The reason that these 10 days are so massive and so rewarding is in them;
We have day of Arafah like in Ramadan we have laitual Qadr
here., We have the day not the night of Arafah.
We have the day of Arafah and these are the days of Allah
subhanahu wa'ta'ala, the messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
He summarized the whole hajj and he said Hajj is Arafah
the messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said
the day that is promised is the day of
qiyamah and the day that is witnessed is the day of Arafah
and the day is zuma is the day that we call .... he said
the Sun never risen, never ever sun came up the day which is better
than the day of Arafah.
never set a day that is better than the day of Arafah.
And the day of Arafah there is one hour. this hour never
quenches.... actions of a mumin
if this hour passes by a mumin
That is asking Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala for khair (good), Allah
would answer the dua of that person..... this hour comes
to a servant of Allah while he is asking Allah to protect him
from a certain evil then Allah will protect that from him.
This is in... on the day of Arafah
Which is the first ten days of dhul-hijjah.
not only that, if you are outside of the hajj and you fast the
day of Arafah, then Allah will forgive two years of your
sins. Now only that; in these 10 days
You have yamul nahar and yamul nahar this is the day that we
sacrifice animals and this is the one of the most preferred
and most beloved days in the sight of Allah, listen to the Hadith
nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
he say one of the greatest days in the sight of Allah is
the day of a sacrifice, the day of ...tayeb if we understand
this is what the first 10 days of dhul-hijjah is then how
should we receive these days?
You can ask Allah for forgiveness, for Baraka /blessing in your wealth,
for Baraka in your marriage, for Baraka in your children, For Baraka in your life.
You cannot ask Allah (swt) for something
when you yourself is still guilty of a sin.
So what you need to do, you got to repent.
The first thing that you need to do is taubah and Allah already
said, he said o who you believe, return to Allah with sincere
repentance and not only that Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala said
in another Ayah, oh you who believe... or the Believers
all of you must repent to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala. perhaps you may achieve
success. Now one of the biggest biggest sin that a person
should repent from is Zulm/ unjust acts of exploitation, oppression, and wrongdoing...
We're not talking about shirk because that is out of the table.
We talking about zulm in general.
So, transgressing or taking the rights of others....
whether it is physical or in our spiritual or Rightious service
that should be given to someone and you take that and you are a zulim /oppressor
This is one of the greatest sin that a believer should
repent from. Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala what he was talking
about the months of the year. Allah, according to Allah; there
is 12 months. He says subhanahu wa'ta'ala from the day that Allah created
the heavens and the Earth in his book:
There's 12 months. out of those 12 months
there are sacred months, but the messenger .... Allah (Swt) said, this is the correct,
This is the right religion.
Do not transgress against one another.
So Zulm is one of the biggest sin.
You must repent, also the other thing that you can do your worship..
during this month after you repent and after
you stay away from this. you do istihad, you do extra like
all of us we were at one point,
We were students, you know, during the year time or during
the month, you know, we would do our best.
But we do it our ultimate best during the examination, during
the test time, during the exam time.
So here the first 10 days of the dhul-hijjah are those days that
you were doing good.
But now you gotta do better because Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
he encouraged those who would do good and said those who
strive towards us.
We will give them what they deserve and another Ayah, Allah
subhanahu wa'ta'ala come up in surah al-barakah, you compete one another towards good
so you have a friend, you have a spouse, you have a
sibling, you have errands, you know try to compete with one
another towards khair and don't sit back.
Don't just roll over to another month.
Don't say this is the Dhu Al-Qidah We just passed it....
Today is the dhul-hijjah
It's just another day.
That is not what we are talking about.
You're talking about, that you, you do upgrade your game
as they say and Allah (Swt) also said when he talked about the Believers and
the doers of khair, Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala say those righteous
men and women are the one who compete one another towards
khair and they will be winning in Isha Allah.
Remember he said the days of the best days of the whole year.
say Alhmudillah and trust me if you are sincere
with yourself, you would not be able to stop saying
alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah, I listened to one of the you know, what?
motivational speaker ... she was not even a Muslim
and she said do you know why I'm successful?
She said the moment that I open my eyes I say, thank you.
God, the moment that I put my feet on the ground and I feel
them ,I say thank you God for giving me the opportunity to
stand and when I take the first step I say, thank you God,
She said I would say thank you God,
Thank you God, you know 10 times to 20 times before I get
to the wash room. you know when I hold the doorknob I said, thank you God
so ..and we as Muslims we should be more, we should be beyond
that. We should always say alhamdulillah for this, alhamdulillah for that.
So that is one of the beautiful thing or that Allah loves
other thing that Allah loves is, you know, sacrifice; Allah subhanahu
wa'ta'ala loves one one of the other things
that Allah loves is sacrificing.....
This is one of the most ritual .... ritual in the sunnah of nab (Saw)
Now when you slaughter an animal and you take the soul of
that animal for the sake of Allah, Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
or you are to do and he loves that listen, to the Hadith
from ayesh (ra), she said
‘There is nothing dearer to Allah Ta’ala
during the days of sacrifice than the sacrificing of animals.
the animal that you Slaughter for the sake of Allah
would come on the day of yamul qiyamah ...with its horns.
still that the hair .....the animal is still there
... of hooves .....you know, the
everything, nothing would be missing in that animal ...
the blood before you reach the ground it reaches Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
So Slaughter and get started to the best of your ability.
So what you say about ibadh allah as a Muslimin, we need to do
utilize these 10 days in the days of the dhul-hijjah, the first
ten days and remember what I say at the beginning, Allah is
giving us an opportunity to get closer to him.
So do not reject it by walking away from this golden opportunity
or committing .... because if someone that you care about
someone that you love, someone that you know, Does that to
you ...and I'm trying to get closer to you if I'm trying to
get... you know be kind to you and you walk away from me....
Then that person is as a human term...
he will not settle
Well with me. Allah, here is giving us an opportunity.
So we should not reject his gift.
We should not, you know, turn away from what Allah has
facilitated for us. rather
We should utilize and say alhamdulillah, Allah Akbar walillaahil hamd for this.
allahumma, Rabbana atina fid dunya
hasanatan wa fil Aakhirati hasanatan waqina ‘adhaban-nar