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Advice for First 10 Days of Dzulhijjah

The following question was posed to Al-Habib ‘Umar Bin Hafidz: What do you advice for one who reaches the first 10 days of Dzulhijjah?

Answer: Many texts of hadith have been narrated regarding the virtues of the ten days with regards to multiplying good deeds therein. Amongst them are the words of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ:

ما مِن أيامٍ العملُ الصالحُ فيهنَّ أحب إلى الله من عشرِ ذي الحجة

Meaning: There are no days wherein righteous action is so pleasing to Allah than these days i.e. the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah.

To this, they (the Companions) asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, “Not even the struggle in the path of Allah (Jihad)?” And he ﷺ said, “Yes, not even the struggle in the path of Allah, except a man who goes out (in the path of Allah) with his life and property, and does not return with any of them.” – Narrated by Tirmidhi

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In a narration by At-Thabarani, he ﷺ said, “There are no days in which good deeds are greater and more beloved to Allah than the ten days, therefore increase in tasbīh, tahmīd, tahlīl, and takbīr in it, this is what the bāqiyāt as-sālihāt or abiding good deeds is about:

سبحان الله والحمد لله ولا إله إلا الله والله أكبر

Transliteration: SubhānAllāh walhamdulillāh wa lā ilāha illā Allāh wa Allāhu Akbar

Meaning: Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no deity worthy of worship other than Allah, Allah is the greatest.

If one adds to it the hawqalah (لاَ حَوْلاَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إلاَّ باِللهِ – la hawla wa laa quwata illa billah) that is a treasure from the treasures of Paradise.

Let this be one’s daily invocations for these ten days and it can be done in the number of  300 or 700 or 1000 or 3000 or according to a person’s capacity. The main objective is the presence of heart therein. One should also couple this with sending blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ who taught this, and opened the door of knowledge regarding the ten days and whatever it contains of goodness and rewards.

Many of the righteous Imams would recite:

لا إله إلا الله عدد الليالي والدهور ، لا إله إلا الله عدد الأيام والشهور ، لا إله إلا الله عدد أمواج البحور ، لا إله إلا الله عدد أضعاف الأجور

Meaning: Lā ilāha illa’llāh to the number of nights and ages (as they pass), Lā ilāha illa’llāh to the number of days and months, Lā ilāha illa’llāh to the number of waves in the oceans, Lā ilāha illa’llāh as much as rewards are multiplied

… till the end of litany the dhikr which they recite taking example from his sunnah ﷺ in which he taught us to say,

سبحان الله عدد ما خلق في الأرض، سبحان الله عدد ما خلق في السماء، سبحانه الله عدد ما بين ذلك، سبحانه الله عدد ما هو خالق. وسبحان الله عدد خلقه، وسبحان الله وبحمده عدد خلقه ورضا نفسه وزنة عرشه ومداد كلماته

Meaning: SubhānAllāh as many times as the number of that which He has created in Heaven, SubhānAllāh as many times as the number of that which He has created on Earth, SubhānAllāh as many times as the number of that which He has created between them, SubhānAllāh as many times as the number of that which He is creating, and SubhānAllāh as many times as the number of His creatures, in accordance with His Good Pleasure, equal to the weight of His Throne and equal to the ink that may be used in recording the words (for His Praise).

Upon this example, they set out saying takbir and tahlil according to the number which they hope Allah will reward and accept from them.

And from amongst the most important of deeds in these ten days is to re-establish ties, and to seek out one’s relatives and neighbours, bringing joy to their hearts… and the ones who deserve this most are one’s parents. One should bring joy to them as it is a means to the Good Pleasure of Allah.

Source: http://www.alhabibomar.com/Fatwa.aspx?SectionID=5&RefID=188

 

Fawaid: Recommended Recitation on the Night of 15th Sha’ban

Kanzul NajahRecommended recitation on the night of 15th Sha’ban adapted from Shaykh Abdul Hamid bin Muhammad Ali Quds Al-Makkiy Ash-Shaf’iy’s Kanz an-Najah wa as-Surur (Treasures of Success and Felicity)

It is the practice of many of the pious people of the Ummah to recite Surah Ya Sin three times on the 15th night of Sha`ban. The first time, it is read with the intention of being blessed with a long life spent in obedience to Allah, the second time with the intention that calamities are diverted, and the third time with the intention of not being in need of people and being blessed with a good ending. After each reading of Surah Ya Sin, the following supplication is read:

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الحمد لله رب العالمين

اللهم صل على سيدنا محمد و آله و صحبه و سلم

اللهم يا ذا المَنِّ ولا يُمَنُّ عَلَيْهِ يا ذا الجَلالِ والإكْرام ياذا الطَوْلِ والإنْعام لا إلهَ إلا أَنْتَ ظَهْرَ اللاَّجِينَ وجَارَ المُسْتَجِيرينَ وأَمَانَ الخائِفِينَ

اللهم إِنْ كُنْتَ كَتَبْتَنَا عِنْدَكَ أَشْقِياءَ أَوْ مَحْرومينَ أَوْ مَطْرودِينَ أَوْ مُقَتَّراً عَلَيْنَا في الرِّزْقِ فَامْحُ اللهم بِفَضْلِكَ شِقَاوَتَنا وحِرْمَانَنا وطَرْدَنا
وإِقْتَارَ أَرْزَاقَنَا وأَثْبِتْنَا عِنْدَكَ في أُمِّ الكِتابِ سُعَداءَ مَرْزوقينَ مُوَفَّقِينَ لِلْخَيْراتِ
فَإِنَّكَ قُلْتَ وقَوْلُكَ الحَقُّ في كِتابِكَ المُنْزَل على  لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكَ المُرْسَل – يَمْحُو اللهُ ما يَشَاءُ وَيُثْبِتُ وعِنْدَهُ أُمُّ الكِتَابِ

إلهَي بِالتَّجَلِّي الأَعْظَمِ في لَيْلَةِ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعَبانَ المُكَرَّمِ الَّتي يُفْرَقُ فِيها كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ وَيُبْرَمُ نَسَأَلُكَ أَنْ تَكْشِفَ عَنَّا مِنَ البَلاءِ ما نَعْلَمُ
وما لا نَعْلَمُ وما أَنْتَ بِهِ أَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الأَعَزُّ الأَكْرَمُ

وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم

Transliteration:

BismiLlāhi’r-Raḥmani’r-Rahīm al-Ḥamdu liLlāhi Rabbi’l`ālamīn

Allāhumma ṣalli `alā Sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ālihi wa ṣaḥbihi wa sallim

Allāhumma yā dhā’l-Manni wa lā yumannu `alayhi yā Dhā’l-Jalāli wa’l-Ikrām yā Dhā’ṭawli wa’l-In`ām, lā ilāha illa anta Zahra’l-lājīna wa jāra’l-mustajīrīna wa amāna’l-khā’ifīna

Allāhumma in kunta katabtanā `indaka ashqiyā’a aw maḥrūmīna aw maṭrūdīna aw muqattaran `alaynā fī’r-rizqi fāmḥu Allāhumma bifadhlika shiqāwatanā wa ḥirmānanā wa ṭardanā wa iqtāra arzāqanā wa athbitnā `indaka fī ummi’l-kitābi su`adā’a marzūqīna muwaffaqīna li’l-khayrāti, fa innaka qulta wa qawluka’l-ḥaqqu fī Kitābika’l-Munzal `alā lisāni Nabiyyika’l-Mursal (yamḥū Allāhu mā yashā’u wa yuthbitu wa `indahu Ummu’l-Kitābi)

Ilhayi bi’t-tajallī’l-l`aẓam fī Laylati’n-Niṣfi min Sha`abāna al-Mukarrami’llatī yufraqu fīhā kullu amrin ḥakīmin wa yubramu nasaluka an takshifa `annā mina’l-balā’i mā na`alamu wa mā lā na`alamu wa mā anta bihi a`alamu innaka anta al-`Azzu al-Akramu

Wa ṣallā Allāhu `alā Sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa `alā ālihi wa ṣaḥbihi wa sallim

Translation:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Compassionate.All praise is due to Allah Lord of the Worlds.

O Allah, bestow peace and blessings upon our Master Muhammad and upon his Family and Companions.

O Allah, the Bestower of favours. No one has favour over You. O Possessor of Majesty and Nobility, the One Who constantly bestows His bounties. There is no god but You, the One who grants safety and refuge to those that seek it and to those in fear.

O Allah, if You have recorded us as being wretched, deprived, cast out or if You have recorded that our provision be restricted then erase this by Your bounty. Instead record us in “the Mother of the Book” as being felicitous, as having plentiful provision and grant us the ability to do good works. Truly You have said, and Your word is true, in Your revealed Book, on the tongue of Your Prophet: Allah erases and confirms what He wishes and with Him is the Mother of the Book.

O Allah, through Your most mighty manifestation on the fifteenth night of Sha`ban the Ennobled, in which every decreed affair becomes distinct and unchangeable, we ask You to remove all tribulations, those that we know and those that we do not know and those about which You know more, truly You are the Most Mighty, the Most Generous.

O Allah, bestow peace and blessings upon our Master Muhammad and upon his Family and Companions.

Adapted from http://muwasala.org/prayer-on-the-fifteenth-night-of-shaban

Fawaid: Doa Awal Tahun dan Doa Akhir Tahun

Kanzul NajahFawaid: Doa Awal Tahun and Doa Akhir Tahun yang dipetik dari Kitab Kanz an-Najah wa as-Surur (Khazanah Kejayaan dan Kebahagian)

دعاء اخير تهون

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

وَصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى اَلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلَّمَ اَللَّهُمَّ مَا عَمِلْتُ فِى هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ مِمَّا نَهَيْتَنِى عَنْهُ فَلَمْ اَتُبْ مِنْهُ وَلَمْ تَنْسَهُ وَحَلِمْتَ عَلَىَّ بَعْدَ قُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى عُقُوْبَتِى وَدَعَوْتَنِى اِلَى التَّوْبَةِ بَعْدَ جَرَا ئَتِى عَلَى مَعْصِيَتِكَ فَإِنِّى اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ فَغْفِرْلِى وَمَا عَمِلْتُ فِيْهَا مِمَّا تَرْضَاهُ وَوَعَدْتَنِى عَلَيْهِ الثَّوَابَ فَاَسْأَلُكَ اَللَّهُمَّ يَاكَرِيْمُ يَاذَ الْجَلاَلِ وَاْلاِكْرَامِ اَنْ تَتَقَبَّلَهُ مِنِّى وَلاَ تَقْطَعَ رَجَائِى مِنْكَ يَاكَرِيْمُ وَصَلَى اللهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى اَلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Dengan menyebut nama Allah Yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Penyayang. Semoga Allah melimpahkan rahmat dan keselamatan kepada junjungan kami nabi Muhammad SAW, beserta para keluarga dan sahabatnya. Ya Allah, segala yang telah ku kerjakan selama tahun ini dari apa yang menjadi larangan-Mu, sedang kami belum bertaubat, padahal Engkau tidak melupakannya dan Engkau bersabar (dengan kasih sayang-Mu), yang sesungguhnya Engkau berkuasa memberikan siksa untuk saya dan Engkau telah mengajak saya untuk bertaubat sesudah melakukan maksiat. Karena itu ya Allah, saya mohon ampunan-Mu dan berilah ampunan kepada saya dengan kemurahan-Mu. Segala apa yang telah saya kerjakan selama tahun ini berupa amal perbuatan yang Engkau ridhai dan Engkau janjikan akan membalasnya dengan pahala. Saya mohon kepada-Mu wahai Dzat Yang Maha Pemurah, wahai Dzat Yang Mempunyai Kebesaran dan Kemuliaan semoga berkenan menerima amal kami dan semoga Engkau tidak memutuskan harapan kami kepada-Mu wahai Dzat Yang Maha Pemurah. Dan semoga Allah memberikan rahmat dan kesejahteraan atas penghulu kami Muhammad sekeluarga dan para sahabatnya.


دعاء اولتهون

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

وَصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى اَلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلَّمَ اَللَّهُمَّ اَنْتَ اْلاَ بَدِيُّ الْقَدِيْمُ اْلاَوَّلُ وَعَلَى فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيْمِ وَكَرَمِ جُوْدِكَ الْمُعَوَّلُ وَهَذَا عَامٌ جَدِيْدٌ قَدْ اَقْبَلَ اَسْأَلُكَ الْعِصْمَةَ فِيْهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَ اَوْلِيَائِهِ وَالْعَوْنَ عَلَى هَذِهِ النَّفْسِ اْلاَمَّارَةِ بِالسُّوْءِ وَاْلاِشْتِغَالِ بِمَا يُقَرِّبُنِى اِلَيْكَ زُلْفَى يَاذَالْجَلاَلِ وَاْلاِكْرَامِ وَصَلَى اللهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى اَلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Dengan menyebut nama Allah Yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Penyayang. Semoga Allah senantiasa melimpahkan rahmat dan keselamatan kepada junjungan kami Nabi Muhammad SAW beserta keluarga dan sahabatnya. Ya Allah Engkaulah yang abadi, dahulu, lagi Awal. Dan hanya kepada anugerah-Mu yang Agung dan Kedermawanan-Mu tempat bergantung. Dan ini tahun baru benar-benar telah datang. Kami memohon kepada-Mu perlindungan dalam tahun ini dari (godaan) setan, kekasih-kekasihnya dan bala tentaranya. Dan kami memohon pertolongan untuk mengalahkan hawa nafsu amarah yang mengajak pada kejahatan agar kami sibuk melakukan amal yang dapat mendekatkan diri kami kepada-Mu wahai Dzat yang memiliki Keagungan dan Kemuliaan. Semoga Allah senantiasa melimpahkan rahmat dan keselamatan kepada junjungan kami Nabi Muhammad SAW beserta para keluarganya dan sahabatnya.

Fawaid: Recommended Recitation for the Day of Arafah – 9th Zulhijjah

Kanzul NajahExtracts from Shaykh Abdul Hamid bin Muhammad Ali Quds Al-Makkiy Ash-Shaf’iy’s Kanz an-Najah wa as-Surur (Treasures of Success and Felicity)

It is mentioned in hadith from Ibnu Abbas that the one who recites “Qul huwa Allahu Ahad” (i.e. the whole of Surah al-Ikhlas) a thousand times on the Day of Arafah will be given what he asks for.

It is also mentioned in a hadith that the best doa to recite on the Day of Arafah is:

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ ، لَهُ المُلْكُ ، وَلَهُ الحَمْدُ ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Transliteration: La ilaha illallah, wah-dahu laa sharika lah, lahul-mul-ku wa la-hul hamdu, wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay-in qadir.’

Meaning: There is none worthy of worship but Allah alone without any partner. Belonging to Him is the Kingdom and belonging to Him is praise, and He has power over all things.

Likewise, the pious predecessors encourage reciting the above doa or zikir at least thousand times on the Day of Arafah.

A pdf file setting out a more complete azkar for the Day of Arafah compiled by Al-Arif Billah Al-Allamah Al-Habib Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Haddar can be downloaded here.

Fawaid: Recommended Recitation from 1 to 10 Zulhijjah

Kanzul NajahExtracts from Shaykh Abdul Hamid bin Muhammad Ali Quds Al-Makkiy Ash-Shaf’iy’s Kanz an-Najah wa as-Surur (Treasures of Success and Felicity)

It is recommended to recite the following azkar 10 times each day from the 1st to the 10th of Zulhijjah:

لا إله إلا الله عَدَدَ اللَّيالِيْ والدُّهُورْ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” equal to the number of the nights and the times

لا إله إلا الله عدد اْلأياَّمِ والشُهورْ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” equal to the number of the days and the months

لا إله إلا الله عدد أمْواجِ الْبُحُورْ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” equal to the number of the waves of the seas

لا إله إلا الله عدد أضْعافِ الأُجُورْ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” equal to the number of the commensuration of rewards

لا إله إلا الله عدد الْقَطرِوالْمَطَرْ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” equal to the number of the droplets and the rain

لا إله إلا الله عدد أَوْراقِ الشَّجَرْ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” equal to the number of the leaves of trees

لا إله إلا الله عدد الشَّعْرِ والْوَبَرْ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” equal to the number of hairs and furs

لا إله إلا الله عدد الرَّمْلِ والْحَجَرْ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” equal to the number of sand and stone

لا إله إلا الله عدد الزَّهْرِ والثَّمَرْ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” equal to the number of flowers and fruits

لا إله إلا الله عدد أنْفاسِ الْبَشَرْ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” equal to the number of the breathes of Man

لا إله إلا الله عدد لَمْحِ الْعُيُونْ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” equal to the number of blinks of the eyes

لا إله إلا الله عدد ماكانَ ومايَكونْ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” equal to the number of all that exist and will exist

لا إله إلا الله تَعالٰى عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونْ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah”, Exalted above what they associate (Him with)

لا إله إلا الله في اللَّيْلِ إذا عَسْعَسْ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” in the night when it departs

لا إله إلا الله في الصُبْحِ إذا تَنَفَّسْ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” in the day when it breathes

لا إله إلا الله عدَدَ الرِّياحِ في الْبَرارِي والصُّخُورْ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” equal to the number of breezes that blow on land

لا إله إلا الله مِن يَوْمِنا هذا إلى يوم يُنْفَخُ في الصُّورْ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” from this day of ours till the day the Horn is blown

لا إله إلا الله عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ أجْمَعِين

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” equal to the number of all of His creations

لا إله إلا الله مِن يَوْمِنا هذا إلى يَوْمِ الدِّينِ

“There is none worthy of worship other than Allah” from this day of ours till the Day of Reckoning

[عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ وَرِضَى نَفْسِه وَزِنَة عَرْشِه وَمِِدادَ كَلِماته]

Sayyidil Habib Umar bin Hafiz adds on prefixes and suffixes to the above azkar for completeness – click here to download pdf.

Fawaid: To Do on the Night of Eid

Kanzul NajahExtracts from Shaykh Abdul Hamid bin Muhammad Ali Quds Al-Makkiy Ash-Shaf’iy’s Kanz an-Najah wa as-Surur (Treasures of Success and Felicity)

Rasulullah ﷺ said,

من أحيا ليلتي العيدين أحيا الله قلبه يوم تموت القلوب

Meaning: He who enlivens the two Eids (with ‘ibadah), Allah will enliven his heart on a day when hearts die.

The meaning of “enliven his heart on a day when hearts die” alludes to one’s safety on the Day of Judgement and protection from having a bad end to one’s life (su’ul-khatimah).

Rasulullah ﷺ also said,

من أحيا الليالي الأربع وجبت له الجنة ليلة التروية وليلة عرفة وليلة النحر وليلة الفطر

Meaning: Jannah is obligatory for the one who enlivens four nights – the Night of Tarwiyah, the Night of Arafah, the Night of Eidul-Adha and the Night of Eidul-Fitr.

Amongst the ways one can enliven the night of Eid (other than making Takbir al-Eid and performing Solah an-Nafilah, which are well known in the Deen) is by making lots of zikir.

The following fawaid are mentioned in Kanz an-Najah wa as-Surur:

Faedah #1: Recite 400 counts of the following zikiruAllah between the entrance of Maghrib on the Night of Eid and Solatul-Eid:

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ , لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ , يُحْيِى وَيُمِيتُ  ,وَهُوَ حَىٌّ لاَ يَمُوتُ  ,بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Meaning: There is no God but Allah, He is One and without partner, to Him is the Dominion and all praise, He gives life and brings forth death, He is Ever Living and doesn’t die, between His hands is goodness, He has power over all things

Rasulullah ﷺ said that whosoever recites in each of the two Eids (Eidul-Fitr and Eidul-Adha) 400 counts of “Laa ilaha illaAllah, wahdahu laa sharikalah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamd, yuhyi wa yumit, wa huwa hayyun laa yamut, bi yadihil-khayr, wa huwa ‘ala kulli sha-in qadir” Allah will wed him with 400 maidens (in Jannah). And it (his rewards) would be as if he had free 400 slaves. And Allah will send angels to build for him cities and plant trees for him up till the Day of Resurrection.

Faedah #2: Recite 300 counts of the following zikiruAllah between the entrance of Maghrib on the Night of Eid and Solatul-Eid:

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ

Meaning: Exalted is Allah and praise be to Him