The Devils are Chained Up in Ramadan

Abu  Hurayra  (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated  that  the Prophet  (Peace be upon him) said:  "When  Ramadan starts, the gates of Heaven are opened, the gates of Hell are closed, and the  devils  are  chained." 

According  to  another  narration,  he  (Peace be upon him)  said: "When the first night of Ramadan comes, the devils and the rebellious Jinn are chained,  the gates of Hell are locked  and not one of them is opened;  the  gates  of  Paradise  are  opened  and  not  one  of  them  is locked ...." [Recorded by al-Tirmidhi]

The scholar Muhammad ibn Muflih said: "The devils are chained in Ramadan, as pointed in the Hadith - or the rebellious ones (Jinn) as in the second narration.  It was likewise confirmed by Ibn Hibban and other scholars.  It does not mean that evil will not exist then, but that it will  be  reduced  because  of  the  weakness  of  the  devils  during  this blessed month.”

Imam Ahmad took this Hadith   at its surface   meaning.   His son ‘Abdullah said: 'I remarked to my father:  'but sometimes we see a man possessed in the month of Ramadan!'   He  replied:  'The  Hadith  was quoted  from  the  Prophet: (Peace be upon him) in this  manner,  and  there  should  be no other interpretation for it'.   Imam Ahmad did not try to find other interpretations for the Ahadith, apart from those the Salaf (righteous ancestors) had made before."