# Episode 10: "And in That Let Them Rejoice"

**Author:** Dr. Omar Suleiman
**Series:** Virtues of Dhul Hijjah
**Published:** 2019-08-10
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/ceajLOih7zI
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/virtues-of-dhul-hijjah/episode-10-and-in-that-let-them-rejoice-virtues-of-dhul-hijjah
**Topics:** Acts of Worship, Sharia

## Description
We end the first 10 days of Dhul Hijjah as we ended the last 10 nights of Ramadan, with celebration! We celebrate Allah’s mercy in giving us a chance to perform good deeds with the hopes of His acceptance, and in giving us the opportunity to pray to Him and ask for forgiveness. In the final episode...

## Transcript
**[0:01]** As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh everyone. Welcome back to the virtues of Dhul Hijjah and Eid Mubarak to you all and your families. I want to reflect on something very beautiful that Allah says in the Qur'an and how it

**[0:17]** really ties into this. Allah says, Qul bifadlillahi wa birahmatihi fabithalika falyafrahu huwa khayru minma yajma'oon. That say in the bounty of Allah and His mercy, let them rejoice in that and that is greater than all that they gather of this world. When they rejoice in the bounty and the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

**[0:36]** We have two Eids, two holidays in Islam, two feasts in Islam. One Eid comes after the best ten nights, the other Eid comes after the best ten days. One Eid comes after a month of fasting, the Ramadan, and we celebrate that and again particularly

**[0:51]** the last ten nights, the Eid immediately follows that and another Eid follows the best ten days with the best good deeds that we could possibly present to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. One Eid comes after Laylatul Qadr, which is the best of the last ten nights. This one night that is worth an entire lifetime and one Eid comes after Arafah, which is the

**[1:11]** best day of the year and a day in which we could be redeemed entirely in the sight of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So this is the meaning of, Qul bifadlillahi wa birahmatihi fabithalika falyafrahu. That we take joy and we find joy and we rejoice in Allah's forgiveness and his bounty and

**[1:30]** his grace and in his mercy and that is greater than anything else that we could possibly attain. And this really speaks to the fact that these two Eids come with acts of worship. Really speaks to something special about the spirit of salvation in Islam. We are not commemorating someone else's good deed, we're not commemorating someone else's

**[1:49]** acceptance, we're commemorating Allah's mercy in allowing us to perform a good deed and then hoping for his acceptance in that because of that same mercy and because of that same grace from him subhanahu wa ta'ala. So it is you that takes the action.

**[2:04]** You do what you're supposed to do for these 30 days in Ramadan or 29 days in Ramadan and these 10 days of Dhul Hijjah and then you celebrate that Allah allowed you to do that and you celebrate Allah's mercy and you depend upon a good answer from Allah subhanahu wa

**[2:20]** ta'ala. The Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam said, Uda'u Allah wa antumu qinoona bil-ijabah. Call upon Allah confident in the response. When you do these good deeds you are confident in Allah's acceptance not because of your supreme performance of them but because of Allah's supreme mercy in accepting them.

**[2:36]** We also find that Allah tells us or the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam taught us to recite in the Eid Salah Surat al-Ghashiyah, Surat al-A'la and in Surat al-Ghashiyah, wal-akhiratu khayrun wa abqa wal-akhiratu khayrun laka minal-oola.

**[2:52]** Both of them say that the hereafter is better than everything in this world and everything that it contains and the Eid, the celebration of this world is to celebrate what is greater than everything in this world which is Allah's mercy and his bounty and his forgiveness. And just like the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam said, for the fasting person, for

**[3:12]** the fasting person is two joys when they break their fast and when they meet Allah with that fast. For the sacrificing good doer is two joys when they eat the fruits of that sacrifice in this world and when they meet Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala with that sacrifice. So may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala accept your good deeds, accept your sacrifice, accept

**[3:30]** all that you've done of remembrance of fasting of charity in these ten days, all that you've done to draw close to him. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala redeem all of us. May Allah accept our Arafah and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow us to be amongst those that are sanctified on the Day of Judgment, elevated on the Day of Judgment to the highest

**[3:49]** level of Jannah al-Firdos with the Prophets whose examples we follow in drawing close to him. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow us to be in that same level of paradise and as close to him. Allahumma ameen. Jazakum Allah khayran for joining us on this journey. I hope that you've rediscovered the Dhul Hijjah and the blessings and the mercy of Allah

**[4:06]** subhanahu wa ta'ala contained within. Wassalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

## Other Episodes in "Virtues of Dhul Hijjah"
- [Episode 9: The Wonders of 'Arafah](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/virtues-of-dhul-hijjah/episode-9-the-wonders-of-arafah-virtues-of-dhul-hijjah.md)
- [Episode 8: 3 Years of Fasting](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/virtues-of-dhul-hijjah/episode-8-3-years-of-fasting-virtues-of-dhul-hijjah.md)
- [Episode 7: The Sacrifice](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/virtues-of-dhul-hijjah/episode-7-the-sacrifice-virtues-of-dhul-hijjah.md)
- [Episode 6: The Preferred Forms of Remembrance](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/virtues-of-dhul-hijjah/episode-6-the-preferred-forms-of-remembrance-virtues-of-dhul-hijjah.md)
- [Episode 5: Fasting the First 9 Days](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/virtues-of-dhul-hijjah/episode-5-fasting-the-first-9-days-virtues-of-dhul-hijjah.md)
- [Episode 4: The 10 Days of Moses](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/virtues-of-dhul-hijjah/episode-4-the-10-days-of-moses-virtues-of-dhul-hijjah.md)
- [Episode 3: The Days Allah Swears By](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/virtues-of-dhul-hijjah/episode-3-the-days-allah-swears-by-virtues-of-dhul-hijjah.md)
- [Episode 2: The Best Good Deeds](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/virtues-of-dhul-hijjah/episode-2-the-best-good-deeds-virtues-of-dhul-hijjah.md)
- [Episode 1: The Sacred Months](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/virtues-of-dhul-hijjah/episode-1-the-sacred-months-virtues-of-dhul-hijjah.md)