In this podcast, we take a break from our series on living Islam and learning our aqidah. In this episode, we talk about the importance of the first 10 days of the holy month of Hajj, and what we can do to make the most of them.
00:00:00.000So for today's talk, inshallah, we're going to be taking a break from our series that we started on living Islam and learning our Aqidah.
00:00:09.880And the reason why we're going to be taking a break is because there's a very important season that's about to enter upon us as Muslims.
00:00:19.280Possibly this time tomorrow could be the first night of Dhul Hijjah.
00:00:23.660So the first 10 days of Dhul Hijjah is something of great importance to us as Muslims.
00:00:31.060And today, inshallah, we're going to be looking at that, looking at some of its virtues, some of its importance,
00:00:36.480and at the same time, some of the recommending acts that we can do whilst we are here not performing Hajj, as many of us, that's going to be the case.
00:00:45.740So, before we start, in reality, it's something that we should all be grateful for.
00:00:55.560And me in particular, I'm grateful to Allah that He has guided us to this knowledge.
00:00:59.720Because you find when it comes to Dhul Hijjah and its importance, many people are heedless of this.
00:01:08.100And it's unfortunate, because these are the best 10 days in the sight of Allah, of the whole year.
00:01:14.240So, this is a very important season that we are about to enter.
00:01:20.200At the same time, you find culturally, these days are slept on unless you are actually making Hajj.
00:01:28.500If you're making Hajj, then of course they're important.
00:01:31.360But if you're not making Hajj, you stay here at home, then you find that these days are just normal days.
00:01:37.040And the most that some people will do will sacrifice.
00:01:39.440But there's no real knowledge and no real spiritual connection to these days and their importance.
00:01:48.640So, the first thing we need to look at is what Hajj actually is.
00:01:54.880And we find that it's from Allah's many blessings upon us,
00:01:58.680that He has made Hajj as part of our lives on an annual basis.
00:02:04.820And we find that Hajj is this amazing institute that Allah has placed in our lives,
00:02:13.780and it has many goals and objectives that He wishes to fulfill.
00:02:19.360From the most important goals is that it's an opportunity for us to strengthen our relationship with Allah.
00:02:27.480It's an opportunity for us to cleanse our souls and become better people.
00:02:33.000And you find that the way that Allah does this is that He introduces many different acts of worship into our lives in these first 10 days.
00:02:42.820And at the same time, He revives many different acts of worship that we already know and that we're already practicing throughout the year.
00:02:51.700But He puts emphasis in these first 10 days.
00:02:57.920And He places, and He makes it that if we do these deeds, He gives us many, many rewards.
00:03:04.060He makes it a blessed time, a time of barakah.
00:03:07.900From these lessons that we learn and from the ibadat that we perform in the first 10 days of Dhul Hijjah,
00:03:14.020and particularly at the time of Hajj, is learning the correct belief about Allah.
00:03:19.900That we leave everything to worship Him and Him alone and sacrifice everything that we can.
00:03:25.960And every aspect of Hajj, we learn about the oneness of Allah.
00:03:30.400Whether that's through the prophets and messengers that passed before us,
00:03:33.740like Ibrahim alayhi salam and his son Ismail.
00:03:36.480And we follow many of the rituals that they place there for us.
00:03:42.740Or we learn about the actual ibadat in particular, like the talbiya for an example.