Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem
THE
FIRST TEN DAYS OF ZUL-HIJJAH
Rasulullah (Sallaahu ‘alayhi
Wasallam) said: “On no days is the worship of Allah desired more than in the
first ten days of Zul 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]
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Hadhrat Ibn `Abbas (Radhiyallahu 'Anhu)
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 (Sallaahu ‘alayhi Wasallam 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]
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Hadhrat Abdullah Ibn 'Umar
(Radhiyallahu ‘Anhu) 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 of
ZUL HIJJAH)
Hadhrat Talhah (Radhiyallahu 'Anhu) 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 (Sallaahu ‘alayhi
Wasallam) said: "It
atones for the sins of the previous year and of the coming year."
[Sahih
Muslim]
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