The First 10 Days of Dhul Hijja

Hadith: Arabic Text followed by English Translation.

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ

‏ ‏مَا الْعَمَلُ فِي أَيَّامِ الْعَشْرِ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ فِي هَذِهِ ‏”‏‏.‏ قَالُوا وَلاَ الْجِهَادُ قَالَ ‏”‏ وَلاَ الْجِهَادُ، إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ يُخَاطِرُ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ بِشَىْءٍ”
رواه البخاري ٩٦٩

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Narrated Ibn `Abbas:


The Prophet (ﷺ) said,

“No good deeds done on other days are superior to those done on these (first ten days of Dhul Hijja).”

Then some companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Not even Jihad?”

He replied, “Not even Jihad, except that of a man who does it by putting himself and his property in danger (for Allah’s sake) and does not return with any of those things.”

Sahih al-Bukhari 969

Note: Dhul Hijja is the last month of the Hijri (Islamic) year.

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