Ali Albarghouthi – Before The Upcoming First 10 Days of Dhul Hijjah
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The speaker discusses the importance of protecting and saving from the Shaitan, as well as the need for forgiveness and protection for individuals. They also mention the need for individuals to take advantage of opportunities to enhance their lives and overcome obstacles to achieve their ultimate goals. The speaker emphasizes the need for individuals to focus on their actions and not hesitate to ask for directions and regenerate.
AI: Summary ©
We need these days to be forgiven, and
we need these days to be protected, and
we need these days to be saved from
ourselves and to be saved from the Shaitan.
So he's telling us alaihis salatu was salam
that these are the best of days.
So even if you do a little in
them,
that is better than a lot after them.
And if someone's ultimate aim is
he always wonders how can I get closer
to him?
He said alayhi salatu wasallam that there are
no
days
where a deed is better
with Allah
then the days of the 10, meaning the
10 of Dhul Hijjah.
And another narration it says,
to explain what better is,
they're more rewarding,
and better with Allah
than deeds that are done during
the first 10 days of Dhul Hijjah.
And because of the Sahaba radiAllahu anhu,
it was firmly planted in their minds that
the best of deeds is jihad.
So they asked him alayhi salatu wa sallam,
oh Prophet of Allah, even if jihad,
even we're talking about jihad and he says,
even
jihad.
Except for one case, when someone goes out
striving and fighting for Allah's sake with his
money and his soul, and he loses both
of them.
So here,
rasulullahi
alaihis salaam
was pointing and in that he was urging
and explaining
to the believers
the excellence of those days
so that they could take advantage of them.
And it could be
an exhortation
for
the righteous
but it's also
a reminder for the sinful.
As for the righteous,
they're constantly seeking ways that they can come
close to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
They're always looking.
It's almost an obsession.
And we will not understand that obsession unless
we are on that path, but think of
people in the dunya
who are constantly
thinking about making profit.
Whenever they find that opportunity, they jump on
it because that's the most important thing in
their life.
Or someone who is worried about his children,
so every opportunity
to protect them and enhance their lives, he
seizes
because that's his ultimate aim.
And if someone's ultimate aim is Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala, he always wonders how can I
get closer to him?
So
he is informed by the Prophet alaihi salatu
wassalam
of this way.
And some of us on our march towards
Allah, as
we reach
a ceiling and we stop. We stagnate.
We reach a roadblock.
We don't know how to break through
it. So we do this and we do
that but we failed to enhance it,
And it's either because we have lacked motivation,
lacked the intention, or we have both of
them, but we simply do not know how
to overcome
that block in our lives.
Okay. I pray, I fast, I give sadaqah,
I try to read the Quran, but I
seem to fail to enhance my iman. How
do I break through? And so this time
is also a time where the Prophet alaihis
salatu wasalam is telling you, you take advantage
of it to come closer
further unto Allah
So this is a reminder for the righteous,
yes.
But it's not only for them.
The sinful among us and who among us
is not.
We need these days to be forgiven, and
we need these days to be protected, protected,
and we need these days to be saved
from ourselves, and to be saved from the
Shaitan.
So no matter how far we stray and
how awful we do,
these days and similar days are the dark,
are the harbor where you
stop
and refuel,
and ask for directions,
and rest, and regenerate,
and move closer to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
if you were lost.
So he's telling us, alayhi salatu wassalam,
that these are the best of days.
So even if you do a little in
them,
that is better than a lot after them.
Cause he said, alayhi salaatu wa sallam, what
you do is better than jihad, and jihad
is the top d.
He says if you worship Allah during these
days,
2 short rakas
during them
is better than a lot of salas after.
A little bit of money that you donate
during them is a lot better than a
lot of money after them.
The dua,
the dhikr in them,
even if it is little,
is better than a lot of dua and
a lot of dhikr after.