 میرے بھائی اور بھائی جانتا ہے کہ ہم جانتا ہے کہ ہم within the 10 best days of the islamic year اور ہم جانتا ہے کہ ہم اسے حدیث او ہم اسے حدیث کے حدیث of ابنی عباسن رضی اللہ عنہما where in he says that the prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم has said مامن ایامن العمل الصالح فیہنہ احب ایلہ اللہ من ها ذیل عشب there are no days of the year where in good deeds are more loved by اللہ سبحانہ و تعالہ than those that are done within these 10 days referring to the first 10 days of the month of the حجہ we are well within these 10 days but I want to draw your attention to a few very important factors when we think to ourselves that Allah loves good deeds during these days more than he does throughout the year what's the first thing that comes to our minds I'm sure almost all of us myself included we start thinking of doing extra deeds and we start thinking perhaps I can read the Quran perhaps I can do some Nafil and Sunnah perhaps I can be charitable perhaps I can do something that is voluntary etc not realizing that that is not where you start that is never a starting point and this is something that we need to clarify because many times Shaytan makes us think about that which is voluntary when we have not yet considered that which was obligatory and farad and this is why the Prophetﷺ says that اللہ سبحانہ و تعالی has said that the most loved deeds the deeds that I love the most from any one of my worshippers are those deeds that I have made compulsory and farad upon them which means your farad salah it means your zakah it means your fasting in the month of Ramadan that which is farad it means also that we should be abstaining from that which is haram that which is sinful because what is the point really of a person who engages in lots of voluntary deeds but they are perpetrating adultery they are deceiving and cheating people they are consuming usury and interest they are perhaps gambling and on drugs and so on we need to make a greater effort to become from among those who can quit this so if you during these days decide that I have quit this bad habit that I have had for so long wallahi it is better for you than engaging in extra voluntary deeds while you have wiped them out by perpetrating sins that are major may Allah سبحانہ و تعالی help us to abstain from major sin so when you hear that اللہ loves good deeds the most the first thing that should come to your mind is farad that which is compulsory do I get up for fajr let me get up early let me take a little bit more time in the way I fulfill my salah if my fajr is 5 minutes every morning let's make it 10 because this is a good deed it's the deed that Allah loves the most and I'm in these 10 days of the hijra and I would like to improve myself as a person so let me start increasing in terms of the quality of the good deed sometimes we end up missing farad we miss our farad and then we sit with a sunnah salah and we fulfill without having made qadha meaning that which is fulfilling your lost salah that which you missed for some reason you now need to make it up it's called qadha so it's more important to do qadha than it is to do the sunnah or that which is voluntary my brothers and sisters this is a very interesting point when we would like to please اللہ سبحانہ و تعالیٰ the first thing we should do we ask ourselves two questions if you want to please اللہ سبحانہ و تعالیٰ you ask yourself two questions the first question is have I fulfilled my obligations unto Allah اللہ ask me to do certain things اللہ has requested from me certain things have I fulfilled these things it's very interesting اللہ ask you to fulfill your salah اللہ ask you to do so many things we know what the duties are اللہ ask you to dress in a specific way اللہ ask you to speak in a specific way اللہ سبحانہ و تعالیٰ has required from you that you eat a specific type of food etc have I fulfilled the obligation unto Allah obligation that which is Farad the second question is have I stayed away from that which will anger Allah those are the two questions if you can answer those questions with the correct responses you are heading in the right direction now شیطان will come to us what does he temper with شیطان usually tempers with one of these two things either he makes you leave your Farad or he makes you engage in sin so now اللہ سبحانہ و تعالیٰ teaches us one of the greatest acts of worship do you know what it is he taught it to Adam علیہ السلام a very great act of worship after a sin was committed and Adam علیہ السلام 8 that which he was not supposed to eat اللہ سبحانہ و تعالیٰ taught him some words اللہ gave him a few words taught him these words what were these words اللہ سبحانہ و تعالیٰ taught Adam علیہ السلام to say this so we need to say this too we say او او رب ربنا ظلم نا انفوسانہ we have wronged ourselves what we did just now was very wrong it was oppressing ourselves and if you don't forgive us and if you don't have mercy upon us we are going to lose so Allah taught Adam علیہ السلام those words Adam علیہ السلام said those words genuinely and he was forgiven and Allah made توبہ one of the biggest acts of worship so much so that the hadith says توبہ wipes out whatever sins you've made in the past you know when a person is not a Muslim they've done whatever they may have done in their past life they revert to Islam as they enter the fold of Islam and declare what we know as the Shahada bearing witness that there is only one deity worthy of worship who is Allah and bearing witness that Muhammad peace be upon him is the final messenger of Allah once they declare that Shahada guess what happens to them all their bad deeds are wiped out all their bad deeds are wiped out it is selected formatting it's not that everything's wiped out all your bad deeds are wiped out that's what happens when you engage in توبہ for those who are already believers because sometimes a person might feel you know when you don't really know or you don't have deep knowledge you might think look you know people who enter Islam they're forgiven totally right what if I exited and enter it again I'm formatting my heart drive right that is foolish thinking subhan Allah we're not allowed to think that way Allah does you a favor Allah says we will give you that as a gift if you just ask Allah's forgiveness subhan Allah that person was not a believer they accepted Islam you are a believer you just have to say oh Allah forgive me that is such a great act of worship I call upon yourselves and myself during these 10 days to engage in that which is most beloved to Allah and that is seeking forgiveness of Allah and declaring the remembrance and the greatness of Allah ویذکور اسم اللہ فی ایام معلومات the Quran says encouraging us to remember the name of Allah during specific days go to the تفسیر and you will find that some of the مفسیرین have said that these specific days are the 10 days of ذلحجہ we are in them right now so remember Allah often we all know that we should increase تکبیر don't wait for the day that the تکبیر commences in the masjid after the farad salahab don't wait for that day yes when that day comes you will participate in that تکبیر that is read after farad salahab but throughout these 10 days we are supposed to be repeating that تکبیر and various other تکبیرات what is that تکبیر تکبیر means the declaration of the greatness of Allah سبحانہ و تعالیٰ and it goes as follows the sunnah wording اللہ اکبر اللہ اکبر لا ایلہ اللہ و اللہ اکبر اللہ اکبر ول اللہ الحمد سبحانہ اللہ amazing words there are two different ways of saying it you can have three تکبیر right at the beginning so you could also say اللہ اکبر اللہ اکبر اللہ اکبر اللہ اکبر لا ایلہ اللہ و اللہ اکبر اللہ اکبر و اللہ الحمد either you say twice or thrice right at the beginning you are declaring the greatness of Allah you are saying there is none worthy of worship besides Allah and he is the greatest and all praise belongs to Allah so Allah says say that سبحانہ اللہ do we say it another very interesting aspect is when you remember Allah within yourself like say my mouth is closed I haven't moved my lips in my mind I'm thinking of Allah it's an act of worship and the hadith says من ذکرانی فی نفسی ہی ذکر تو فی نفسی whoever remembers me within himself I remember him within myself how Allah knows best but Allah says you know people do remember Allah within themselves it's an interesting act of worship very important but I can teach you a greater act of worship to make an effort to move your tongue to move your lips to use a bit of your voice why it's a very big act of worship far greater than thinking only not saying it so when we are sitting a lot of the times what happens to me now a days I'll be honest with you you reading your phone and you get a message someone passed away someone is sick someone something bad has happened for example sometimes you end up saying inna للہ و ایلہ راجعون in your mind and you make a dua for them in your mind wallahi let's not forget just because technology has advanced we need to also say that allowed allah forgive him allah cure him let's seize an opportunity my brothers and sisters people have passed away may Allah give them جنہ تو الفردوس say amin people are sick and ill right now as we are talking may Allah سبحانہ و تعالیٰ cure them whoever they are say amin and one more people are struggling and suffering across the globe as we speak whoever they are wherever they are we pray for them may Allah alleviate their suffering amin so to say it why is it better because your tongue bears witness your voice bears witness your organs bear witness your lips bear witness it's a greater act of worship for example if you were to remember allah with your tongue and if you were to get up and you were to fulfill two units of prayer what would happen the two units of prayer would probably get you to a place slightly higher if it was done in the proper way because i tell you now your whole organs the organs have moved your feet have moved your forehead is going to bear witness for you that this man prostrated and the closest you can ever as a worshiper be to Allah is in the position of sujud prostration Allah loves that position so if Allah loves that position so much and these days are most beloved unto Allah why don't we fulfill our atleast the farad on time i want every one of us myself included to bear in mind one thing whenever you are reading your salah please take your time why the hadith says every time you fulfill salah fulfill it as though it is the final prayer that you are fulfilling in your life farewell prayer if someone told you listen you're dying at two o'clock this is your last juma i think up to five to two in fact we'll extend it beyond right we want to die in salah may Allah سبحانہ و تعالیٰ be pleased with us when he takes us away and honestly speaking if i can just divert for a second the best death is that death wherein Allah is pleased with you no matter what age you pass away no matter how you pass away no matter who was with you and wasn't with you and where you were all that is irrelevant if Allah is pleased with you wallahi you have the best death and if Allah was displeased with you even if you died smooth sweet without much feeling سبحانہ اللہ trust me we have lost may Allah سبحانہ و تعالیٰ grant us goodness so let's go back to what i was saying we have the best days and we have the best acts of worship now if we bring them together will realize one thing today is a friday do you know that the friday is the eid of the muslimin the eid of the week it's actually the best day of the week without a doubt خیر و يوم انطلعت فیحی شمس the hadith says the best day that the sun has risen upon يوم الجمعاتی the friday فیحی خولیق آدم on it آدم علیہ السلام was created and so many things have happened on this day but i tell you if the friday is the best day of the week and the 10 days of the ڈلحجہ are the best days of the year what do you think would be the value of a friday inside of those 10 days let's seize the opportunity to seek the forgiveness of Allah may Allah forgive all of us may Allah forgive us for those sins we've committed that we know and those that we don't know and together with that forgiveness may Allah purify our hearts so that we can become people who are consciously changing themselves bringing themselves closer to Allah that's the way now one clarification also some of you might be thinking what about Ramadan شولی لیلہ تل قدر شولی Ramadan i tell you very interesting Ramadan the nights are better the last 10 nights of Ramadan are the best nights here we are talking about the best days see the difference why because in Ramadan we have one night that is more powerful than a thousand months and that is اللہ says the night of decree known as ڈلیلہ تل قدر is better than a thousand months so that's the best night and the best 10 nights are the last 10 nights of Ramadan but the days because there is the day of ڈلحجہ being the 9th of ڈلحجہ is the day of ڈلحجہ it is the most powerful day it is ڈلحجہ اکبر it is called the day of ڈلحجہ that is what it is you miss ڈلحجہ you miss ڈلحجہ what should we do well i tell you the sunnah of the prophet ڈلحجہ ڈلحجہ you want to know how powerful is the day of ڈلحجہ if you have gone for ڈلحجہ you are in ڈلحجہ but if you have not gone for ڈلحجہ the sunnah is to fast on the day the 9th of ڈلحجہ try not to miss that fast because the ڈلحجہ says ڈلحجہ ڈلحجہ it forgives and expiates the sins of the previous year and the current year amazing how powerful this beautiful day is one day the 9th of ڈلحجہ fast it fasting for the ڈلحجہ ڈلحجہ means those who are not gone for ڈلحجہ if you are in ڈلحجہ it's not a sunnah to fast on that day because it's a day of action and it's a day when you are actually going to be in ڈلحجہ it's hot and whatever else might be and you might be busy it's not a sunnah to fast when you are in ڈلحجہ you are there when you are not in ڈلحجہ والله our ڈلحجہ is going to be on a Friday Thursday to fast that particular Thursday is such a great reward I encourage yourselves and myself if we can to fast on that day because it's a beautiful deed and Allah says you know what I love the good deeds the most during this season so much that if you are to fast on that day I'm going to forgive all your sins I'm sure we all want a new beginning I'm sure we all want redemption I'm sure we'd all love to earn the pleasure of Allah سبحانہ و تعالى اللہ آپ کو ایک بونس دیکھتے ہیں۔ now have you ever thought that how merciful a lord is اللہ سبحانہ و تعالیٰ every little while he gives us a blessed day a blessed season we have محرم you have the tenth of محرم powerful سبحانہ اللہ you have the season of Hajj you have the season of ذلحجہ one after the other it comes two three times a year and this is amazing because اللہ سبحانہ و تعالیٰ keeps reminding us no matter what sheytan has done to you my mercy one droplet of it will wipe out whatever sheytan has done remember that you can have worked with شیطان for 70 years and then you can have spent one minute with اللہ that one minute trust me if it was done correctly it will wipe out 70 years of what the devil has built within an individual so never lose hope in the mercy of اللہ but we need to be moved we need to be motivated too many distractions happening around us that is why Allah says hang on start concentrating on your farad that which is compulsory you'll enjoy it how many of us pick up the quran and we read even the verse every morning i promise you my brothers and sisters try it it's not asking of much one verse one verse every morning even from your phone your application on your phone pick it up read one only one trust me it will go to two and to three and you will enjoy it and you will look at the meaning of it and you will start passing it to your friends that's the power of اللہ if حرام can magnetize you so much when you forget اللہ trust me when you start remembering اللہ that حلال will magnetize you in a more powerful way trust me it requires an effort you see one might ask that so if اللہ knows everything about us then why didn't why didn't he just tell us okay guys you know what I'll give you جنہ don't worry about your deeds know the thing is اللہ has placed us here in order to recognize us with us being our own witness so Allah knows اللہ knows you اللہ knows everything about us but what about you imagine there was a court case without witness they just jailed you you would say but I didn't do this so the judge says well we knew you were going to do it so we jailed you you know before I remember there was a certain person whenever he used to send a child to go and do something he used to call him and slap him and say now take the milk he says but why did you slap me he says what's the point of slapping you after you drop the milk I'd rather slap you before you drop the milk so that you don't drop it so similarly it is injustice or it is unjust for anyone to punish us for a crime we did not commit so اللہ says go to earth when you go to the earth do whatever you have to I have told you what to do what not to do when you come back you can bear witness against yourself you can bear witness against yourself did you do this yes I did who did it you do you deserve the punishment yes what through my mercy I'm going to forgive you you can still go to Jannah that is اللہ may Allah grant that to us that is the rahma of اللہ سبحان اللہ اللہ says in the Quran he wants to forgive you اللہ is looking for any excuse to forgive you but those who follow the their desires whims and fancies Shahawat means immorality the immoral parts of the world they would like the rest of us to actually be twisted a very very strong twisting to be diverted in a very very strong way let's not be diverted by the devil my brothers and sisters let's remember that اللہ سبحانہ واتعاللہ's mercy encompasses everything for him to have asked us to do things so that we can bear witness for ourselves or against ourselves we have an opportunity to prove ourselves so let's prove ourselves to اللہ the same way if someone were to ask you do you know this brother the answer is I know about him perhaps I have seen him but if you are asking me for a point of reference I need to have done business with him I need to have traveled with him I need to have known him lived with him I need to have been انٹریکٹنگ with him and done dealings with him because I need to have checked him at a time when things did not go his way that's when he can prove himself remember this all of us we don't know each other besides he's a brother of mine until the day you are bitten by the person when things don't go their way then you learn oh now I know why things did not go his way there was a loss in the business he cheated me something happened the same applies with اللہ سبحانہ وتعالہ but اللہ knew everything where اللہ says we leave you اللہ اسلو براعتو ذمہ we leave you we let you do whatever you have to the day things don't go your way do you actually thank اللہ does it bring you closer to اللہ because I promise you when things are bad you turn in one of two ways some people become very bad they start questioning اللہ you lost a life you lost someone's someone lost their health something bad happened what do some people do they start questioning اللہ they go far away from اللہ in that case they lost but a مؤمن when you have a problem it's supposed to bring you closer to اللہ so your problem defines you not only with اللہ even with the rest of the human beings mark those words write them down in gold ink and read them every day سبحان اللہ your problem defines you when something happens in your life your family your spouse a big mistake happened it will define you who are you you only get to prove yourself when something very bad happened or negative happened or something happened in your life that was not according to your liking that's the only time the only time you can prove yourself and that's when we prove ourselves that's when we get to know each other may Allah سبحانہ واتعالہ help us prove ourselves to him to begin with because when you prove yourself to اللہ trust me you don't need to worry about anyone else اللہ will deal with everything else may Allah سبحانہ واتعالہ ہمکرامس each one of us may Allah سبحانہ واتعالہ لاکس to make things easy for us in the