Ten Blessed Days

Ten Blessed Days :
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By His Wisdom,

God Gave Preference To Some Places And Times Over Others.

For Muslims,

Friday is The Best Day Of The Week,

Ramadan is The Best Month Of The Year,

 Laylat-Al-Qadr  is The Best Night in Ramadan,

The Day Of “Arafah” is The Best Day Of The Year.

Likewise The First Ten Days Of The Month Of “Dhul-Hijjah” Are The Blessed Days For Muslims.

  Allah Says in The Quran what means :

{By The Daybreak, By The Ten Nights, By The Even And The Odd, By The Passing Night – is This Oath Strong Enough For A Rational Person? }

(Al-Fajr 89:1-5)

Early Muslim Scholars Differed On What is Meant By The “Ten Nights”.

But Most Of Them Agreed That The Ten Nights Refer To The First Ten Days Of Dhul-Hijjah.

In Another Verse Allah  Says:

{ To Attain Benefits And Mention God’s Name, On Specified Days.}

(Al-Hajj 22:28)

Most Of The Quran Commentators View That The Specific Days Are The Ten Days Of Dhul-Hijjah.

What A Great Virtue Attached To Those Days Which Pass Unnoticed By Many People Nowadays.

On The Merits Of The First Ten Days, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is Reported To Have Said:

" There Are No Days in Which Righteous Deeds Are More Beloved To Allah Than These Ten Days."

The People Asked,

" Not Even Jihad For The Sake Of Allah ? "

He Said: " Not Even Jihad For The Sake Of Allah, Except in The Case Of A Man Who Went Out To Fight,

Giving Himself And His Wealth Up For The Cause, And Came Back With Nothing." (Al-Bukhari)

In What Follows Are Suggested ideas On How To Make The Best Use Of The First Ten Days Of Dhul-Hijjah:

Repent to Allah
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Make A Sincere Repentance To Allah And Promise Him That You Will Not Do Bad Deeds Again.

This May Be Your Last Chance.

You Are Not Sure if You Will Live Till Next Year.

Pray at the Mosque

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Try To Perform The Five Daily Prayers in The Mosque.

If You Have Time After Fajr Prayer,

Try To Sit in The Mosque,

Read A juz' (part) Of The Quran,

Make Duaa,

Or Recite Some Adhkar

(remembrance of Allah).

Then Offer Two Rakahs Before You Go Home.

If You Do So,

You Are Reviving A Tradition That Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) Used To Do,

A Tradition Which These Days Has Been Neglected By Many Muslims.

Observe  Fasting  in 

the  First Nine  Days

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Abu As`id Al-Khudri Said:

I Heard The Prophet Saying,

"Indeed, Anyone Who Fasts For One Day For Allah's Pleasure,

Allah Will Keep His Face Away From The (Hell) Fire For ( A Distance Covered by a journey of) Seventy Years."

(Muslim)

Do Not Observe Fasting On The Tenth Day Because it is An `Eid Day And it is Prohibited To Fast That Day.

Good Deeds Are Rewarded Abundantly in These First Ten Days;

And As Fasting is A Good Deed,

it is Recommended To Fast These Nine Days.

Do  not  Miss  Fasting

the  Day  of  Arafah

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On The Day Of Arafah,

Non-Pilgrims Are Highly Recommended To Maintain Fasting.

It is Reported That The Prophet Was Asked About Fasting On The Day Of Arafah,

Whereupon He Said :

" It Expiates The Sins Of The Preceding Year And The Coming Year."

(Muslim)

He Also Said :

" There is No Day in Which Allah Frees A Greater Number Of His Slaves From The Hellfire Than The Day Of Arafah."

(Muslim)

Make  a  Lot  of  Supplications (duaa)  on  the  Day  of  Arafah

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The Prophet Said :

" The Best Supplication is That Of The Day Of `Arafah,

And The Best Thing That I And Other Prophets Before Me Said , is :

La ilaha illa Allahu Wahdahu La Sharika Lah, Lahu Al-Mulku WA Lahu Al-Hamdu WA Huwa `Ala Kulli Shai'in Qadeer

(There is No God But Allah Alone.He Has No Partners.To Him Belong The Sovereignty And All Praise. He Has Power Over All Things.)

(Al-Tirmidhi)

Try  to  Do  Something 

New  this  Year

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If You Used To Recite A Part Of The Quran Last Year,

Try To Finish Reading The Whole Quran

This Year.

Try To Pick Some Verses Everyday And Check The Books Of Tafsir

(exegesis of the Quran)

To Reflect On Their Meaning in Order To Derive Lessons From Them in Your Daily Life.

If You Do Not Read Arabic,

I Recommend Translation Of The Quran.

If You Are Well-Versed in The Quran Recitation,

Try To Teach A Group Of New Muslims

How To Read The Quran Correctly.

Maintain  your  Family  Relations

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Visit Your Relatives Even For A Few Minutes.

If They Live Far Away,

Give Them A Call.

Do Not Forget Your Parents.

Be Kind To Them, Visit Them,

And Attend To Their Needs.

Some New Muslims Think That After Their Conversion,

They Should Cut Off Their Family Members.

God Orders Muslims To Be Kind To Their Parents Even if They Are Non-Muslims.

This Occasion Might Be A Good Opportunity To Talk About Islam To Your Non-Muslim Parents.

Give to CharitY

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Make it A Daily Habit To Help The Needy.

Look For Humanitarian Organizations in Your Neighborhood And Help Them in Any Way You Can.

Don't Miss Offering At Least Two Rakahs of “Tahajjud” At Night

Offer Many Extra Prayers,

As Much As You Can.

God Promised A Great Reward For Offering Extra Acts Of Worship.

The Prophet Said :

"Allah Said, ' I Will Declare War Against Him Who Shows Hostility To A Pious Worshipper Of Mine.

And The Most Beloved Things With Which My Slave Comes Nearer To Me,

is What I Have Enjoined Upon Him;

And My Slave Keeps On Coming Closer To Me Through Performing Nawafil

(praying or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory)

Till I Love Him,

So I Become His Sense Of Hearing With Which He Hears,

And His Sense Of Sight With Which He Sees,

And His Hand With Which He Grips,

And His Leg With Which He Walks;

And if He Asks Me,

I Will Give Him,

And if He Asks My Protection (refuge),

I Will Protect Him;

(i.e. give him My refuge)

And I Do Not Hesitate To Do Anything As I Hesitate To Take The Soul Of The Believer,

For He Hates Death,

And I Hate To Disappoint Him."

(Al-Bukhari)

Reciting  the  Takbir

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It is An Act Of Sunnah To Say “ Takbir ” (Allah is the Greatest)

in The First Ten Days.

The “ Takbir ” Should Be Pronounced Everywhere;

in The Mosque,

At Home,

in The Streets, etc.

It is Reported That :

“ Ibn `Umar And Abu Hurairah

(may Allah be pleased with them)

Used To Go Out in The Marketplace During The First Ten Days Of Dhul-Hijjah,

Reciting Takbir,

And The People Would Recite Takbir When They Heard Them.”

(Al-Bukhari)

There Are Many Forms Of Takbir,

But The Most Common One is :

Allahu Akbaru,

Allahu Akbaru,

Allahu Akbaru,

la illaha illa Allah,

Allahu Akbaru,

Allahu Akbar,

Wa lillahi Al-Hamd.

In Another Version Of The Hadith Mentioned Above On The Merits Of The Ten Days,

There is This Addition: "… So increase Saying Tahlil (saying la-illah illa Allah),

Takbir (saying Allahu akbar),

And Tahmid (saying Al-hamdullilah)" (Ahmad) Therefore,

These kinds Of “dhikr”

Should Be Recited Day And Night.

The  Best  Good  Deed  in  These Days

is to Offer Hajj

Go To Hajj,

if You Are Physically And Financially Able To Perform it.

If Not, Try To Offer A Sacrifice if You Have The Means.

By Doing This You Are Commemorating The Story Of Sacrifice Of Both Prophet Ibrahim And His Son Ismail

(peace be upon them).

The Poor And The Needy Have A Share in The Sacrifice And Feeding Them is One Of Best Deeds That Can Be Done On The Day Of `Eid.

Daughters Of Mohammaed (PBUH)

Daughters Of Mohammaed  Sallalahu Alaihe Wassalam

Total Daughters - 4

 

1. Syeda Zainab (RA)

Married With Abual Bin Aas Bin Rabbi

2. Syeda Ruqayyia (RA),

Married With Syedna Usman Bin Affan

3. Syeda Um-e-Kulsoom (RA),

Married With Syedna Usman Bin Affan

4. Syeda Fatima Zuhra (RA),

Married with Syedna Ali Bin Abi Talib.

Note: All Daughters Were From

Um-Ul-Momeneen Syeda Khatija (RA).

All Daughters Except Syeda Fatima Died in Prophets' life.All Daughters Buried in

Jannat-ul-Baqi, Madina.

Haram

HARAM is only that what ALLAH has forbidden in Quran.

No molvi or mufti can make things from Halal to Haram.

No molvi or mufti can over write the Law of Quran by churning Haram activities to Halal.

Check the List of HARAM Activities

In this reference only verse related to the word "haraam" are mentioned 

HARAAM means forbidden, prohibited and unlawful.

The word HARAAM is used for inviolable ordinances and prohibitions of Allah.

1.      Marrying a woman without her consent is forbidden [4:19]

2.      Killing anyone without HAQ [or just cause] is HARAAM [17:33, 25:68]

3.      Fawahish are HARAAM [Immodesty, Lewdness, Obscenity; Abominable, evil, bad, foul or unseemly things or acts; Excess, exorbitance, or transgression of the proper bounds or limits; (Things leading to) adultery or fornication; Niggardliness, tenaciousness, and avarice ] [7:33]

4.      Adultery or fornication is HARAAM [24:3]

5.      Riba is HARAAM [interest or usury] [2:275]

6.      Marrying with the following women is HARAAM: Your mothers, daughters, sisters, father's sisters, mother's sisters, brother's daughters, sister's daughters, foster-mothers who have ever nursed you, foster-sisters, your wives' mothers, your step-daughters unless you have divorced their mother without being intimate with her. Also forbidden are women who have ever been the wives of your sons. You are not allowed to keep two sisters in wedlock at one time except what has already happened in the past. Also forbidden to you are women who are already married, except those women who have sought asylum with you against their disbelieving husbands at war with you [4:23-24]

7.      [Eating] any Animal that dies itself [2:173, 6:145, 16:115]

• [Eating] any Animal that has been strangled to death [5:3]

• [Eating] any Animal beaten to death [5:3]. 

• [Eating] any Animal that dies by falling from height [5:3]. 

• [Eating] any Animal gored to death by horns [5:3]. 

• [Eating] any Animal eaten by a wild animal unless you are able to slaughter it while it is still alive [5:3]. 

• [Eating] any Animal that which is sacrificed on altars (devotional stones or blocks in shrines considered sacred) [5:3].

8.      [Drinking] blood [2:173, 6:145, 16:115]

9.      [Eating] the flesh of swine [2:173, 6:145, 16:115].

10.  [Eating] anything (not just meat) that has been dedicated to anybody/anything other than Allah (such as an idol, grave or saint) [2:173, 6:121, 16:115].

11.  [Eating anything on which Allah's name has not be pronounced [while slaughtering] is also forbidden {5:4}]

12.  Dividing the meat through raffling and games of chance {Azlaam} [5:3]

Exceptions:

In cases when one is forced by necessity [and there is danger of death], those things which are HARAAM for eating in normal circumstance, can be eaten without wilful disobedience nor transgressing the limits [2:173, 5:3, 6:145, 16:115]. This exception is applicable only to eating and no other HARAAM thing is allowed in any circumstances.

Based on the above verses any person who holds balancing sense of understanding English language can  easily say car insurance is Haram or not..?