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| Most Honourable Deeds Praise be to Allah Who has created Time and has made some times better than others, some months and days and nights
better than others, when rewards are multiplied many times, as a mercy towards His slaves. This should encourage us to do more righteous deeds and make us more eager to worship Him, so that we prepare ourselves for death and be ready for the Day of Judgement. This season of worship brings many benefits, such as the opportunity to correct faults and make up for any shortcomings or anything that we might have missed. Every one of these special occasions involves some kind of worship through which we may draw closer to Allah, and some kind of blessing though which Allah bestows His favour and mercy upon whomsoever He wills. The happy person is the one who makes the most of these special months, days and hours and draws nearer to Allah through acts of worship. Ibn Abbas reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, "No good deeds done on other days are superior to those done on these days [meaning the ten days of Zul-Hijjah]." The companions asked, "O Messenger of Allah, not even jihad in the way of Allah?" He said, "Not even jihad, except for the man who puts his life and wealth in danger and returns with neither of them." [Bukhari, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Abu Dawud] Ahmad and at-Tabarani recorded from Ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah said, "There is no day more honourable in Allah's sight and no acts more beloved therein to Allah than those done in these ten days. So say tahlil (There is no deity worthy of worship but Allah: La ilaha illallah), takbir (Allah is the greatest : Allahu Akbar) and tahmid (All praise is due to Allah : alhamdu
lillah) a lot [on those days]." [Reported by Ahmad] Abu Hurairah relates that the Messenger of Allah said, "There are no days more loved to Allah for you to worship Him therein than the ten days of Zul-Hijjah. Fasting any day during it is equivalent to fasting one year and to offer tahajjud (late-night prayer) during one of its nights is like performing the late night prayer on the night of power. [i.e., Lailatul Qadr]." [This is related by at-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, and al-Baihaqi] Source: "First Ten Days of Dhul Hijja" - Islaam.com |
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{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.}
(Holy Quran-16:125)
{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all."
[Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah]
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