worship, and its first ten nights carry special significance.

Sayyidunā ꜤAbdullāh b. ꜤAbbās رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا narrates that the final Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم announced:

مَا مِنْ اَيَّامٍ اَلْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ فِيهَا اَحَبُّ اِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ هٰذِهِ الْاَيَّامِ

“There are no days in which good deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ˹ten˺ days.”^[1]

Good deeds performed during other days are also loved by Allah Almighty. Yet, these first ten days of Dhū al-Ḥijjah are a time in which He especially loves the good deeds we perform.

Another narration explains:

وَالْعَمَلُ فِيهِنَّ يُضَاعَفُ سَبْعُ مِئَةِ ضِعْفٍ

“The reward of good deeds is increased seven hundred times during them.”^[2]

Here is another Hadith regarding these ten days:

مَا مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يُتَعَبَّدَ لَهُ فِيهَا مِنْ عَشْرِ ذِي الحِجَّةِ

There are no days in which Allah loves to be worshipped more than the first ten days of Dhū al-Ḥijjah. يَعْدِلُ صِيَامُ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ مِّنْهَا بِصِيَامِ سَنَةٍ During them, one fast is equal to the fasting of a year,  وَقِيَامُ كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ مِّنْهَا بِقِيَامِ لَيْلَةِ القَدْرِ and to stand [i.e., stay awake and worship] during any of their nights is equal to standing during the Night of Power.^[3]