Explanation of the Hadith of Mu’aadh: Inform me of an act that will cause me to enter Paradise & distance me from the Hell-Fire

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by  Shaykh Abdur-Razzaq al-Badr

AWARENESS OF THE VIRTUES OF
THE FIRST TEN DAYS
OF DHUL-HIJJAH
AND RIGHTEOUS ACTIONS
WITHIN THEM
A compilation of
Quranic and Prophetic Proofs with
Statements of the Scholars
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"And by the Ten
Nights."
Allaah the Most High says,
ْ َ َ َ َ
ﺮﺸﻋ لﺎﻴﻟو
ٍ ٍ
"And by the ten nights"1
Imaam as-Sa'dee rahimahullah said:
"Allah swears with:
ْ َ َ َ َ
ﺮﺸﻋ لﺎﻴﻟو
ٍ ٍ
"And by the ten nights"
And they are, according to what is correct:
Either the last ten nights of Ramadaan or the first ten
days of Dhul-Hijjah." 2
Ibn Katheer rahimahullah said:
"The ten nights refers to the (first) ten days of Dhul-
Hijjah. This was said by Ibn `Abbas, Ibn Zubayr,
Mujahid & others among the Salaf and the latter
generations."3
1. Surah Fajr: Verse 2
2. Tafseer As-Sa'dee - Surah Fajr
3. Tafseer Ibn Katheer - Surah Fajr - V.10 p.468
"There are no days
greater than these"
The Messenger said:
ﷺ
ﱠ َ َ ُ ْ َ
ْ ﱡ َ َ ُ ﱠ َ َ ﱠ ْ َ
ﻩِﺬِ َﻫ ﻦﻣِ ﻪِ ﻠﻟا ﻰﻟإ ﺐﺣأ ﺎﻬﻴﻓِ ﺢﻟِﺎﺼﻟا ﻞﻤﻌﻟا مٍ ﺎﻳأ ﻦﻣِ ﺎﻣ
ِ
ْ َ ْ َ ﱠ َ ْ َ ﱠ َ
(ﺮﺸﻌﻟا مﺎﻳأ :ﻲﻨِﻌﻳ) مِ ﺎﻳﻷا
ِ
‘There are no days wherein righteous actions are more
beloved to Allaah than these 10 days (i.e, of Dhul-Hijjah).’
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The Messenger said:
ﷺ
ْ َ ْ ً ْ َ َ ْ ﱠ َ ﱠ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ
ﺮﻴﺧ ﻦﻣِ اﺮﺟأ ﻢﻈﻋأ ﻻو ،ﻞﺟو ﺰﻋ ﻪﻠﻟا ﺪﻨﻋ ﻰﻛزأ ﻞﻤﻋ ﻦﻣِ ﺎﻣ
ٍ ٍ
َ ْ ْ َ ُ ُ َ ْ َ
ﻰﺤﺿﻷا ﺮﺸﻋ ﻲﻓ ﻪﻠﻤﻌﻳ
ِ
"There are no actions more praiseworthy in the eyes of Allah
azza-wajall, nor greater in reward, than the good that is
performed in the ten days of al-Adhaa (10 days of Dhul-
Hijjah)"2
The Messenger said:
ﷺ
َ َ َ
ْ َ ْ ُ ﱠ َ ْ ﱡ ﱠ ُ َ ْ
ﺮﺸﻌﻟا مﺎﻳأ ﺎﻴﻧﺪﻟا مِ ﺎﻳأ ﻞﻀﻓأ
ِ
"The best days of the 'Dunyaa are the ten days of Dhul-
Hijjah."3
1. Abu Dawud 2438 - Sahih - al-Albani
2. Saheeh at-Targheeb wat-Tarheeb 1148 - Hasan - al-Albani
3. Saheeh at-Targheeb wat-Tarheeb 1150 - Hasan - al-Albani
'Allaamah Ibn Baaz
on these 10 days
"Verily, it is incumbent upon the person during these
ten days that he be especially diligent and increases in
the performance of all acts of goodness. For indeed, it
has been authentically established from Allaah’s
messenger that he said:
ﷺ ﷺ
‘There are no days wherein righteous actions are more
beloved to Allaah than these 10 days (of Dhul-Hijjah)."1
And in a variant wording,
"No good deeds done on other days are superior to those
done on these (first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah)"2
And in another hadeeth reported by Imam Ahmed,
Ibn ‘Umar narrated that the Messenger said:
ﷺ
“There are no days greater with Allah, nor where actions
are more beloved to Him in them, than these 10 days (of
Dhul-Hijjah), so increase within them at-Tahlil, at-
Takbeer and at-Tahmeed.”3
1. Abu Dawud 2438 - Sahih - al-Albani
2. Sahih al-Bukhari
3. Musnad Ahmed - 1/132, 2/75
'Allaamah Ibn Baaz
on these 10 days
Imaam Bukhari rahimahullah said:
Ibn ‘Umar and Abu Hurairah would go out to the
markets in these ten days and the last ten (nights of
ramadhan), and they would make takbeer. The people
would then make takbeer, due to their takbeer.1
So, what we take from this is that these days are days
of great virtue. They hold great importance and so, it
is incumbent upon the people of knowledge and
Eemaan and all of the muslims in the deserts, villages,
cities and every place, to know of their virtue. They
should compete in the way of good, increase in the
remembrance of Allaah, recitation of the Qu’raan and
in Tahleel, Tasbeeh, Tahmeed, Takbeer 2 and all other
forms of goodness like Sadaqah and the enjoinment of
good and forbiddance of evil. They should call the
people to goodness, teach the ignorant and guide the
misguided and other than this from various forms of
goodness.
1. Sahih al-Bukhari 968
2. Tahleel: to say Laa Ilaaha Illallaah
Tasbeeh:  to say Subhaan Allaah
Tahmeed: to say: Alhamdulillaah
Takbeer: to say: Allaahu Akbar
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