Zakir Naik – Importance of the First 10 Days of Dhul Hihjjah

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The speaker discusses the importance of the first 10 days of the Lijja, including the importance of the first 10 days of the Lijja, which is a forgotten sun recognize. They also mention the importance of the first 10 days of the Lijja, including the importance of the first 10 days of the Lijja, which is the most important aspect of the season. The speaker also discusses the importance of the first 10 days of the Lijja, including the importance of the first ending of the ledger, the importance of the first tender of the ledger, and the importance of the first 10 days of the season.

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			I welcome you to a talk on
		
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			the 1st 10 days of the Lija. I've
		
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			divided
		
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			this talk
		
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			into 4 sections.
		
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			The first is importance
		
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			of
		
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			the first 10 days of the ledger.
		
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			The second
		
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			is the important acts and deeds to be
		
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			done during the first ten days of the
		
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			Lijja. The third is the virtue of Arafa,
		
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			and the 4th
		
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			is idul adha
		
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			or yawmul nahara.
		
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			First, we'll discuss
		
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			the importance
		
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			of the first 10 days of the lajjah.
		
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			This
		
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			is a forgotten sunnah of our beloved partner
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. You may have sinned
		
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			all year.
		
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			You may have missed
		
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			doing good deeds in the month of Ramadan.
		
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			You may have missed the last 10 nights
		
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			of Ramadan. You may have missed
		
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			doing good deeds, doing Lele Trukadar.
		
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			This is your opportunity.
		
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			Make the best of it. The first 10
		
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			days of the rajah.
		
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			Even if you have not sinned the whole
		
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			year, maybe you did some minor sins.
		
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			Maybe you did Ibadah in the month of
		
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			Ramadan.
		
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			Even you might have got the last 10
		
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			nights of Ramadan.
		
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			Even you might have prayed the full night
		
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			of life through Khazar. Yet,
		
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			you cannot afford as a Muslim
		
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			the opportunity
		
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			during the first 10 days of the religion.
		
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			Most of us Muslims,
		
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			we are normally aware
		
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			of the importance of Ramadan, and we prepare
		
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			ourselves.
		
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			And I remember when I was a kid,
		
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			more than 30 years back, when I was
		
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			in school,
		
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			about 45 years back,
		
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			we used to prepare
		
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			ourselves for Ramadan and we knew the importance
		
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			of Ramadan even
		
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			of the last 10 nights of Ramadan. But
		
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			we never heard
		
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			about the importance of the first ten days
		
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			of the Lijjah.
		
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			Now since social media has started,
		
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			this is being discussed
		
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			by the speakers. My time when I was
		
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			a kid when I was in school,
		
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			when I just entered college, we never heard
		
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			the speaker speaking about the importance of 10
		
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			days of the Rijjah.
		
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			I remember the first time I heard was
		
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			maybe
		
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			about 15 years back in the social media.
		
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			When we got involved in the field of
		
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			dava,
		
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			more than 25, 30 years back, that's the
		
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			time we came to know about the importance
		
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			of
		
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			the first ending of the ledger.
		
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			And it was about 15 years back that
		
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			the first time I heard in the social
		
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			media a speaker speaking about the importance of
		
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			the first ten din of the jilajah. And,
		
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			year by year, it's increasing
		
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			and more and more people are speaking
		
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			about the importance of the first tender of
		
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			the ledger. That is the reason I thought
		
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			I will dedicate the major portion of this
		
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			session today
		
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			to
		
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			the first ended of the Dileja.
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			takes an oath
		
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			in Surah Fajr,
		
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			chapter number 89,
		
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			verse number 1 to 2. Allah says,
		
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			walayalin
		
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			ash.
		
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			By fajr. By dawn.
		
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			By
		
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			the 10 nights.
		
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			And the Mufasirim
		
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			they say,
		
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			these 10 nights that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			is taking oath of refers to the first
		
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			10 days of the rija.
		
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			And in many languages,
		
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			when you speak about the days, it includes
		
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			the nights. When you speak about the night,
		
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			it includes the day. For example, if I
		
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			say in English, I spent
		
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			10 days in London.
		
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			But naturally, it includes
		
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			I've spent 10 days and 10 nights in
		
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			London. Depending upon the context, include the full
		
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			day, it may include part of the day,
		
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			it may include the night, it may not
		
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			include. Similarly,
		
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			when in Arabic,
		
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			the nights are referred to,
		
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			it may refer to the night only. It
		
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			may refer to the night and day put
		
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			together or it may refer to the day
		
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			only.
		
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			In this Surah al Fajr,
		
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			Surah number 89, verse number 1 to 2,
		
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			When Allah says, wal fajr,
		
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			walayalin
		
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			ashr
		
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			by dawn,
		
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			by the 10 nights. The Mufassareen
		
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			say and it's also mentioned in Ibn Kathir,
		
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			volume number 8, page number 413.
		
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			And if we refer to the summarized version,
		
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			the English translation
		
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			printed, madarasalam,
		
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			it is volume number 10,
		
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			page number 468.
		
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			Ibn Kasir and many of us say
		
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			that these 10 nights refer
		
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			to
		
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			the 1st 10 days of dulija.
		
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			And they agree
		
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			that these
		
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			first 10 days of dulija
		
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			are better than all the other days of
		
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			the year.
		
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			It's even better
		
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			than the last 10 days of Ramadan.
		
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			But
		
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			it's mentioned, the lembi Kassir,
		
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			volume number 5, page number 412,
		
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			that
		
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			though the first 10 days of the lija
		
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			are the best days of the full year,
		
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			The last 10 nights of Ramadan
		
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			are the best nights of the year.
		
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			The scholars differ. Some scholars few do say
		
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			that
		
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			the first 10 days of the lijja are
		
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			better than the last 10 nights of Ramadan.
		
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			There are few scholars who say the last
		
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			10 nights are better than the first ten
		
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			days of the religion. But the right opinion
		
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			and the right opinion is
		
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			by Biberita Imiya, Sheikh al Islam.
		
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			May Allah have mercy on him. And he
		
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			rightly said
		
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			that the first 10 days of dul Ijja
		
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			are the best days in the full year.
		
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			It is even better than the last 10
		
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			days of Ramadan.
		
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			But
		
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			the last 10 nights of Ramadan,
		
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			they are the best nights in the full
		
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			year because
		
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			it has the laitruqadar.
		
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			It is the best night in the full
		
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			year. So the last 10 nights of Ramadan
		
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			are the best nights because it has their
		
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			dirkadr. And amongst the days in the full
		
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			year, the first 10 days of dulija
		
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			are the best days in the year because
		
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			it has
		
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			the yomul
		
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			arafa, the day of arafa.