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    Virtues & Sunan of The First Ten Days of Dhul-Hijjah & Days of Tashrîq

    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    The first ten days of Dhu’l-Hijjah

    Allâh says:

    -وَالْفَجْرِ- وَلَيالٍ عَشْرٍ-

    “By the dawn; by the ten nights” (al-Fajr 89:1-2)

    Ibn ‘Abbâs, Ibn al-Zubayr, Mujâhid and others of the earlier and later generations said that this refers to the first ten days of Dhu’l-Hijjah.

    (Tafsîr Ibn Kathîr)

    The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:


    قال النبي –صلى الله عليه وسلم- مامن أيام العمل الصالح فيها أحب إلى الله من هذه الأيام قالوا يا رسول الله : ولا الجهاد في سبيل الله قال ولا الجهاد في سبيل الله إلا رجل خرج بنفسه وماله فلم يرجع من ذلك بشئ

    “There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allâh than these ten days.” The people asked, “Not even jihâd for the sake of Allâh?” He said, “Not even jihâd for the sake of Allâh, except in the case of a man who went out to fight giving himself and his wealth up for the cause, and came back with nothing.”

    (Sahîh al-Bukhâri, 2/457)

    He صلى الله عليه وسلم also said:

    مَا مِنْ عَمَلٍ أَزْكَى عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلَا أَعْظَمَ أَجْرًا مِنْ خَيْرٍ يَعْمَلُهُ فِي عَشْرِ الْأَضْحَى

    “No deeds are more pure to Allâh, nor greater in reward, than good deeds performed in the ten days of the month of sacrificing.”

    (Irwâ al-Ghalîl of Al-Albânî 3/398)

    It was narrated from Hunaidah ibn Khâlid from his wife, that one of the wives of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, who said:

    أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يصوم تسعة من ذي الحجة ويوم عاشوراء، وثلاثة أيام من كل شهر: أول اثنين من الشهر، وخميسين

    “The Prophet used to fast on the first nine days of Dhu’l-Hijjah and the day of ‘Âshoora’, and three days every month: the first Monday of the month and two Thursdays.”

    (Sunan An-Nasâi 2419. Sunan Abu Dawûd 2437. Declared Sahîh by Shaykh Al-Albânî)

    Allâh says:

    -وَيَذْكُرُواْ اسْمَ اللَّهِ فِى أَيَّامٍ مَّعْلُومَـتٍ عَلَى مَا رَزَقَهُمْ مِّن بَهِيمَةِ الاٌّنْعَامِ-

    “And mention the Name of Allâh on the Known Days (Ayyâmin ma’lûmât), over the beast of cattle that He has provided for them (for sacrifice)” (Al-Hajj 22:28)

    Ibn Abbâs: “The Known Days (Ayyâmin ma’lûmât) are the Ten days of Dhul-Hijjah”. (Umdatul Tafsīr 1/252)

    The prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

    مَا مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أَعْظَمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَلَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ الْعَمَلِ فِيهِنَّ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَيَّامِ الْعَشْرِ فَأَكْثِرُوا فِيهِنَّ مِنْ التَّهْلِيلِ وَالتَّكْبِيرِ وَالتَّحْمِيدِ

    “There are no days greater in the sight of Allâh and in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Him than these ten days, so during this time recite a great deal of Tahlîl (“La ilâha ill-Allâh”), Takbîr (“Allâhu Akbar”) and Tahmîd (“Alhamdulillah”).” (Musnad of Imâm Ahmad, 7/224. Declared Sahîh by Ahmad Shâkir)

    The Day of ‘Arafah (9th Dhu’l-Hijjah)

    ‘Eid al-Adhâ [The Feast of The Sacrifice] (The 10th of Dhu’l-Hijjah)

    The Days of Tashrîq (11th, 12th, 13th of Dhu’l-Hijjah)

    The Takbîr* during the ten days of Dhu’l-Hijjah and Tashrîq

    كان ابنُ عمرَ وأبو هريرةَ يخرجانِ إلى السوقِ في أيامِ العشرِ يُكبرانِ ويكبرُ الناسُ بتكبيرِهما

    “Abû Hurayrah and Ibn ‘Umar used to come to the market in the ten days of Dhu’l-Hijjah, then make Takbîr and the people would be make Takbîr with them.” (Irwâ al-Ghalîl of Al-Albânî 3/124)

    عن عليٍّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عنه:أنه كان يكبر بعد صلاة الفجر يوم عرفة، إلى صلاة العصر من آخر أىام التشريق، ويكبر بعد العصر

    Upon ‘Alī may Allāh be pleased with him: “That he used to make Takbīr from after the fajr prayer on the day of’ Arafah until ‘Asr of the last day of the days of Tashrīq, he would make Takbīr after’ Asr.” (Ibn Abī Shaybah 2/165. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī in Irwā 3/125)

    The same was narrated upon Ibn ‘Abbās (al-Hākim 2/54 no. 1126, al-Bayhaqī in Sunan al-Kubrā 6276). And Ibn Mas’ūd (al-Hākim 2/55, no. 1127).

    The wording of the Takbīr of Ibn Masūd on the Days of Tashrīq was: Allâhu Akbar, Allâhu Akbar, Lâ ilâha ill-Allâh Allâhu Akbar, Allâhu Akbar, wa lillâhil-hamd (Sahīh by Al-Albānī Irwā 3/125)

    * It is legislated to recite the Takbîr – [i.e Allâhu Akbar, Allâhu Akbar, Lâ ilâha ill-Allâh, Allâhu Akbar, Allâhu Akbar, wa lillâhil-hamd (Allâh is Great, Allâh is Great, none has the right to be worshipped but Allâh, Allâh is Great, Allâh is Great, To Allâh belongs all praise)] – anytime from the onset of the month of Dhu’l-Hijjah until the end of the Days of Tashrîq (this refers to the unrestricted takbīr). As for the restricted takbīr, then it is said after the obligatory prayers, which the time begins from the fajr prayer on the day of ‘Arafah, until’ Asr of the last day of the days of Tashrīq (13th dhul-hijjah).

    (See Zad-ul Ma’ad of Ibn al-Qayyim, Majmû Fatawa of Ibn Baz, Sharh al-Mumti of Shaykh Ibn Uthaymîn, Al-Albânî Silsa al-Huda wa Nur for further details of the Takbîr)

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