Yasir Qadhi – First Ten Days of Dhul Hijjah

			Salam alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu indeed we praise Allah subhanahu wa tada as he deserves to
be praised. And we ask that Allah subhana wa tada sent his salutations and blessings and peace upon
our Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Allah He was sending them and upon his family and companions, my
dear brothers and sisters in Islam, know that Allah subhanho wa Taala has not made the days of the
year equal, nor has he made all of the timings the same. Rather, Allah has preferred certain timings
over others, and he has blessed certain periods over other periods. And in this is a great blessing
from Allah. Because if all of the time had been the same, if all of the days had been the same, if
		

			all of the periods had been the same, then we would not be enthused at certain times of the year
over others, rather, we would have the same amount of energy throughout the entire year. So the fact
that Allah subhanho wa Taala has chosen certain days over others is a time for us to to be extra
good on those days. And of course of the days that Allah has chosen is Friday. Friday is the most
blessed day of the week. And of the months that Allah has chosen is Ramadan. Ramadan is the most
blessed month of the year. But do you know that there are some days that are even more blessings
than Friday? And in fact, even more blessed than Ramadan? Yes, indeed, there are days that are more
		

			blessed than the days of Ramadan. Do you know what those days are? Those days are the first 10 days
of the hijab. And this is a time period My dear brothers and sisters, that many people of the Muslim
Ummah are unaware of the superiority of these 10 days. Our Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said that there are no days of the year that are more beloved to Allah, that a person does
good in those days than the first 10 days of the hijab. A man said, O Messenger of Allah, even
jihad, Allah does not like jihad, even more than he likes these doing good deeds in these 10 days.
And the Prophet ism said, even Jihad except if a man leaves with all of his property, and all of his
		

			belongings and money and life, and he dies a martyr in the battle, that is the only thing that is
more beloved than a person who is practicing and praying and being a good Muslim for these 10 days.
So these 10 days are the most blessed days of the year. In another Hadith the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam said, there are not any days of the year that are holier than these 10 days of
doing hedger, therefore, increase in doing good deeds to Allah and increase in saying Allahu Akbar,
and saying Alhamdulillah and saying that Illa Illa Allah, so increase in doing your Vicar of Allah
subhanho wa Taala. My dear brothers and sisters in Islam, these 10 days are the holiest days of the
		

			year, and Allah swears by these days in the Quran, when Allah says, what, god what a yard and I
shall Allah swears by fudger. And then the 10 nights are the 10 days, and scholars of Islam have
said the 10 nights that Allah swears on are these nights are the days of the hijab. Now somebody
might ask, which is more holy or bless it, the days of the hijab or the days of Ramadan. And the
response is that the day timings of the first 10 are actually more blessed than the day timings of
Ramadan. But the last 10 nights of Ramadan are more blessed than the last than the first 10 nights
of the hedger Hence, the 10 days and nights of Ramadan and the hedger and when we say what we mean
		

			the last 10 we say that headroom in the first 10 they are all blessed day and night. They are all
holy, they are all blessed. But the nights of Ramadan are holier than the nights of the teacher. And
the days of the hedger are more blessed than the days of Ramadan. So we should increase our good
deeds in these days. What are some of the good deeds that we can do in these days? Well, the first
good deed that we can do is Hajj and Umrah. Hajj can only be done during these days, right this is
these are the days of Hajj. These are the days of Hajj when the project all congregate on the
seventh, eighth, ninth 10th 11th to 12. The remaining was Elif artifacts. These are the days of
		

			hedge and before them, people come to do aroma. And so this is the best deed that we can do. The
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said
		

			when you do an ombre, and then you follow it up with an aroma, the two cameras cancel out all of the
evil done in between. and the profitsystem said, Those who do O'Mara and hedge continuously It is as
if their sins fall off of them like a furnace destroys the the evil in metal or you throw in raw ore
and the furnace gets rid of all of the impurities. Similarly hygiene hombre gets rid of all of your
impurities. The second Good day that we can do is to fast in these days. And fasting is a very
blessed thing to do in any time of the year, but especially in this time of the year. Because the
		

			profitsystem said fasting on the day of arafat will be credited with Allah subhana wa tada for
forgiving one since of the previous year and the following year. Now this is only for the non
project. If you're doing Hajj, you don't fast. If you're not doing Hajj, then you fast on the day of
out of fat. And that is the ninth of the ledger, you're supposed to fast on the ninth of the region,
it will forgive your sins of the year before and the year after. The third thing that we can do is
extra thicker, that could be saying Allahu Akbar, and saying La Ilaha in the law and saying
Alhamdulillah and in fact, the Sahaba would be so eager to say these things that they would say them
		

			out loud, even in the marketplaces, and especially after the prayers, and especially after the
prayers for three days after eat. After every single prayer, we should raise our voice out loud, and
we should praise Allah subhanho wa Taala. But many Muslims forget even the 10 days before eat, we
should praise a lot the first 10 days. And this praise is an unconditional praise, meaning that we
don't praise at congregated times. We don't praise together, we just praise whenever we want to
praise Allah subhanho wa Taala. And in fact, some of the scholars as we said, would praise a lot in
the marketplace, praise Allah wherever they're walking out loud during these 10 days. Another thing
		

			that we can do is to repent to Allah subhanho wa Taala from our sins. Again, repentance is something
that we should do all the time. But especially in these 10 days, we should repent to Allah. And
remember that a true repentance means you feel guilty, you want to give up the sins, you leave the
sins that you're doing, you seek Allah's forgiveness, and you turn over a new leaf and you become a
better person. Another thing that we can do, the fifth thing that we can do is to do extra voluntary
deeds of prayer, and charity, and reading Koran. So these are things that we should do again
throughout the year. But during this time, even more, so we should do them extra prayer and extra
		

			Koran and extra Vicar and especially that the 100 prayer would be a very blessed thing to do in
these 10 days. Another blessed blessing act that we can do which is encouraged specifically within
these 10 days is to sacrifice an animal for the sake of Allah and give some of the meat to the poor,
we may use some of it and we may give some of it to family and friends. And this is called the old
payer or the sacrifice. Now, the old payer, some of the scholars say it is obligatory if you can
afford it and others say it is recommended. Either way, why should you deprive yourself of this
blessing, you'd rather every single Muslim who is capable of affording an animal should try his or
		

			her best to sacrifice an animal for the sake of Allah and distribute the meat to the poor. And one
animal suffice is a family. And if you want a larger animal such as a camel or a cow, you may get
together seven families and then do that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that whoever
makes a sacrifice that Allah Subhana, Allah will forgive the amount of sins on the hair of the
animal, the amount of sins will be forgiven for you, and the Prophet sallallahu Sallam would make a
sacrifice every single year. At this time, the sacrifice should be made after the 10th day of the
hegemony after so rapidly, it may be made on the 10th or 11th or 12th or 13th. Any of these days the
		

			sacrifice may be made. Now a point of caution. If you do want to sacrifice an animal, then you
should avoid trimming your nails and cutting or clipping your hair or shaving your hair avoided to
show respect to Allah subhana wa Tada. Avoid doing this for the 10 days before the sacrifice. The
ninth thing that you should do is that you should pray the prayer. And the read prayer is obligatory
It is not just sooner, it is obligatory on every single Muslim, male or female, every single Muslim
should and must go to their eat prayer. Therefore, if you are living in a culture that does not
allow you to take off for generally speaking, try your best to get off on the day of read. And if
		

			you're living in an Islamic London at hamdulillah read prayer is a public holiday. So an eight
prayer is a mandatory thing that is required upon all Muslims on the 10th of the hijab. And the
final thing that you should do is that you should appreciate the blessings of Allah and come close
to him during these 10 days through each and every deed that you can do intentions and actions and
thoughts and prayer and forgiveness. In other words, appreciate the blessings of Allah upon you and
thank you for what he has given you and seek forgiveness for all that you have fallen short. These
are the 10 days of the hedger take advantage of them and try your best to earn a lot of pleasure
		

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