Today Monday, June 19th is the First Day of the most beautiful days of life! They are so important to the point that God Almighty ( Allah) Swears by them and during which the righteous deeds are so much Loved by God Almighty as follows:
1. Fasting the First 10 days of Dhul El Hajja month ( for those who are not physically performing Hajj or Pilgrimage in the Holy City of Makka), especially the 9th day ( Day of Arafah) which erases the sins of the past year and the coming year!
2. Remembrance of God Almighty ( Allah) more frequently as
Tahleel: Saying there is no God but Allah
Tahmeed: Saying All Praise be to God
Tasbeeh: Saying Glory to God ( Allah)
Takbeer: Saying God is the Greatest.
3. Reading the Holy Quran ( The words of Allah) which will lead to success in this life and the hereafter. Prophet Mohamed, Peace Be Upon Him ( PBUH) said ( whoever reads a letter from the book of Allah ( Quran) will get rewards multiplied by ten for each letter, so you can do the Math!
4. Giving Charity to the Poor and Needy. Prophet Mohamed PBUH said ( Charity Does Not Decrease Wealth)!
5. Observing the Day of Arafaa ( day 9 ) which is the Greatest Day of the Islamic Calender when God Almighty ( Allah) descends down from the sky as He Will Shower His Mercy and Forgive sins and so many will be freed from Hellfire!
5. Remember Loved ones ( friends and family ) both, those who are living and those who passed away, and pray for a speedy recovery for the sick, end the suffering, and bring Peace to the World!
6. Praying at night when most people are sleeping especially during the last quarter of the night ( Tahajuud) as narrated that Prophet Mohamed PBUH Said standing every one of those nights in prayer is equivalent to (the Night of Power) which is better than one thousand months of a lifetime!
7. Make Sincere Repentance during these 10 days is another sign of success by giving up sins and adhering to Allah’s commands
8. Performing 5 daily mandatory prayers ( Fard) and extra Sunnah prayers
9. Amulate Prophet Mohamed PBUH every day with simple things such as smiling, sitting down when you drink not standing up, going to bed with fresh Wudu ( Ablution), making Duaa after finishing Wudu
10. Do not waste those precious ten days sleeping too much, watching too much TV or Social Media, or getting involved in nonsense talks!
It is also important to reflect on important Global events during these days that impacted the entire humanity as follows
- The First Day of the month of Dhul El Hijja when God forgave Adam after eating from the forbidden Tree
- Second Day in which God Answered the Prayer of Prophet Jonah PBUH ( Younis) while He was in the Belly of the Whale and Saved Him!
- The Third Day was when God answered the Prayers of Prophet Zakaria PBUH and Provided him with the son he wished for.
- On the Fourth Day of the month of Dhul El Hijja , Prophet Jesus PBUH was born!
- On the Fifth Day of the month of Dhul El Hijja , Prophet Moses PBUH was born!
- On the Six Day of the month of Dhul El Hijja , God opened to His Prophet all doors of goodness
- On the Seventh Day of the month of Dhul El Hijja , all doors of hell are closed and do not open till the end of day 10.
- The Eighth Day of the month of Dhul El Hajj is the day of Water collection in preparation for the Day of Arafaa ( the 9th)
- The ninth Day of the month of Dhul El Hijja is the Day of Arafaa when the final speech of Prophet Mohamed PBUH was delivered and read the Verse (Today, I completed your religion for you and completed my grace for you and accepted Islam as a religion for you).
- The tenth day of the month of Dhul El Hijja is the Feast ( Eid) Day, expected to be on Wednesday, June 28th as the day of sacrifice after performing Eid Prayers and then distributing the meat to the poor and needy locally and globally with festivities ( buying new clothes, exchanging gifts, visiting family and friends, send Eid wishes and greetings to spread joy and happiness all over the Globe in all languages with the same message ( Eid Mubarak) or have a Blessed Feast!
