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

I welcome you to a talk on

the 1st 10 days of the Lija. I've

divided

this talk

into 4 sections.

The first is importance

of

the first 10 days of the ledger.

The second

is the important acts and deeds to be

done during the first ten days of the

Lijja. The third is the virtue of Arafa,

and the 4th

is idul adha

or yawmul nahara.

First, we'll discuss

the importance

of the first 10 days of the lajjah.

This

is a forgotten sunnah of our beloved partner

sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. You may have sinned

all year.

You may have missed

doing good deeds in the month of Ramadan.

You may have missed the last 10 nights

of Ramadan. You may have missed

doing good deeds, doing Lele Trukadar.

This is your opportunity.

Make the best of it. The first 10

days of the rajah.

Even if you have not sinned the whole

year, maybe you did some minor sins.

Maybe you did Ibadah in the month of

Ramadan.

Even you might have got the last 10

nights of Ramadan.

Even you might have prayed the full night

of life through Khazar. Yet,

you cannot afford as a Muslim

the opportunity

during the first 10 days of the religion.

Most of us Muslims,

we are normally aware

of the importance of Ramadan, and we prepare

ourselves.

And I remember when I was a kid,

more than 30 years back, when I was

in school,

about 45 years back,

we used to prepare

ourselves for Ramadan and we knew the importance

of Ramadan even

of the last 10 nights of Ramadan. But

we never heard

about the importance of the first ten days

of the Lijjah.

Now since social media has started,

this is being discussed

by the speakers. My time when I was

a kid when I was in school,

when I just entered college, we never heard

the speaker speaking about the importance of 10

days of the Rijjah.

I remember the first time I heard was

maybe

about 15 years back in the social media.

When we got involved in the field of

dava,

more than 25, 30 years back, that's the

time we came to know about the importance

of

the first ending of the ledger.

And it was about 15 years back that

the first time I heard in the social

media a speaker speaking about the importance of

the first ten din of the jilajah. And,

year by year, it's increasing

and more and more people are speaking

about the importance of the first tender of

the ledger. That is the reason I thought

I will dedicate the major portion of this

session today

to

the first ended of the Dileja.

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

takes an oath

in Surah Fajr,

chapter number 89,

verse number 1 to 2. Allah says,

walayalin

ash.

By fajr. By dawn.

By

the 10 nights.

And the Mufasirim

they say,

these 10 nights that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

is taking oath of refers to the first

10 days of the rija.

And in many languages,

when you speak about the days, it includes

the nights. When you speak about the night,

it includes the day. For example, if I

say in English, I spent

10 days in London.

But naturally, it includes

I've spent 10 days and 10 nights in

London. Depending upon the context, include the full

day, it may include part of the day,

it may include the night, it may not

include. Similarly,

when in Arabic,

the nights are referred to,

it may refer to the night only. It

may refer to the night and day put

together or it may refer to the day

only.

In this Surah al Fajr,

Surah number 89, verse number 1 to 2,

When Allah says, wal fajr,

walayalin

ashr

by dawn,

by the 10 nights. The Mufassareen

say and it's also mentioned in Ibn Kathir,

volume number 8, page number 413.

And if we refer to the summarized version,

the English translation

printed, madarasalam,

it is volume number 10,

page number 468.

Ibn Kasir and many of us say

that these 10 nights refer

to

the 1st 10 days of dulija.

And they agree

that these

first 10 days of dulija

are better than all the other days of

the year.

It's even better

than the last 10 days of Ramadan.

But

it's mentioned, the lembi Kassir,

volume number 5, page number 412,

that

though the first 10 days of the lija

are the best days of the full year,

The last 10 nights of Ramadan

are the best nights of the year.

The scholars differ. Some scholars few do say

that

the first 10 days of the lijja are

better than the last 10 nights of Ramadan.

There are few scholars who say the last

10 nights are better than the first ten

days of the religion. But the right opinion

and the right opinion is

by Biberita Imiya, Sheikh al Islam.

May Allah have mercy on him. And he

rightly said

that the first 10 days of dul Ijja

are the best days in the full year.

It is even better than the last 10

days of Ramadan.

But

the last 10 nights of Ramadan,

they are the best nights in the full

year because

it has the laitruqadar.

It is the best night in the full

year. So the last 10 nights of Ramadan

are the best nights because it has their

dirkadr. And amongst the days in the full

year, the first 10 days of dulija

are the best days in the year because

it has

the yomul

arafa, the day of arafa.