🌅The 10 Best Days of the Year🌅
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “There are no days during which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these days,” meaning the (first) ten days of Dhul- Hijjah. They said: “O Messenger of Allah! Not even Jihad in the cause of Allah?” He said: “Not even Jihad in the cause of Allah, unless a man goes out with himself and his wealth and does not bring anything back.”
Sunan ibn Majah 1727
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Quoted text:
Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten days.” The people asked, “Not even jihad for the sake of Allah?” He (ﷺ) said, “Not even jihad for the sake of Allah, except in the case of a man who went out to fight giving himself and his wealth up for the cause, and came back with nothing.” (Reported by al-Bukhari, 2/457)
Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) also reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “There is no deed more precious in the sight of Allah, nor greater in reward, than a good deed done during the ten days of Sacrifice.” He (ﷺ) was asked, “Not even jihad for the sake of Allah?” He (ﷺ) said, “Not even jihad for the sake of Allah, except in the case of a man who went out to fight giving himself and his wealth up for the cause, and came back with nothing.” (Reported by al-Darimi, 1/357; its isnad is hasan as stated in al-Irwa, 3/398).
These texts and others indicate that these ten days are better than all the other days of the year, with no exceptions, not even the last ten days of Ramadan. But the last ten nights of Ramadan are better, because they include Laylat al-Qadr (“the Night of Decree”), which is better than a thousand months. Thus the various reports may be reconciled. (See Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 5/412).
End Quote: As taken from https://islamqa.info/en/answers/1699/virtues-of-the-ten-days-of-dhul-hijjah
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This is a great blessing from Allah to His slave. Let’s make use of this opportunity Allah gives us insha’Allah, to maximise our good deeds and strive hard in the worship of Allah. All types of good deeds, small and big, is more beloved to Allah in these 10 days than in any other day.
Let’s not waste this season of worship!
🌴🌴🌴Let’s prepare for it!🌴🌴🌴
Dhul-Hijjah is still a few days away insha’Allah. It will be beneficial for us insha’Allah, if we start preparing ourselves for the upcoming blessed days by seeking knowledge about it so that we can appreciate it better, purify our intentions, and really make use of this opportunity insha’Allah.
I highly encourage all of us to seek more knowledge about these 10 days of Dhul Hijjah. All in a comfortable pace. There’s still a few days left for Dhul Hijjah to start, so let’s take the time to learn and prepare Insha’Allah.
Us seeking knowledge for the sake of Allah is in itself a reward-able good deed. And insha’Allah, we’ll also reap the benefits in the 10 days as we’ll be better prepared to please Him.
May Allah help us purify our intentions, forgive the faults in our good deeds, and accept our deeds by His Mercy.
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Tip: If we are able to, we can take a few days off of school/work during the 10 days of Dhul-Hijjah, with the intention to devote time to worshipping Allah during those blessed days.
If not possible, there’s still opportunities alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah, we can still do so much good deeds throughout our day at school/work and on the way (e.g., Dhikr, Dua, removing a thorn from the path etc.). And we still have time after we return home too. We can help our family members, get gifts for our loved ones for Eid, read and study Quran, make a more focused effort to wake up for Tahajjud, help our siblings with whatever they need help with etc. Highly encourage everyone to fast some of these days too!! Especially the Day of Arafah. Let’s diversify our good deeds during the upcoming 10 days, and intend to make them a habit beyond too, insha’Allah.
Here’s a reading that may benefit us insha’Allah. “Recommended Deeds for the 10 Best Days of the year”: https://islamqa.info/en/articles/81/recommended-deeds-for-the-ten-best-days-of-the-year
All kinds of good deeds guys, whatever deed is encouraged in Islam that you can think of and are able to do, strive to do them! Hasten to do good. Remember, as mentioned in the hadith above, “There is no deed more precious in the sight of Allah, nor greater in reward, than a good deed done during the ten days of Sacrifice (except in the case of a man who went out to fight giving himself and his wealth up for the cause, and came back with nothing).”
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May Allah make it easy for us. May He forgive us and have mercy on us.
Subhanallah. Alhamdulillah. Allahu Akbar.