THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum As-Sabt. 30th day of Dhul-QA'adah (Saturday, 10th July 2021). PREPARATION FOR DHUL HIJJAH. BismilLah.

Let's understand that these coming 10 days of Dhul Hijjah are a great blessing from ALLAH to HIS servants, which is appreciated properly by the righteous persons. It is the Muslim’s duty to appreciate this blessing and seize the opportunity, by devoting these ten days to paying more attention to striving hard in worship. Among HIS blessings to HIS servants, ALLAH has given us many ways in which to do good and worship HIM, so that the Muslim may be constantly active and consistent in his worship of his Lord. Among the good deeds which the Muslim should strive to do during the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah are:

1- Fasting: We should strive to fast as much as we can in these 9 days beginning from tomorrow Sunday. If you can't then be prepared not to miss fasting on the 9th day of Dhul Hijjah which is the day of Arafah. In shaa ALLAH I will remind you when the day approaches.

2- Takbir: Takbir at this time is an aspect of the Sunnah that has been forgotten, especially during the early part of this period, so much so that one hardly ever hears takbir, except from a few people. This takbir should be pronounced loudly, in order to revive the Sunnah and as a reminder to the negligent. There is sound evidence that ibn `Umar and Abu Hurayrah (may ALLAH be pleased with them both) used to go out in the market place during the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah, reciting takbir, and the people would recite it after him. The idea behind reminding the people to recite this is that each one should recite it individually, not in unison, as there is no basis in Shari`ah for doing this. 

May ALLAH guide us in all we do during these days. Aameen.