[dhikrullah.com] - Reminding because it benefits the believers!

…at least for this year anwyay.

Allah SWT says in Surah Hajj verse 28:

لِيَشْهَدُوا مَنَافِعَ لَهُمْ وَيَذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ فِي أَيَّامٍ مَّعْلُومَاتٍ

That they may witness things that are of benefit to them, and mention the Name of Allah on appointed days ..

As ya all know, the 10 days of dhul hijjah are upon us, starting today. Everyone knows about Dhul Hijjah and how they are important and how Hajj was performed and for some reason millions of people just happen to all meet at the same place every year and seem to walk around a lot..

But do we all actually realise how great these days really are? These are the BEST 10 DAYS OF THE WHOLE YEAR, EVEN BETTER THAN RAMADAAN!* Out of 365 days in the year, these 10 are the best. You know how when ramadaan comes, we all feel an emaan boost and everyone suddenly becomes mr pious, well it should be like that in these 10 days to and if it doesnt feel like that, we have to recheck our emaan.

Ahmad and at-Tabarani record from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said, “There is no day more honorable in Allaah’s sight and no acts more beloved therein to Allaah than those in these ten days. So say tahlil (There is no deity worthy of worship but Allaah : Laa ilaaha illallaah), takbir (Allaah is the greatest : Allaahu Akbar) and tahmid (All praise is due to Allaah : alhumdulillaah) a lot [on those days].” [Muslim]

Just like in ramadaan we fast, pray more, read more Quran, do more good deeds in general, likewise we should also try to do that in these 10 days insha’Allah. And many of our parents give qurbani back home or whatever, but we should also try if we can t give a sacrafice feesabililah, theres a great reward in it. And also a reminder to fast on the 9th of Dhul Hijjah, that would as fasting on this day wipes out our sins for 2 years, the year before and the year coming.

* these 10 days are better than the last 10 days of ramadaan but the last 10 night if ramadaan are better as they contain laylatul qadr.

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..yep that title makes no sense at all, or does it [or is it "doesnt it?", ah well who cares]. According to the laws of physics and gravity and all that business, what goes down obviously doesn’t have to go up. However according to the law of the Quran and Sunnah; all those dimensions and logic need not apply. And no you’re not suddenly going to be able to fly.

Thawban [radiAllahu anhu] said: I heard the Messenger of Allah [salAllahu alayhi wa salam] saying:

Perform salah more often. For every prostration that you perform before Allah will raise your position one degree and remit one of your sins [saheeh Muslim]

So all you gotta do is go down in prostration to Allah by praying and Allah will get you up and raise you in degrees. Its not that hard really, we should be going down in prostration a few times during the day as it is, just add a few more and you will be raised even higher in degrees inshaAllah. It should all make sense now and explain how what goes down must go up..*smiles*