Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī Ḥadīth [969] – The best ten days (i.e., first ten days of Dhul Ḥijjah)
It is narrated on the authority of ibn 'Abbās (may Allāh be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “No good deeds done on other days are superior to those done on these (first ten days of Dhul Ḥijjah).” Then some companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: ‘Not even jihād?’ He replied: “Not even jihād, except that of a man who does it by putting himself and his property in danger (for Allāh's sake) and does not return with any of those things (i.e., is martyred).”
Commentary by Dārussalām, Shaykh al-‘Uthaymīn, Ḥāfiẓ Ṣalāḥuddīn Yūsuf, and Shaykh Muḥammad Fārūq Rafī’ / Ḥāfiẓ Muḥammad Fahad added.


