Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barkatuh!
Excellence of the Day of Arafah
By Sheikh Sayyed Sabiq
Jabir
reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,
"The
ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah are the best days in the
sight of Allah."
A man asked, "Are these days better than
an equivalent number of days that are spent fighting for the cause
of Allah?"
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
answered,
"They are better than an equivalent number of days
spent fighting in the cause of Allah. And there is no day better
in the sight of Allah than the Day of `Arafah. On this day Allah,
the Almighty and the Exalted One, descends to the nearest heaven,
and He is proud of His slaves on the earth and says to those in
heaven, 'Look at My servants. They have come from far and near,
with hair disheveled and faces covered with dust, to seek My
mercy, even though they have not seen My chastisement. Far more
people are freed from the Hellfire on the Day of Arafah than on
any other day. '"
Ibn Al-Mubarak reported from Sufyan Ath-Thawri, from Az-Zubayr ibn
`Ali, from Anas ibn Malik that he said: The Prophet (peace and
blessings be upon him) spent the day at Arafah until almost
sunset. Then he said, "O Bilal, ask the people to be quiet
and listen to me." Bilal stood up and asked the people to be
quiet and listen to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
When the people were quiet, the Prophet (peace and blessings be
upon him) said, "O people, a little while ago Gabriel (peace
and blessings be upon him) came to me. Gave me salutations from
Allah and informed me that Allah has forgiven those who spend the
Day at Arafah and those who stop at Al-Mash'ar Al-Haram, and that
He has guaranteed their debts."
At
this Umar ibn Al-Khattab stood up and asked, "O Allah’s
Messenger, is this for us only?" The Prophet (peace and
blessings be upon him) said, "This is for you and for all
those who will come after you until the Day of Judgment." Umar
exclaimed, "How plentiful and blissful Allah’s bounties
are!"
Muslim
and others have reported from `A'ishah that the Prophet (peace
and blessings be upon him) said, "Allah frees far more people
from Hellfire on the Day of `Arafah than on any other day, and
Allah comes closer this day and proudly says to the angels, What
do these people want and seek?'"
Abu Ad-Darda reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be
upon
him) said, "On no other day does the Satan feel so belittled,
humiliated, and angry as he does on the Day of Arafah." The
reason for this is the mercy of Allah that descends (this day) and
the forgiveness that He grants to people for major sins, except
the day of the Battle of Badr, which witnessed a far greater mercy
of Allah descending upon people, which caused great sadness to
Satan.
The
Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked, "O Prophet
of Allah, what did Satan see on the day of the Battle of Badr?"
"He
saw Gabriel leading the troops of angels," he replied
(Reported by Malik and Al-Hakim).
Source: Islamonline.net
http://www.islamonline.net/English/Hajj/TenBlessedDays/topic_01/02.shtml
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