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The
Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam):
مَا مِنْ أَيَّامٍ العَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ فِيهِنَّ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ
مِنْ هَذِهِ العَشْرِ، قَالُوا: وَلَا الجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: وَلَا
الجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، إِلَّا رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ فَلَمْ
يَرْجِعْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ بِشَيْءٍ
((There
are no days wherein the righteous action is more beloved to Allaah than these
ten days)) They said: “O Messenger of Allaah, not even Jihaad in the path of
Allaah?” so he said: Not even Jihaad in the path of Allaah, except for a man
who goes out with his person and his wealth, and then he did not return with
anything from that.
Reported
by Al-Bukhaaree (no.1026) and Muslim (no.1181)
Shaikh
ul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah) said: “Appropriation of the ten days of
Dhul-Hijjah with worship night and day is better than Jihaad in which ones soul
and wealth are not betaken.”
Al-Mustadrak ‘alaa
Majmu’ Fataawa vol 3 p.104
Translated by Abu Haatim M. Farooq
Selected from the article: https://www.wrightstreetmosque.com/the-first-ten-days-of-dhul-hijjah-and-understanding-their-great-virtues/
