Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Maximising the 10 Days of Dhul Hijjah
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our deen is amazing. Of course Allah knows that we can all go out
of the three or so three to 4 million people that will go in
hajj, UK only had a quota of three and a half 1000 people before
25,000 People go for Hajj every year, there was the quota was
huge. They limited that quota. So only three and a half 1000 In the
first round got got that got their bookings. Then they opened it up
again. And I think they may be around 7000 700,000 or so now this
year going
out of the 4 million or so Muslims that live in England wasted three,
4 million, 1 million just in London alone. Only about 7000
people are going for Hajj. That means the rest of us and around
the world. Out of the 2 billion Muslims only three 4 million get
there. That's a that's a just a small percentage. That's why Allah
subhanaw taala knows that this is the case every year right? Only a
minority will get to Hajj. So Allah incentivizes because Allah
just wants us to do whatever we can to get closer to him and to
get that same
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sebelah. So the brothers and the sisters, were going to be speaking
about two things today and then we'll follow it up with a question
answer session. So feel free to ask about any question that you
want, then Inshallah,
we're going to first be discussing how to the over the overarching
activities that are in these 10 days that we have already entered
into these 10 days of villager. And then inshallah we're going to
be discussing
for those of us who are not going for Hajj, what is mentioned by the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, how you can get a free
Hydra reward at least sitting at home. So you can if you do these
things, you will pick up Hydra rewards. So in sha Allah, that's
the two things we'll be discussing today. So let's start off with the
10 days, these 10 days, they hold a huge amount of virtue. And a lot
of merits a lot of Felisa a lot of rewards have been promised for
these 10 days, so I'm going to go through a few of them, so that
inshallah I can just list them at least and we can understand what
they are inshallah.
So firstly
Allahumma Salli, ala Sayyidina Muhammad when these 10 days come
in, there's just so much virtue that have been mentioned for these
days, that they've been set to even be superior to the sum of the
days of Ramadan, the last 10 days of Ramadan in some cases.
For example,
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said
that on No day is the worship of Allah more beloved to him than in
the first 10 days of the ledger.
The first of each of these days is equal to the first of a whole year
in reward or voc and the worship of each of these nights is equal
to the worship of Lila to recover so you have these Hadees that
speak about it like that. So you can see there's a lot of
encouragement but people just don't know the significance of
these as much as they know of Ramadan is in Ramadan is the
environment of fasting, special tarawih prayers and you know,
community everybody, the shaytaan is locked away. These are days
when cheetah is not locked up. So there is a difference in the days,
but there's a huge amount of reward during this time. I have
Saturday Allahu anha, the wife of the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam
and Omar the Allahu anhu, whose daughter used to fast the first
nine days of the ledger as mentioned in a hadith of Budo than
the sign Imam Muhammad. Abdullah Omar Ali Allahu another Sahabi he
says that Rasul allah sallallahu sallam said that no day are no
days no set of days are as weighty with Allah and so liked by him for
good deeds than the first 10 days of the ledger. So on these days,
there's a special dua or at the speed that's been mentioned that
we should read, which is Subhanallah
Well, La ilaha illallah wa Allahu Akbar, well hamdulillah since
since we are in those days now, let us all read it together Subhan
Allah,
wa la ilaha IL Allah
Allahu Akbar, while hamdulillah if it's easier, you can read the more
well known version of it which is Subhan Allah will hamdulillah La
ilaha illa
Law, what Allahu Akbar, it's the same thing. It's just that well,
hamdulillah is at the end in this one. So if you can do it that way,
it's great. Otherwise, it's otherwise the other one is fine.
So just keep doing this. And this is actually Subhanallah
Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar La ilaha IL Allah, these are the most
powerful remembrances there are of Allah subhanaw taala includes
everything. So that's in general over these days, if you can fast,
all of these days great Hamdulillah. If you can't foster
the days, the most important of these days is
the RFID. The RFID essentially very simple to understand is the
day before eat. So whenever your eat is when whichever day you're
celebrating your eat, right, for example, Sunday, then Saturday
will be your offer your offer day, you don't have to necessarily look
at what the hajis are doing there. They could have a different date.
So don't get confused with that. Whatever your ninth of the ledger
is the day before eat, they eat a lot. Ah, that's the day that is
now what's so special about this day, this what's special about
this day is that there's a fasting that is recommended. So out of
these nine days of fasting, the most virtuous one is the ninth
day. There's something specific mentioned about that where the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said
that the first of the Day of Arafah I hope from Allah subhanho
wa taala, for the expiation for the forgiveness of one year sins
due to that. So if I'm going too fast on next Saturday, for
example, if his young Arafah
my previous years sins are forgiven, that means minus sins.
They're forgiven, they're wiped out. And of course if I have
repentance in my heart, and I'm feeling bad for all the major sins
and I make Toba they will get wiped out as well okay so that's
fine that's understand stood but it's an additional perky
additional bonus added here. The prophets Allah some also said
and a future years since winning the next year sins are forgiven as
well.
That means from then for the whole next year, that doesn't mean that
mashallah, this is the way to do since for next year is that you
just fast on this day and mashallah, then it's okay. You can
do what you want. God will look the other way. And you can enjoy
yourself. No, that's not what he means. It's an encouragement, they
inshallah they will be forgiven. And if you do fast on this day,
the idea is that anybody who undertakes to fast and this day is
going to be careful, inshallah. It just shows that spiritually, I
think you will benefit that not everybody fast on people fast in
Ramadan, but not everybody fast. On the ninth of the hedger of
Arafah, the dedicated people do and if you're dedicated enough to
fast there, the assumption is inshallah you will stay away from
as many sins as possible, at least major sins. And then if there are
any minor sins, that slip that's on the side, Allah will forgive
them. There's another interesting anecdote mentioned about this as
well. Right?
Very interesting anecdote since the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam has actually said that your one year, next year sins will be
forgiven as well. Then the assumption is that you would
probably stay alive then for that to happen.
Right? Because otherwise, how would your next year sin be
forgiven if you're not alive? Which means that inshallah you
stay alive. I'm not guaranteeing you don't come Don't chase me for
that. But that's the idea. Now, what I'm going to support that by
is interestingly, from the life of the prophet Sallallahu sallam, he
pretty much fasted this day, every year.
On the ninth of villager, Arafa day in Madina, Munawwara he will
be fasting
and he was alive every year. Interestingly, the last villager
that he spent was
when he did his Hajj, and that was just a few months before he passed
away.
He didn't fast this last hit his last day of RFI he did not pass
because he was in Hajj. And in Hajj people usually don't fast for
this day because there's a lot of work you have to do on that out of
a day where you stand up and you make dua to Allah subhanho wa
Taala he drank milk on the day he was one of his wives are the
Allahu anha offered him some milk and he drank that milk. He didn't
fast on that day. And then he did pass away that year, not because
they did not because he drank milk and not because he didn't fast but
you know, it's just an interesting anecdote.
I tried to fast that day, if I can, right, unless I go to Hajj
then then it's a difficult it's a difficult one. So just
encouragement to fast in sha Allah on that day, because there's a
huge amount of reward for that and it kind of mashallah gives us that
forgiveness, which we need anyway. Then, of course, it will be the
day of Eid. Now all of these nights as well. They are good
nights to do some of the some model worshipping.
And then the night of Eid is likewise do a bit of worship
there. Wake up at least before Fajr do some time
then as well, and then comes the day of Eid. Now this
interestingly, this particular Eid, Eid Al Adha. Most people
treat the other eight as the biggie because it's after 30 days
of fasting usually. And this one just seems to just come again
within like two and a half months, and people don't take it as
seriously sometimes. This is actually the bigger EAD. This is
the one there's so many more actions surrounding. For example,
for this Eid, the day before from Arafa, everybody will be reading
Takbeer, glorifying Allah. This is the eat of special glorification,
very dedicated glorification of Allah subhanho wa taala. That's
why we're told that after every prayer, Allahu Akbar, Allahu
Akbar, La Ilaha, il Allah Who Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar Warilla
Hill Hamed from the Fajr of the day before it after every prayer
men and women will do that. We'll do that at least once after each
prayer on the day of Eid, and then for three days afterwards until
the parser of the 13th.
So that's what like five days, nearly five days nearly five days
that you will do this for after every Salah you will do the query,
then Allah subhanaw taala on the day of eat itself, has said that
you go and do salad we're told actually not to eat any is
preferable. I mean, it's allowed but it's preferable not to eat
anything before you go to perform the eight prayer in the morning.
Why? In Ramadan, we were actually encouraged to eat something sweet
in the morning before we go for prayer. You fasted 30 days. Allah
says this is a day when I'm going to host you on that day for eating
and being with the family. This is also a host but it's to do with
meat this eat has a lot to do with meat. Sorry for all the
vegetarians out there. Because in Islam, there's no vegetarianism.
There may be semi vegetarianism, but not vegetarianism. What I mean
by that is the Prophet sallallahu Sallam when he got meat, he
enjoyed his meat and he ate it well. And when it when he didn't
get it, and that was many days, he didn't get meat, meat, because it
was somebody that they would cook and if nothing else, they would
actually just survive on dates and water for numerous days. Sometimes
there's times when a whole month would go by and they would
actually the fire would not be kindled in the house to cook
anything for fire is not Kindle, you just need some dates. If
somebody sent a bit of meat or something, they would eat it. But
when the meat came for some reason, somebody gifted in the
qurbani mashallah they would enjoy that meat. That's why some other
MMA their practice on this day, which unfortunately were deprived
of right, they would only eat meat on that day.
So they would make the meat they would prepare the meat and only
meat not even rice, and not even bread to go with it. Sorry, no
rice on that day.
Okay, and that's a tough one for some people, no rice, or no carbs,
just meat purely just to partake in the hospitality of Allah
subhanho wa Taala from the qurbani meat, you roasted barbecue, do
what you want with it. Unfortunately, for many of us, in
the West, we really can't do it locally in your gardens and so on,
like have your own animal because the whole purpose of Quran is to
rare your own animal and then sacrifice that in emulation of the
way Ibrahim Ali salaam did it with his son or tried to do it. And
then he was given around.
We usually have to order our meat and many people are actually just
thinking it's some charity now, where they just sending it to
other countries for the poor to eat, which is fine, you can do
that. But I would suggest that you do at least one here and then show
our children at least the next generation, because it's getting
lost. People just think it's some sadaqa you do every year. So you
were supposed to get that meat and then share it out with our
neighbors relatives and the poor and then eat and enjoy it
ourselves. Right. So I really went out when we have when somebody
gives us a we have our own qurbani meat, we really value it a lot. I
mean it might look the same as any other meat or evaluate this is
qurbani meat. So the aim is right and as a broker to that because
it's what Allah subhanaw taala tells us to do at that time. So we
can do that in sha Allah and then we complete the tech beer out of
those days. In a nutshell, this is essentially what to do during this
time. If you are going to do qurbani right whether you're going
to do it yourself or have somebody else do it for you on the on the
10th of Dhul Hijjah on the day of Eid, then it's also recommended
that from when the month begins and the month has begun is that
you avoid cutting nails and hair in emulation of the hajis as well
who is in a haram when they're in a haram they don't cut the hair
and so on. So until your animal is cut until your animal is cut, and
then after that you can do that.
Now if somebody has to cut they forgot to cut beforehand and it
becomes their very long than you can actually just cut them because
it would be just a light dislike to not
Cut them off or rather to cut them it'd be a light dislike, but of
course if they're getting too long, and that way, it's better
that you just cut them but otherwise try to observe that to
the best of your ability. So that essentially is are these days in a
nutshell, may Allah subhanaw taala accept them from us, allow us to
fast and benefit us through this fast and those of us who can who
are going for Hajj May Allah subhanho wa Taala facilitate that
mashallah a lot of people have already gone and there's a few
flights left a few days left I think maybe Tuesday or so will be
some of the last flight or their their jewelry with a chrome
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Muhammad and Maha he has I thought he said, Yeah, Hatfield. Yes.
Yeah. Latif Yeah, they'll generally with the Quran. Yeah.
Allah have mercy on us. Have mercy on us and our families of Allah we
struggle Yeah, Allah, we try to do that which is good. And we we
start the morning with good intention and we fail by the
evening. We resolve in the evening and we fail by the morning Yeah,
Allah, how long is this going to continue for your Allah? Oh Allah
give us the facility of Allah give us the ability. Give us the
enthusiasm, the fortitude, the strength, to do that which is
correct. To do that which is right make us efficient, productive
individuals, for your sake of Allah, Allah, everything is in
your hands of Allah. O Allah make it easy for us, protect us,
protect our children now families, not just our immediate children.
Yeah, Allah we ask You for protection for everybody that's
going to come from us all our descendants and generations Yeah,
Allah, that we see them in a wonderful way on the day of
judgment that cools our eyes of Allah. Oh Allah make us guided and
make us of the guides of Allah especially of the guided ones.
Yeah, Allah, Allah, Allah assist us and relieve our brothers and
sisters from their persecution and their oppression, give them back
so much more than what they've lost. grant them their fortitude,
Allah, Allah bless us during these wonderful days. These amazing 10
days here Allah give us the best of these days, then the light of
these days, the blessings of these days, those who are going for
hydro Allah, accept their Hajj, facilitate, allow them to come
back with a hijab rule just like the day their mother gave them
birth. And those who are unable to go who have not been our law,
allow them to go, make make their way easier Allah, Oh Allah
facilitate their path and protect your heart, Armenia, Allah and
protect the whole Almighty Allah and bring back in sunny Earth and
humanity to the human being of Allah bless all of those who have
made this happen today this, this event take place today allow it to
be beneficial, allow it to be an accepted event, and allow many
many other events to take place. And Oh Allah, all of those who
have assisted one of those who have helped, oh Allah reward them
reward their families and Allah allow this community to have its
Masjid allow the hearts to be united and allow it to have a
thriving place and a beneficial a place of huge benefit for
everybody Oh ALLAH remove the obstacles from our path and all of
our other projects that we have here Allah, Allah accept from all
of us and grant us our permissible needs Yeah, Allah and protect us
and our children from all the problems in social media and
everywhere else. Yeah, like except Oh Allah except Oh Allah except
Subhan Allah bigger problems if you are my OC Fonasa, Lebanon
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