The First Ten Days of Dhil Hijjah
by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Sāleh al Uthaymīn [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]
https://youtu.be/hnTr-xr7yGA [3 min]
The Ten days of Dhil-Hijjah begins when the month of Dhil-Hijjah enters. And itfinishes on the Day of ‘Eid, the ‘Eid of sacrifice. In regards to the deedsperformed in it, The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said in regards to it, “There are nodays in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allāh than these ten days.”The people asked, “Not even Jihād for the sake of Allāh?” He said, “Not evenJihād for the sake of Allāh. Except in the case of a man who went out to fightgiving himself and his wealth up for the cause, and came back with nothing.”
And so with this I encourage my Muslim brothers to take advantage of thistremendous opportunity, and to increase in righteous deeds during these ten daysof Dhil-Hijjah, like reciting the Qur’ān and the remembrance of Allāh, with itsdifferent types, saying Allāhu-akbar, Lā ilāha illa Allāh, Alḥamdulillāh, andSubḥānallāh, charity, fasting, strive to perform every righteous deed.
What’s astonishing is that the people are heedless regarding these ten (days).You find during the (last) ten (nights) of Ramadhān, do they strive or not? Theystrive! However in the ten (days) of Dhil-Hijjah, you barely see anyonedistinguishing between it and the other days! However if a person performsrighteous deeds during these ten (days), he is reviving what the Messenger ofAllāh ﷺ directed to from righteous deeds.
If a person wants to sacrifice when these ten (days) enter, then he doesn’t cutanything from his hair, his nails, nor his skin. He doesn’t cut from any ofthese. This is if he wants to sacrifice. As for if someone sacrifices on hisbehalf, then there is no problem. So if a person wants to sacrifice on behalf ofthe people in his household, then he makes one sacrifice, as it is the Sunnah.It is not binding upon the people of the household to withhold cutting fromtheir hair, their nails or their skin. It is only binding upon who? The one whois sacrificing, the father.
And what you hear from this saying, ‘It is prohibited (to cut from their hair,nail, and skin) for the one sacrificing and the one who the sacrifice is done onbehalf of.” Then this is the saying of some of the scholars. As for the ḥadīth,the Prophet ﷺ said, “If one of you wants to sacrifice, let him not cut anythingfrom his hair or nails.” He directed his speech to the one who wants tosacrifice.
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