Which are better: the first ten days of Dhū al-Ḥijjah or the last ten of Ramadan?
2026-10-14
T196 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
Original Q&A · Complete source question and answer
Complete original question and answer, 25/287. This is Ibn Taymiyyah's complete answer. The following explanation in the source is explicitly attributed to Ibn al-Qayyim and is not included as Ibn Taymiyyah's speech.
النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
وسئل عن عشر ذي الحجة، والعشر الأواخر من رمضان أيهما أفضل ؟
الجواب
أيام عشر ذي الحجة أفضل من أيام العشر من رمضان، والليالي العشر الأواخر من رمضان أفضل من ليالي عشر ذي الحجة.
English translation
English translation prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited Arabic source. It is not an official translation.
Original question
He was asked which are better: the ten days of Dhū al-Ḥijjah or the last ten days of Ramadan.
Answer
The days of the ten of Dhū al-Ḥijjah are better than the days of the ten of Ramadan, while the last ten nights of Ramadan are better than the nights of the ten of Dhū al-Ḥijjah.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 25/287
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
Arabic checked against the cited source and adjacent question boundaries. Diacritics and display marks omitted; honorific glyphs expanded. Titles and scope notes are editorial.