Days in DhulHijah [[-8th Outing-]] ------------------ بسم الله الرحمان الرجيم The first ten days of Dhul Hijjah are often referred to as the best ten days of the year.. Dhul-Hijjah is also the month of Eid-ul-Adha, the Festival of the Ritual Sacrifice, which lasts four days. The Eid day and the following 3 days called *"days of Tashreeq"*.. The 10th day of Dhul-Hijjah is the first day of Eid. It is also known as the Day of Slaughter (Yawm al-Nahr), for on it the sacrifice of animals begins. Now, *The Sunan that the Muslim should observe on the day of Eid Al Adha are as follows:* 1 – Doing ghusl before going out to the prayer 2 – Adorning oneself on the occasion of Eid. 3 – Eating and slaughtering of animals after the prayer on Eid al-Adha On Eid al-Adha it is mustahabb not to eat anything until one comes back from the prayer, so he should eat from the udhiyah if he or she has offered a sacrifice. If he or she is not going to offer a sacrifice there is nothing wrong with eati...
FAJR REMINDER: WHEN TRUTH DEFEATED FALSEHOOD By: Umm Affān Dhū al-Ḥijjah 8, 1447 (25-May-2026) Prophet Ibrāhīm (‘Alayhi Salām) challenged the idol-worshippers after the destruction of their idols by telling them that the largest idol had smashed the smaller ones and that they should question it if it could speak. This caused them to reflect for a moment and recognize their own failure and wrongdoing. Allāh (ﷻ) says: “So they turned to themselves and said: ‘Verily, you are the Ẓālimūn (wrong-doers).’” [Sūrah Al-Anbiyā' (21): 64] With this realization, they admitted the helplessness of their idols, saying: “Indeed you [Ibrāhīm] know well that these (idols) speak not!” [Sūrah Al-Anbiyā' (21): 65] In other words, they themselves acknowledged that the idols were lifeless and incapable of responding. Having exposed the weakness and worthlessness of their false gods, Prophet Ibrāhīm (‘Alayhi Salām) rebuked them with a powerful argument: “Do you then worship besides Allāh, things that...