contemplate the Qur'an after Fajr prayer, for in it the Qur'an was revealed. What is required is to ponder its verses, not just rapid recitation. 2. Dhikr and Prayer: Remain in the mosque until sunrise and pray two rak'ahs, due to the immense reward therein, equivalent to the reward of a complete Hajj and Umrah. 3. Tarawih: Perform Tarawih prayer with humility in the mosque or at home, for observing Ramadan in faith and hope leads to the forgiveness of sins. 4. Guarding the Limbs: Avoid backbiting, slandering, obscenity, and false witness, and guard all limbs from what Allah has forbidden, for fasting is not only from food and drink. 5. Charity: Give abundant charity, even if a little, following the example of the Prophet (peace be upon him) who was the most generous of people in Ramadan. 6. Feeding the Fasting: Because of the great reward in it, which equals the reward of the fasting person. 7. Maintaining Kinship Ties: Connect with relatives and kinsfolk, especially those with whom you have a disagreement, as it is an opportunity to unite hearts. 8. Supplication: Make abundant supplication with insistence, especially before Iftar and at the time of Sahar. 9. Laylat al-Qadr: Seek Laylat al-Qadr and observe it in faith and hope, for in it lies the forgiveness of sins. It is in the last ten nights of Ramadan, especially the odd nights. 10. Self-Accountability: Account for oneself daily on the extent of adherence to this program, as Allah Almighty says: "O you who have believed, fear Allah. And let every soul look to what it has put forth for tomorrow."

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