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Advice concerning the Ten days of Dhul-Hijjah The ten days of Dhul-Hijjah begins wth the entrance of the month and ends on the day of the ‘eid. The Messenger, may peace and blessings be upon him, said about actions in these ten days: “There are no days wherein righteous actions are more beloved to Allaah than these ten days.” They said: Not even jihad in the way of Allaah? He said: “Not even jihad in the way of Allaah, except for a man who leaves out (for jihad) with his wealth and self and doesn’t return back with any of them.”[Ibn 'Abbaas-Saheeh Bukhaaree] So with this I strongly encourage my muslim brothers to sieze this tremendous opportunity, to perform many righteous actions in these ten days from recitation of the Qur’aan, rememberance of Allaah, charity, fasting, etc, strive to perform many different acts of obedience. Its’ very troubling to see that the people are heedless about these ten days. Do you not find them exerting themselves in the last ten nights ...

The Month of Dhul-Hijjah Source: Al-Istiqaamah Magazine , Issue No.6 - Dhul-Qa'dah 1417H / March 1997 In the month of Dhul-Hijjah (the month of Hajj or Pilgrimage), in which Allaah has marked out, for both the pilgrims and the non-pilgrims, some very blessed days. So we shall mention here some of the virtues and rewardful acts that are connected to these blessed days. DOING GOOD DEEDS IN GENERAL: The first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah are the best and most virtuous days of the year. They are the days in which Allaah the Mighty and Majestic - most loves the doing of good deeds. About this the Prophet ( sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam ) said, “The best days in the world are the ten days.” [1] Imaam Ibnul-Qayyim (d.751H) - rahimahullaah – said, “Indeed, its days are the most excellent of all the days with Allaah. And it has been confirmed in Saheehul-Bukhaaree (2/382), from Ibn ’Abbaas ( radiyallaahu ’anhumaa ) who said, that Allaah’s Messenger ( sallallaahu ’alayhi wa ...