- Advice Regarding Welcoming the First Ten Days of Dhul-Ḥijjah
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:
The first ten days of Dhul-Ḥijjah begin with the start of the month of Dhul-Ḥijjah and end on the Day of Sacrifice (ʿEid al-Naḥr). Regarding deeds performed in these days, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten days.”
They said: “Not even jihād in the path of Allah?”
“Not even jihād in the path of Allah, except for a man who goes out with his life and wealth and returns with nothing from that.”
Based on this, I urge my Muslim brothers to seize this tremendous opportunity and to increase during the first ten days of Dhul-Ḥijjah in righteous deeds, such as recitation of the Qur’an, remembrance of Allah in all its forms: saying Allāhu Akbar (takbīr), Lā ilāha illallāh (tahlīl), Al-ḥamdulillāh (taḥmīd), Subḥānallāh (tasbīḥ), as well as charity, fasting, and all righteous deeds.
It is astonishing that people are heedless regarding these ten days. You find them striving hard in worship during the last ten nights of Ramaḍān, but during the first ten days of Dhul-Ḥijjah you hardly find anyone distinguishing them from other days.
However, if a person performs righteous deeds during these ten days, reviving what the Prophet ﷺ directed toward of righteous actions, then he is upon tremendous goodness.
When these ten days begin, if a person intends to offer a sacrifice, then he should not take anything from his hair, his nails, or his skin. He should not remove anything from any of these if he intends to offer a sacrifice.
As for the one on whose behalf the sacrifice is being offered, then there is no problem regarding him.
Therefore, if a person wishes to offer one sacrifice on behalf of himself and his household—as is the Sunnah—then the members of the household are not required to refrain from cutting their hair, nails, or skin, because the Prophet ﷺ said:
“When one of you intends to offer a sacrifice, then let him not take anything from his hair, skin, or nails.”
So the address is directed to the one who intends to offer the sacrifice.
But if someone were to say: If the person intending to offer the sacrifice travels for ḥajj, he will perform ʿumrah and shorten his hair, even though he instructed his family to offer the sacrifice on his behalf?
We say: This does not harm, because shortening the hair in ʿumrah is a rite that must be performed. Likewise, shortening or shaving the hair in ḥajj is permissible and there is no issue with it.
📚 Majmūʿ Fatāwā wa Rasāʾil Faḍīlat al-Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Uthaymeen (21/37–38)
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