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The first ten days of Dhu al-Hijja

عشر ذي الحجة

The first ten days of Dhu al-Hijja are the period from the first of the month to its tenth day 1. The jurists hold that its days and nights are noble and that deeds done in them are multiplied; striving in worship and doing good are recommended, and the most scholars of Qur'anic commentary take the oath in the Surat al-Fajr to refer to these days 1. Fasting the first nine days is recommended; fasting on the tenth, the day of sacrifice, is not permitted by agreement 1. Fasting on the day of Arafat is recommended for those who are not pilgrims, and the majority hold that it expiates minor sins but not major ones 1 2.

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Summary

The first ten days of Dhu al-Hijja run from the first of the month to its tenth day 1.

Their merit and the multiplied reward

The jurists hold that its days and nights are noble and that deeds done in them are multiplied; striving in worship and doing good are recommended. Most commentators take the oath in the Surat al-Fajr to refer to these days 1.

Fasting

Fasting the first nine days is recommended; fasting on the tenth, the day of sacrifice, is not permitted by agreement 1. Fasting on the day of Arafat is recommended for those who are not pilgrims, and the majority hold that it expiates minor sins but not major ones 1 2.

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Adhan (the call to prayer: its ruling, wording, conditions, recommended features and the muezzin)· The last ten nights of Ramadan· Hilal (the crescent and the lunar month for the law)· Delaying the noon prayer to the cool (ibrad)· I'tikaf (retreat)· The ruling on one who abandons prayer· Ada' (performance of an obligation within its time)· Bone (adhm): purity, use and retaliation

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.11625
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.11626
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