In the Best Days of the Year Turn Over a New Leaf - I

In the Best Days of the Year Turn Over a New Leaf - I: Allah The Exalted Says what means By the dawnAnd by ten nights And by the even number and the odd And by the night when it passes Is there not in all that an oath sufficient for one of perception Quran 891-5 Dear brothers and sisters this is the greatest opportunity you may be given in your entire life It is a great chance to turn over a new leaf after all these are the best days ever in the entire year In fact they are even better than the last ten days of Ramadan The Prophet sallallaahu lsquoalayhi wa sallam said ldquolsquoThere are no days in which righteous deeds done in them are more beloved to Allah than these days ie the first ten days of Thul-Hijjahrsquo Some Companions asked lsquoNot even Jihaadrsquo He replied lsquoNot even Jihaad except a man who goes out for Jihaad with his self and his wealth then he does not return with anything from thatrsquordquo The Companions themselves were amazed to know that doing righteous deeds during the first ten days of Thul-Hijjah is even better than participating in Jihaad striving in the cause of Allah The Almighty Undeniably this is a great