As-Salaam Alaikum, The first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah are - TopicsExpress



          

As-Salaam Alaikum, The first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah are filled with countless opportunities to draw ourselves closer to Allah. We should increase our acts of worship during these blessed days by performing the following acts that are especially recommended: 1- Fasting Fasting the first nine days of Dhu al-Hijjah , especially Day of ‘Arafah has a great virtue. We should strive to fast as many of the first nine days as possible together with the day of ‘Arafah which by itself has a great reward. Prophet Muhammad, peace upon him, said, I anticipate that fasting the Day of ‘Arafah will atone for the sins of the previous and coming year. 2- Monitoring our Behavior We should carefully monitor and control what we say and what we listen to as well as our gazes during these blessed days and especially on the Day of ‘Arafah. Our Prophet, peace upon him, said [Concerning] the Day of ‘Arafah, whoever controls his hearing, gaze, and speech on that day, he will be forgiven. 3- Dhikr (Repeated declaration of the unity of Allah) We should engage in dhikr more during these days and remember Allah through words of praise and glorification more frequently. Special emphasis is put on the following phrase as Prophet Muhammad, peace upon him, was said to repeat this more than any other on the Day of ‘Arafah: La ilahailallah, Wahdahu La Sharika lah, Lahul Mulk, wa lahul Hamd, biyadihi Khayr, wa Huwa ‘ala kulli Shayin Qadir: There is no God but Allah. He is alone without partners. His is the dominion, and unto Him is all praise. With Him is all good, and He over all things has power. 4- Tawbah (Repentance) During these blessed days, especially on the Day of ‘Arafah, we should constantly seek forgiveness from God and we should pray for liberation from the Hellfire. Imam Ali related, God liberates people from the Hellfire everyday. And there is no day when more people are liberated from the Hellfire than the Day of ‘Arafah. During the great ten days of this blessed month, let us all try to abstain from disobedience and all types of sins and strive to increase our righteous deeds, our remembrance and supplication as far as possible to refresh our faith. IZS
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 13:37:04 +0000

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