Sheikh Uthman Hadi - The Best Days = The Best of Rewards | Hajj 2026 Prep

Episode Date: May 12, 2026

Dear brothers and sisters,There are moments in life when Allah opens doors of mercy wider than usual. Days when rewards are multiplied, sins are forgiven, and hearts can return back to Allah stronger than ever before.And among the greatest of these moments are the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah.The Prophet ﷺ said:“There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten days.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sheikh-uthman-hadi--6689369/support.https://sheikhuthmanhadi.beam.lyhttps://open.spotify.com/user/315hadqmwxllibu6ubi5us2cbn2y?si=572b4d8898284e9ehttps://open.spotify.com/show/3MQHfrpjj3XXcqoPbN5Dl8?si=v6YQ42kpSx-VONBFhT3CzA

Bism Kievanaheim, al-hawih allah, Rabe al-a-a-a-Alami, Rāsafei and of Hishaeufiahe and Aishabi, Ajaeim, I pray that everyone is doing well and I ask Allah, Sufana-a-Talata, to go as for our sins and showcomings, and versus, push your mercy, not only in this life, and mainly the next.

But your brothers and sisters, thank you, Allah, God, and I mean. Before I start, I want to mention something very particular first. First of all, Zahmul-Khyrin, for coming out here just before us at the time, inshallah if I have about 30 minutes before Asa. Best reminder to all of us is to stay at the massages until, you know, after we finish praying,

inshallah, you can turn back unless you have something more important, but nothing's more important than Allah's to find out of how it's at. Firstly, to remember that. And for as a reminder, and the second thing I would like to mention is for anyone wondering why I have been so inactive with my talks, it's actually because we've been working on our Dooh-Hidja series, Sala over everything, which, inshallah, the trade is going to come out after Asa-Sah-Sadah. So, inshallah, you'll be able to see it.

You'll be able to experience, you know, the minute trailer, you know, inshallah, be able to see the different things about it. And, inshallah, you'll be able to see this series. I ask Allah, Saffana and Her Wataa to make this series beneficial for all of us. So, inshallah, I would like to start with speaking of Dul Hijja, right? Speaking about Duhlijah. We've had many talks about we've spoken about D'LHiaja so far. But this one I want to speak about two parables and something that goes together, a hand in hand. And that is the best of days equals.

the best of rewards. So keep that in mind when we go throughout this talk. The best of days are going to equal to the best of rewards. Now the first thing I want to mention is that when it comes to the best of days, I mentioned this in the talk before, but many of us think that those are the days of Ramadan. But Allah suhpaniahu is Tala tells us that those are the nights. So he tells us by the best of the night are the nights in Ramadan. Now the best of days are Dulhijja. And we should honor these days these first 10 days of del hijja and ultimately the whole month, but especially these 10 days, and we should use these 10 days. Now, there are moments in this life when Allah,

Suhpanihu, Hisala, opens the doors of mercy wider than usual. Days when rewards are multiplied, when sins are forgiven, and hearts can return back to Allah, Suhpanihu, His Allah, stronger than ever before, right? Now, among one of those greatest moments in which the doors of mercy are opened wider than any other doors are the day of al-hijad. There's a hadith I quoted before, but I mentioned it again,

and the Prophet of Allah-A-Ballah-Hu-Slam said that there are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these 10 days. So, not Ramadan, not ordinary Fridays, not your kiyam, not your tachad, not just random days in the year, but specifically these 10 days are more beloved to Allah in Hispana-a-u-a-a-a-a-a-a-in worship, in Gadi, in Dekhri-a,

in seeking forgiveness for your sins, which is why one of the best days to seek forgiveness for your sins is the day of Arafa. So do not forget that even on the day of Arafa, if you fast, you're getting rewards, if you seek forgiveness, if you're making your Dua, you're still getting rewards.

And one thing I want to mention before I go on is think about this day of Arafa for you. Think about the day of Arafa. Not as an ordinary day, but as a day in which you are just like every other Muslim, inshallah in this world, in this dunya.

You're making Dura for this Ummah. You're making Dura for this Ummah. You're making du'a for yourself. Make du'a like you're at Hajj. That's the best thing I'll give to all of you right now. Make dua like you're at Hajj. Don't just make dua at home and say, Oh, Allah, you know, gram me, this, gram me that.

Okay, I mean, and then I go on about the rest of my day. Make doaa the whole entire day. Any moment you have. If you have work, while you're at work, make dua. If you have to, you know, do certain services, you have to do with certain responsibilities. Continue for reciting the takbibir or the vikr, and that which pleases Allah,

subhahu-tah not the takbibir we're on the Eid not the takbibir but keep reciting the vicar in that which pleases Allah safana hua-ta-a-a-a-a-a-a-a and also make strong dua make lots of dua in this day this is a day in which many people are free from the fire many people are forgiven for their sins many people's duas are accepted and many people's life including this umma can change completely right and you want to change this umma for the better inshallah and you don't just want to change your life on an individual scale but we want to better this entire umma So the best dua I will give all of us to make is, oh, Allah, grant this Omma success, bestow upon your Oma mercy, bestow upon this Oma gratitude, and bestow upon this Oma the closest to you and the reliability upon you.

And O Allah, grant us the ability to always remember you, to worship you, and to always turn back to you in times of ease and in times of hardship. One of the duas you can make. Now, one of the other things I want to mention here, and I want you to think about how if Allah subanao'u'u'u'u'a-ta-ha, gives us these days more than any valuable days ever in this whole entire year. Then how would you approach these days first? First question, how would you approach these days? Second question, how would you possibly know that these days are more valuable than any other days in the whole year and let these days pass? These days are so valuable that the Prophet of Allah-a-Hewsalim said in the Hadith that there are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to.

to allah. So saying that if you perform righteous deeds on this day, it's way more of all love to Allah, so on earth, His Allah, than any other days, not just some random 10 days that happened in this month and that month and this month and that month, but these are the days of Gul Hijja in a very blessed month and the forgiveness rate and seeking forgiveness. And these are days of opportunity, which is why, as I mentioned before, how we should seek forgiveness, not just for ourselves, but for the Ummah. We should seek forgiveness for our family. We should seek forgiveness for our friends and our loved ones, our community, and the Ummma in whole. And this is why these are days of forgiveness.

These are days of elevation. And ultimately, these are days in which one sincere act, one sincere dua, one sincere tasbih, one sincere vicar can change your life forever for eternity, right? It can even change your afterlife. Because by you seeking that forgiveness, by you being free from the hellfire, that can change the path of this life and the hereafter. So some people wait for motivation. I'm giving you this reminder now.

Some people wait for motivation. But the believers, the true moutman, understand the special seasons of worship. And they understand that these special seasons of worship are gifts from Allah, Supperu'llis Abra. So, Duhjah, is not just another Islamic month. It's not just the last Islamic month. But it's a chance to reset our hearts

before Allah, Sufanao'u'u'u'a. It's a chance to reset our hearts. If we didn't change that much in Ramadan, change as much as you can into Hijja. Use every day is another opportunity. Don't spend your days neglecting. Don't spend your days gaming. A lot of people still do that sometimes.

They spend their days in entertainment, especially not on the day of Arafah. Out of all the days you have to possibly do any and all the things you want to do, do not do it on the day of Arafah. Because if you miss out on the day of Arafah, you could possibly miss out on not just a day, but you can possibly miss on a life-changing opportunity and a life-changing experience for you.

So during these 10 days, every single act matters. Your Salah matters, your Quran matters, your vicar matters, your charity matters. This is in Ramadan, your rewards are multiplied. In the hijadha, it is the exact same. Your rewards are multiplied even more. They're multiplied even more. So if you want to get in closeness to Allah, Sufanao'u'u'u'a, you must ensure that you're emptying up these good deeds, because the most beloved time in which these good deeds

are more beloved to Allah, Sufanao'u's a lot is in these 10 days. So any act of goodness and any act that you do, in these, days these 10 days remembering Allah supranahua and this is among one of the greatest of acts so even a smile your kindness your patience with your family all of that is what gains you more closeness to Allah supanahua al-hannah al-hannabra al-a a la ilha supran-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a these are phrases that are so heavy on the scale yet so light to say

they're so light on the tongue sui-hah alla easy as that I have to say a long phrase that's talking 20 seconds. I didn't have to recite a very long verse. I didn't have to do anything difficult. All it was was supan Allah. So ensure that you're filling your tongue, you're feeling your day, you're filling your heart and ultimately your soul and you're hereafter and your scales with zikr. The companions, radio Allah, anhum a jimae, used to raise their voices with tagbibir in these days because they understood the greatness of this season, not just the hijja, but any of the other months as well and the prophet of Allah a la He was a said that fasting on the day of

Arafa expires the sins of the previous year and the upcoming year so imagine Allah suhpani a hua ta a forgiving two years of sins because of one sincere day of fasting because of one sincere day of vikr because of one sincere day of seeking forgiveness of Allah suhpana hua all because of one sincere day so what mercy and what generosity is Allah upon our hosah offering us and just as we had the opportunity to see last year in do hijja and maybe the year before that and the year before that and the year before then how about this year we take it more seriously like we wanted to do Ramadan

if we didn't take our Ramadan as seriously take these first 10 days of the hijja seriously if you fast the whole 10 days a half you fast the day of a alhavadha but fast at some point seek forgiveness throughout the whole 10 days make dua perform vikr gain closeness to allah suhpana and this should be a time at which we did reinvent yourself this dol hijja But reinvent yourself this dolejja. Because this dole hijah is more important than any other dol hijah you will you have faced in the past. This dol hijja can change the course of your present and your future.

Inshallah to come. So today, I'm not asking you to sacrifice your own child, but I'm asking you to sacrifice something that you know is going to bring you, place a gap between you and Allah, subhpaniahua and bring you further away from Allah supaniahu isa Tala. I'm asking you a question here. What are you willing to sacrifice for Allah supranahua Tala in these 10 days? And what are you willing to sacrifice for Allah for the rest of your life? What is it going to be? Is it going to be that comfort? Is it going to be that entertainment? Is it going to be that closest and that love for this

dunya? Or are you going to continue to stick with it? Are you going to continue to still want this dunya and still flee to flee from the aheera and still cling to the dunya? when you run away from the dunya the dunya runs to you when you run for the dunya the dunya runs away from you so my brothers and sisters ultimately make a plan for this dula what are you willing to sacrifice what are you going to begin and what are you going to continue that you've already

don't stop whatever you've been doing already if you've been praying your son as a d'handrella continue doing that pray every single sala in these 10 days on time not because these 10 days are so blessed you just need to pray on time I'm saying because these days are blessed and it's also a time to better yourself. It's a time to get into a habit of doing something better, praying your sara on time, reading Quran, giving charity every day, even if it's just a little $1, beautiful. $10 worth giving that whole time, extra rewards amplified.

Ensure you're increasing in your vicar. Make sincere taboba. Wake up for the Hajid. Fast if you are able, help your parents and your family, and ultimately. what we try to give the reminder of I'll end this talk off on this is stay away from sin because sins are multiplied

just as those good deeds are multiplied those sins are multiplied even more than those good deeds if you commit a sin so stay away from them just as you want to do especially the beautiful and blessed months so because perhaps one deed in these 10 days

may be the reason Allah Sufana Hewattah forgives us and grants us genitals for Dawsona'A'A'Ala and remember that this life is short and this life is temporary this life is not going to be forever we may see this do el hijja we may not see this dol hijja we still have days into what do hijja comes up we might not see it but I ask Allah suhphanahu'll give us all the ability to see it and to witness it and to change and to use this opportunity

and to use the dol hijaja to become better believers if we see this dol hijaja we might not see the next one so take this dol hijja and use this dol hijja as a means of gaining closeness to Allah suh suhpana hua some people We're with us last al-Hijah, and they are no longer with us, this do'hijah, and they are no longer with us today on this very day. And we ask Allah, Suhpana-Hu-Talha, for all of those who passed away, last al-Hia and all of those who passed away during the season of Hage and while they're performing Hodge, and if they had the intention to go for Hodge,

but they never had the ability to, we ask Allah, Sipana-Hu-Tal, to expiate their sins. We ask Allah, Sipana-Hu-Tal, to forgive them. We ask Allah, Sufana-u-Tal, to reward them. for all of their good and we ask Allah saffanao'u'll ta a to make us amongst those whom use this du jihadja as a means of gaining more closeness to Allah sapan our huaa so my brothers and sisters if Allah saviourna hua will allow for us to witness the dula in these blessed 10 days again

then this is an opportunity from Allah sapana huaa and this ultimately is a means of his mercy allowing us to see this beautiful time so do not waste it do not waste it run towards Allah subhannahu a while the doors closed went to the doors of mercy before they close and we ask Allah subpoena hua to make us amongst those who gain his mercy throughout these days and forgive us for our sins or shortcomings and free us from the fire we ask Allah subhphani to allow for us to honor these 10 blessed days abdul hijaja we ask Allah subhpana to accept our duas from us accept our prayers from us to accept our fastening from us to accept our charity from

us and to accept our tobba from us we ask Allah subhpana to forgive our sins and make us among of the people of gennet of Ferdousal-a-la. We ask Allah, to make us some of the people of the genital for the rothal-a-la. We ask Allah, to make us some of of the people of Jinnah

for the Rala. And we ask Allah to save us from an annaar. And we ask Allah to save us from the Narnar. Amin. And we're al-a-ahmdharmal-a-a-a-a-ha-a-ha-ha-ha-ha-a-ha-a-haer-a-ha-ha-a-a-hae. Dazha-ha-ha-haer-ha-ha-a-ha-a-ha-ha-ha-a-ha.