It Is A Very Strange Thing That Muslimeen Today Take Great
Pride In The Last 10 Days Of Ramadan.
We You Know, Fast Very Diligently.
We Keep All Our Sadaqa For The Last 10 Nights Of Ramadan
We, Alhamdulillah, Stay Up Most Of The Nights And Of Course,
At 27th, We Pay A Lot Of Attention, If Not, The Odd Days Or
Nights Of That Of The Last 10 Nights.
We Also, Of Course, Itikaf And We Try And Do An Umrah
If We Can.
We Do All Types Of Good Deeds But What About The 10 Days Of Dhil-Hijjah ?
What About These 10 Days, About Which Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala
Has Clearly Told Us That They Are The Best Days Of The Year
So Much So Has He Told Us That That Actually He Has Sworn By The
Nights Of These 10 Days To Show You The Greatness Of The
Days. If He Has Sworn By The Nights Then What About The Days?
Surat Al-Fajr (The Dawn)
And I Swear By The Night Of The Ten Nights
Of The Ten Days Of The Dhil-Hijjah And Then
Surah Al Fajr, Verse 1-2
What Is That
I Swear By The Day Of Arafah, Which Is An Odd Day
And Then The Odd Or The Even Day Which Is The Day
Of Slaughtering.
So Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala Has Sworn By All Of The 10 Days
Of Dhil-Hijjah Because It Is So Great In The Eyes Of Allah
Azza Wajal And What Can What Can Show You The Greatness Of
It Is That Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala Comes Down In The Last
Third Of The Night In All Of The Nights Of The Calendar,
Right? But In A Daytime, He Doesn'T Come Down To The Last
Heavens Except On One Day And That Is The Day Of Arafah; The
Day Of Arafah Allah Rabbuna Jalla Jalaluhu Descends To The
Last Heavens And Comes Close To Us
And Then He Boasts About The People Of Arafah To...
To The People That Are With Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala.
So My Brothers And Sisters In Islam, It Is Actually Madness To Actually
Overlook The 10 Days Of The Dhil-Hijjah .
It Is Madness Because You Know, We Don'T Know Which Day Is
Lailatul Qadr. Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala Hidden That And
He'S Taken That Knowledge Away
And Of Course, Many Of Ulemas Have Done Ijtihad And
Some Say 27th Is The Most Probable If Not The Other Odd Nights
But In The 10 Days Of Dhul-Hijjah, He Hasn'T Hidden Which
Day Is A Day Of Arafah.
He'S Told Us Exactly, Alhamdulillah, The Ninth Day Is The Day Of Arafah,
Alhamdulillah Allah Rabbuna Jalla Jalaluhu Has Told Us That
Day And So He Was Told Us That Particular Day Allah Azza
Wajal Forgives And He Accepts Duas Until It Was Reported That
The Salaf/ The Righteous Pious Predecessors.
They Used To Prepare The Whole Year For The Duas Of Arafah
And This Is Not Only For Those People Attending Hajj. It Was
For All Of The People On The Day Of Arafah That They Would
Get Their Duas Answered By Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala.
In Fact, It Was Reported That Some Of The Pious Predecessors
Used To Say That There Was Not A Single Dua That I Used To
Make In The Day Of Arafah Except That I Would Find That Within
The Whole Year Allah Azza Wa Jall Would Accept It,
Especially Asiya, The Time Of Asiya, What Does Asiya
Mean? Meaning The Time After Asr On The Day Of Arafah
After Asr Until Sunset That Particular, What Is That, 2 Hours,
3 Hours Duration Only: If You Can Concentrate Your Dua
In That Time, Then You Will Find Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala
Accepting It And You Will Find Most Definitely
Allah Rabanana Jalla Jalaluhu Will Answer It Before The Next Year
Even Comes; Not A Single Dua Except Allah Accepts, In Fact, It
Was Reported That Sufyan Al-Thawri (Rah)
He Spoke To His Students And He Said Do You Know Who Is The
Worst Of People On This Day, Oh My Friends?
He Said No, Tell Us: Who Is The Worst People On The Day Of
Arafah? The Worst People On The Day Of Arafah Those People
Who Think That Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala Will
Not Accept Their Duas, Will Not Answer Their Dua:
Worst People!
Can You Believe That? The Best Of People Are Those Who Think
That Allah Will Accept All Their Dua. May Allah (Swt) Make
Me And You From Those People Who Benefit From This Day.
In The Authentic Hadith:
The Prophet (Saw) Said The 10 Days Of Dhil-Hijjah Are The
Days In Which Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala Loves Every Deed
More Than Even Jihad In His Cause Except For A Person Who
Has Lost Everything His Wealth And His Health And His Self
Everything In Jihad But Even Jihad Is Not More Beloved To
Allah Then Good Deeds That We Do In These Days.
So Even Subhanallah Walhamdulillah Wala Ilaha Illallah Wallahu Akbar
These Small Deeds Are More Beloved To Allah
Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala In Any Other Deeds At All.
And So It Is Therefore Imperative That We Spend Every Single
Moment Of These 10 Days In Remembering Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala
As Much As Possible And Reciting As Much Of The Quran Is
Possible, In Giving As Much Sadaqah As Possible, In Helping
Our Neighbors, In Being Good To Our Parents And Being Charitable
Towards Our Orphans And To Our Needy. It Is Important That
You Spend All These 10 Days, In Every Act Of Ibadah That You
Can Fathom.
That Is Beloved To Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala And Authentic
Hadith In Sahih Muslim;
The Prophet (Saw) Said The Most Beloved Deeds To Allah
Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala Is To Make A Muslim Happy Or To Remove
One Of His Debts Or To Feed A Hungry Muslim Or To Help Your
Brother In A Need That He Has.
So If You Can Do These Acts Of Good, If You Can Find The People
That Are Sick And Visit Them. If You Can Find The Dead And
The Dying And Visit Them And Look After Them, If You Can Find
The Orphans And Spread Good Amongst Them And The Needy And
Give Them Charity.
Then These Are The Most Beloved Deeds To Allah Subhanahu
Wa'Ta'Ala, Make A Muslim Happy And Allah Will Make You Happy
On The Day That You Meet Him, In One Authentic Hadith
It Was Reported That The Prophet (Saw) Said, He Said
That If You Could Remember Allah All The Time, Then The Angels
Would Descend Upon You And They Would Kiss You On Your Forehead
And They Would Shake Your Hands And They Would Greet You
And Tell You Of The Pleasure Of Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala, The
Best Of Deeds That Is Even Better Than Striking The Necks
Of Your Enemies And They Striking Yours:
What Is It, Yeah Rasulullah, The Shaba Asked? The Prophet (Saw)
Said That Your Tongue Be Moist With The Remembrance Of Allah
Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala. So Keep Your Tongues Moist With Allah'S
Remembrance; Spread The Khair (Good).
In Fact, I'M Recording This On The Day Of The Dhil-Hijjah, On
The First Day Of Dhil-Hijjah, So That I Can Also Benefit
From The Azr Of This Day In Sha Allah Taala And You Can
Also Benefit From The Remembrance Is That You Received
And The Reminding That You Feel In Sha Allah Tala And The Good
Deeds That You Do From This Remembrance On This Day Of The
Ten Days Of Dhul-Hijjah, My Brothers And Sisters In Islam, Take
Advantage Of It, Write Dua Your Duas, Write Them Down,
Find The Best Of Times And Make Sure You Increase In As
Much As Possible And Especially From One Type Of Ibadah That
I Want You To Take Advantage Of And That Is The Fasting.
You Know, Fasting Has A Special Place In Islam And The Reason
Why Fasting Is A Special Places Because Of The Hadith Which
Is In Sahih Bukhari Where The Prophet (Saw) Said
And This Is The Hadith Which Is Hadith Al Qudsi;
Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala Says Fasting Is For Me
And I Will Reward According To It
And I Will Reward According To It.
So The Scholars Islam Said ... Means That Fasting Is
Purely For Allah Therefore It Can Never Be Taken Away.
In Fact, Ibn Taymiyyah (Rah), In His Explanation Of This Hadith,
He Mentions That Every Other Act Of Ibada Such As Your Sadaqa
Or Even Your Dhikr Can Be Taken Away From You On The Day
Of Judgment, So Someone For Example Will Come And Say You
Know, Oh Allah This Man Insulted Me, This Man Took My
Deeds, This Man Stole From Me, This Man Hurt Me.
So Allah Will Say Okay Take From His Deeds.
So They Will Take Some Of Your Charities, Some Of Your Dhikr,
Some Of Your Salah, Some Other Acts Of Ibadah, Some Hajj You Have
Done, Some Umrah You Have Done, According To
How Bad You Have Been To That Person Will Take Your Deeds
Away Except For Fasting,
He Will Not Be Able To Take Away.
I Mean Imagine You Become Bankrupt, Right? When You Become
Bankrupt, They'Ll Take Your Car Away.
They'Ll Take You All Wealth In Your Bank Account Away, But
They Can'T Take The House In Which You Live, Right?
Because If That Were To Be Taken Away You Would Be Totally
Naked On The Street Nor Can They Take Your Shirt Away Or
Your Pants Away?
The Same Stuff That You Need To Live And Survive,
They Can'T Do That;
Even If You Become Bankrupt Correct.
So In The Same Way Even If You Become Bankrupt On The Day
Of Judgment You Fasting Will Never Leave You, It Can Never
Be Taken Away.
So Therefore The Prudent Person Is The One Who Builds His
Mansion That Can Never Be Taken Away, His Castle That Can
Be Devil Taken Away, His Deeds That Can Be Never Taken Away.
So You Fasting Make Use Of Your Fasting, Increase In The Number
Of Fasting Because It Can Never Be Taken Away.
Every Other Deed Can Be Taken Away Except For Your Fasting
And Which Better Time To Do Your Fasting Except The Ten
Days Of Dhul Hijjah Or The Nine- Day Of Dhul Hijjah. The Tenth Is
Haram To Fast Because It'S A Day Of
Eating And Which Is From Eating From Your Slaughtering.
So It'S Haram To Fast On Eid.
But All Of The Nine Days Fast As Much As Possible, Brothers
And Sisters And If You'Re Going For Hajj, Of Course, You'Re
Not Going To Fast On The Day Of Arafah Or On The Day Of ...
Slaughtering, But You Can Fast In The Days Before, You Can
Try To Fast Until The 8th Day Of The Dhul Hijjah Even If You'Re Going For Hajj, You
Should Try To Do That Because Of The Greatness Of The Blessings Of These Days.
May Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala Bless Me And You To Fast Every
Single Day And To Continue To Come Closer To Allah Subhanahu
Wa'Ta'Ala With His Ibadah (Worship) In These Ten Nights. My Brothers
And Sisters In Islam; These 10 Days Of Dhul Hijjah Are Ours
They Are Something Which Our Ummah Has Been Given. It Is The
Greatest Of The Days.
Do Not Waste These Days At All.
Allah Subhan Allah Bless You And Me To Take Advantage.