Episode Transcript

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0:00 – 0:43 What Allah swears by

Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmah Allah wa Barakatu, welcome back to the virtues of Dhul Hijjah.

0:44 – 1:46 Which days do the 10 days refer to?So what is the benefit of that, and what does this refer to? Well, according to the majority of the scholars, in fact Imam al-Tabari, may Allah have mercy on him, said that this is the consensus of the scholars these ten nights that Allah swears by are the first ten of Dhul Hijjah and that is a sign of its virtue that Allah SWT would honor it with an oath. For some of the scholars, a minor opinion is that they're the last 10 nights of Ramadan and some of the scholars actually mentioned, also a minor opinion, that Allah does not use '

the 10 days', so because Allah does not use any definite article to refer to 'al' where these are theonlyten nights. They say that it can refer to two sets of ten nights. So it could refer to both the first 10 days of the Dhul Hijjah as well asthe last 10 nights of Ramadan because it simply swears by ten nights as opposed to "the10 nights". The point being though, they definitely or according to the vast majority of the scholars, refer to those 10 days that come in the beginning of Dhul Hijjah.

1:47 – 2:55 'Nights' and 'days' are used interchangeablySome of the scholars talked about how come Allah uses '

the nights' instead of 'the days' when we know the most virtuous nights of the year are the last 10 nights of Ramadan, and the most virtuous days of the year are the first 10 days of the Dhul Hijjah. The scholars of the Arabic language and the scholars of the Quran will point to the fact that layalandayyamin Arabic are often interchangeable - days and nights are often interchangeable in their usage. There might be something with the eloquence of it, or the flow of it, that would determine the usage of night or day. This is the case, for example, with Zakariya (as) where there's a theme when Allah talks about the Prophet Zakariya (as) and Allah talks about the three days that he was given an oath of silence. In one place Allah refers to it as

ayyam, and Allah in another place refers to it aslayal- as 'days' or as 'nights'. So it's often done in the Quran or it's often done at least in the Arabic language that these two will be used interchangeably. So even though Allah swears by ten nights, it is referring to the first ten of Dhul Hijjah.

2:56 – 4:04 Fajr is the best part of the day

theFajr", Allah is swearing by the fajr of the day of Eid, which is right after Arafah and the day of the sacrifice. So Allah is swearing by a very particular fajr, a very particular dawn. What is the benefit of this flow though? If you pay attention to this, Allah is swearing by the best part of the day, then Allah swears by the best days of the year, then Allah swears by the best days of those days, then Allah swears by the best part of the night. So fajr is the best part of the day. The Prophet peace be upon him, said that Allah has placed blessing in the early morning hours. There arethings that can be done between fajr and sunrisehajj

4:05 – 4:51 The most blessed time of the night

the even and the odd" would refer to the day of the sacrifice, the day of Eid being the even - the tenth of Dhul Hijjah - and Arafah which is the most blessed day, the ninth of Dhul Hijjah. So Allah takes the most blessed days of the ten days and swears by them in particular. And then Allah SWT swears specifically by the night as it starts to leave you, meaning the last part of the night which is the time of qiyam, the most blessed time of prayer. The time where we would feed ourselves physically if were to fast, and feed ourselves spiritually whether we're fasting or not, in those last parts of the night.

4:52 – 5:37 Why do these 10 blessed days matter?

5:38 – 6:07 Most people miss the blessings of Dhul Hijjahday of Arafah

6:08 – 6:36 Shine in the morning around FajrIf you really want to shine in the sight of Allah then that time after fajr, where most people go back to sleep if they even woke up in the first place, shine in the morning. Get a head start on your good deeds. Get a head start on yourproductivity

6:37 – 7:37 Don't miss these blessed opportunities and blessed deedsSo this is your time to shine. Don't lose the opportunity and that's the blessing of Allah swearing by these blessed times or one of the wisdoms of it for us. I'll just mention here that some of the scholars also mentioned "

the witness". "The witness" are referring to Arafah and Jummah, because the day of Arafah and the day of Jummah share many similar traits. So just as the day of Arafah is the best day of the year, the day of Jummah is the best day of the week. Just as the time between Asr and Maghrib is a time where we should increase du'a on the day of Arafah, it's a time according to an authentic narration that on the day of Jummah we should increase our dua, we should increase our supplication to Allah SWT. So these are blessed times with blessed opportunities. Don't miss out on these blessed opportunities and blessed deeds.