Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem
THE FIRST
TEN DAYS OF ZIL-HIJJAH
Rasulullah (Sallaahu ‘alayhi Wasallam) said: “On no
days is the worship of Allah desired more than in the first ten days of Dhul
Hijjah. The fast of each of these days
is equal to the fast of a whole year, and the Ibaadat (worship) of each of
these nights is equal to the Ibaadat of Laylatul Qadr.”
[Tirmidhi / Ibn Majah]
Hadhrat Ibn `Abbas (RA) reported that Rasulullah
(Sallaahu ‘alayhi Wasallam) 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 said, "Not even Jihad for the sake of Allah,
except in the case of a man who went out, giving himself and his wealth up for
the cause (of Allah), and came back with nothing."
[Sahih Bukhari]
Hadhrat Abdullah Ibn 'Umar (RA) related that
Rasulullah (Sallaahu ‘alayhi Wasallam) said: "No days are as weighty with Allah and so liked by Him for good
deeds than the first ten days of Zul Hijjah. So on these days increasingly
read:
SubhaanAllah,
Laa ilaaha illallaah, Alhamdulillah and Allahu Akbar."
[Musnad Ahmad]
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THE DAY OF
ARAFAH (9th ZUL HIJJAH)
Hadhrat Talhah (RA) reported that Rasulullah (Sallaahu
‘alayhi Wasallam) said: "Apart
from the day of the Battle of Badr there is no day on which the shaytaan is
seen to be more humiliated, more rejected, more depressed and more infuriated,
than on the day of Arafah, and indeed all this is only because of beholding the
abundance of descending mercy (on the day) and Allah's forgiveness of the great
sins of the servants."
[Mishkaat]
Rasulullah (Sallaahu ‘alayhi Wasallam) was asked about
fasting on the Day of Arafah
(the
9th Zul Hijjah).
He said, "It
atones for the sins of the previous year and of the coming year."
[Sahih Muslim]
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