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    Thirteen Blessed Days

    Bismillah ir-Rahmaan ir-Raheem

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    With Allah’s bounty, we are at the doors of very blessed days for both the
    hajeej (pilgrims) and the residents. So we should know the Sunnah regarding
    these days in order to make the best out of them.

    I.The First Ten Days of Dthul-Hijjah

    1. Ibn Abbas (R) reported that the Messenger ‎ﷺ said:

     “ “There are no other
    days on which good deeds are more beloved to Allah than on these (Ten) Days”
    He was asked: “Not even Jihaad in Allah’s way?” He replied: “Not even Jihaad
    in Allah’s way; except for a person who went out (for Jihaad) with his self
    and wealth and came back with none (i.e., lost all for Allah).” [Al-
    Bukhari, …]

    2. Ibn Umar (R) reported that the Messenger ‎ﷺ said:

     “ “There are no other
    days that are greater before Allah (T), or that good deeds are more beloved
    to Him in them, than these Ten Days, so say in plenty Tahleel (laa ilaaha
    illa ‘Llaah), Takbeer (Allahu Akbar), and Tahmeed (al-Hamdu lillaah).” [Ahamd
    & at-Tabarani; authentic]

    3. In Tafseer of the aayah {And to mention and remember Allah’s Name
    [plentifully] on known days} [al-Hajj 28], Ibn Abbas said:

     “ “These are the Ten
    Days.” [Ibn Katheer]

    4. Ibn Umar and Abu Hurairah used to go out to the market places on the Ten
    Days making Takbeer. And people used to say Takbeer too based on their
    action. [al-Bukhari].

    5. Hafsah (R) said:

     “ “There are four acts that the Messenger of Allah ‎ﷺ
    never stopped to do: Fasting on Aashooraa, on the Ten Days, and three days of
    every month, and to pray two rak’aat before the morning prayer.” [Ahmad & an-
    Nasaa’ee; authentic]

    6. One of the wives of the Prophet ‎ﷺ said:

     “ “Allah’s Messenger ‎ﷺ used to fast the (first) nine days of Dthil Hijjah, the Day of ‘Aashooraa’, and three days of each month.” [Sahih Abi Dawud by al-Albaani]

    7. Fasting on all these days, however, is not a waajib or a sunnah that the
    Messenger ‎ﷺ was strictly constant in it. Aaishah (R) said:

     “ “I never saw the
    Messenger ‎ﷺ fasting the Ten Days.” [Muslim]

    8. It is reported that once the Ten Days started, Sa’eed bin Jubair used to
    exert very excessively (in worshiping Allah) that it was almost beyond his
    capability.

    II. The Day of ‘Arafah

    1. Abu Qatadah reported that the Messenger ‎ﷺ said:

     “ “Fasting the Day
    of ‘Arafah expiates the sins of two years: past one and coming one. And
    fasting the Day of ‘Aashooraa’ expiates the sins of the past year.”
    [Muslim, …]

    2. Aaishah (R) reported that the Messenger ‎ﷺ said:

     “ “There is no day on
    which Allah (T) frees people from the Fire as He does on the Day of ‘Arafah.
    He comes close and then He boasts to His angels: ‘What are these people
    seeking?'” [Muslim, an-Nasaa’ee, Ibn Maajah]

    III. The Ruling of the Udhiyah (Sacrifice)

    1. Suurat ul-Kawthar

      … For Your Lord Pray and offer Sacrifice …

    2. Say:

    3. Abu Hurairah (R) reported that the Messenger ‎ﷺ said:

      my salaah, sacrifice, life, and death are for Allah the Lord of the
    peoples. He has no Partners, with this I have been commanded, and I am the
    first of the believers. [al-An`aam 6:162-163]
     “ “He who has the
    capacity but chooses not to sacrifice may not approach our prayer place (on
    Eed).” [Ibn Maajah, Ahmad, ..; authentic]

    4. Anas reported that the Messenger ‎ﷺ said:

     “ “He who slaughtered before the
    prayer (of Eed) has only slaughtered for himself. But the one who did it
    after the prayer has indeed completed his sacrifice and conformed with the
    Sunnah of the Muslims.” [Al-Bukhari]

    5. Al-Baraa’ reported that the Messenger ‎ﷺ said:

     “ “The first thing that we
    do on this day (al-Adhaa) is to pray. Then we go back and slaughter. The one
    who does this has indeed complied with our Sunnah, but the one who
    slaughtered earlier had only gotten some (regular) meat for his household,
    which does not count as sacrifice in the least.” [Al-Bukharee & Muslim]

    6. The one who cannot afford to sacrifice has been covered by the Messenger
    ‎ﷺ who sacrificed for those who did not sacrifice in his Ummah, as was
    reported by Jaabir. [abu Dawud, at-Tirmidthi, …; authentic:Irwa ul-ghaleel]

    IV. Some Sunan and Regulations

    1. Umm Salamah (R) reported that the Messenger ‎ﷺ said:

     “ “The one who has a
    slaughtering to slaughter (on Eed) then, once the hilaal of Dthil Hijjah is
    observed, he should not cut any of his hair or nails until he sacrifices.”
    [Muslim, …]

    2. Anas (R) reported that the Messenger of Allah ‎ﷺ sacrificed two rams of
    beautiful (dark) eyes and large horns. He slaughtered them himself, putting
    his foot on the side of the neck, and saying:

     “ “Bismillah, wallahu Akbar.”
    [Al-Bukharee and Muslim.]

    3. Aaishah (R) reported that the Messenger ‎ﷺ said to her:

     “ “Give me the
    knife.” Then he said: “Sharpen it against a stone.” Then He took it, laid
    down the ram, and slaughtered it saying: “Bismillaah. O Allah, accept from
    Muhammad, Muhammad’s family, and Muhammad’s Ummah.” And thus he sacrificed
    it.

    4. The Messenger ‎ﷺ first prohibited saving any of the Sacrifice’s meat, to
    benefit poor people. Then permitted it saying:

     “ “Eat (from the meat), save,
    and give as Sadaqah.” [Al-Bukharee & Muslim]

    5. It can be done on any of the three days (Days of Tashreeq) following the
    Eed. Jubair bin Mut’im (R) reported that the Messenger ‎ﷺ said:

     “ “All the
    Days of Tashreeq are slaughtering days.” [Ahmad, Ibn Hibban, etc. Good in its
    collective chains of narrators]

    6. Ibn Umar said:

     “ “The days of slaughtering are the day of adhaa and the two
    days following it.” [Al-Muwatta’; Authentic]

    V. The Three Days of Tashreeq

    1.‘Uqbah bin Aamir said the the Messenger ‎ﷺ said:

     “ “The day of ‘Arafah, the
    day of slaughtering, and the days of Tashreeq are our Eed – Muslim people.
    They are days of eating and drinking.” [Abu Dawud; authentic]

    2. ‘Amr bin al-‘Aas said:

     “ “These days (the Days of Tashreeq) are the days
    that the Messenger ‎ﷺ used to order us to eat on them and to prohibit us
    from fasting them.” [Abu Dawud; authentic]

    3. Nuhaishah al-Hudthali said that the Messenger: ‎ﷺ said

     “ “The Days of
    Tashreeq are days of eating, drinking, and mentioning Allah.” [Muslim, Ahmad]

    4. Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet ‎ﷺ said:

     “ “The Days of Minaa are
    days of eating and drinking.” [At-Tahaawi & Ahmad; as-Saheehah 1282 by al-
    Albaani]

    Wa Salla ‘Llaahu ‘alaa Muhammad.

    (NOTE: If you want to build a strong and powerful relationship with Allah, check out Islamia TV, where you can watch Islamic speakers from across the globe deliver inspiring and motivational courses. Learn more at www.islamia.tv.)



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