Az Qalam: Taha Jameel Nallamandu (Muawin Muallima Pune Mahanagar Palika Urdu Madresa)
Ashra Zilhajja Islam ke nihayat babarkat aur azeem ayyam hain jinhen Allah Taala ne apni khaas rahmaton, barkaton aur fazilaton se nawaza hai. Ramzan ul Mubarak ke baad ek baar phir Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala apne bandon ke liye ibadat, maghfirat aur qurb-e-Ilahi ke darwaze khol deta hai. Yahi woh mubarak din hain jin ke mutalliq Allah Taala ne Quran-e-Majeed mein farmaya.
﴿وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ﴾
“Aur qasam hai das raaton ki.”
(Surah Al-Fajr: 2)
Mufassirin-e-Kiram ke mutabiq is se murad Zilhajja ke ibtedai das din hain, jo Allah Taala ke nazdeek intehai mahboob aur afzal din shumar hote hain. Inhi dinon mein Hajj jaisi azeem ibadat ada ki jati hai, lakhon farzandan-e-tauheed Baitullah mein hazir ho kar apne Rab ke huzoor girgirate hain, maidan-e-Arafat duaaon, aansuon aur istighfar se bhar jata hai aur Hazrat Ibrahim Alaihis Salam ki azeem sunnat-e-qurbani ko zinda kiya jata hai. Allah Taala ne farmaya.
﴿وَيَذۡكُرُوا اسۡمَ اللّٰهِ فِىۡۤ اَيَّامٍ مَّعۡلُوۡمٰتٍ﴾
“Aur muqarrara dinon mein Allah ka naam yaad karen.”
(Surah Al-Hajj: 28)
Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas Razi Allah Anhuma farmate hain ke “Ayyam-e-Malumat” se murad Zilhajja ke ibtedai das din hain. Rasool Allah ﷺ ne in dinon ki fazilat bayan karte hue farmaya:
“Aise koi din nahi hain jin mein naik aamaal Allah Taala ko in dinon ke naik aamaal se zyada mahboob hon.”
(Sahih Al-Bukhari: 969)
Sahaba-e-Kiramؓ ne daryaft kiya ke kya jihad bhi nahi? To Aap ﷺ ne farmaya ke jihad bhi nahi, siwaye us shakhs ke jo apni jaan aur maal ke saath nikla aur kuch wapas na laya. Ahle ilm ne likha hai ke jis tarah Ramzan ul Mubarak ki aakhri das raatein saal bhar ki raaton mein sab se afzal hain, isi tarah Zilhajja ke ibtedai das din poore saal ke dinon mein sab se zyada fazilat rakhte hain. Sheikh ul Islam Ibn Taimiyah Rehmatullah Alaih farmate hain.
“Zilhajja ke pehle das din saal ke tamam dinon se afzal hain, aur Ramzan ki aakhri das raatein saal ki tamam raaton se afzal hain.”
(Majmu' al-Fatawa: 25/287)
In mubarak dinon ki ek badi fazilat yeh bhi hai ke in mein naik aamaal ka ajar kai guna badha diya jata hai aur zikr, tasbeeh, tahmeed, tahleel aur takbeer ki khusoosi targheeb di gayi hai. Rasool Allah ﷺ ne farmaya.
“In dinon mein kasrat se tahleel, takbeer aur tahmeed padha karo.”
(Musnad Ahmad: 5446)
Inhi dinon mein Youm-e-Tarwiya, Youm-e-Arafah, Muzdalifa ki babarkat raat, Hajj aur Qurbani jaisi azeem ibadaat ada ki jati hain. Khaas taur par Youm-e-Arafah ke roze ke mutalliq Rasool Allah ﷺ ne farmaya:
“Mujhe Allah Taala se umeed hai ke Youm-e-Arafah ka roza guzishta aur aayinda ek saal ke gunahon ka kaffara ban jata hai.”
(Sahih Muslim: 1162)
Allah Taala ne Hajj ki farziyat bayan karte hue farmaya.
﴿وَلِلّٰهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا﴾
“Aur Allah ke liye logon par is ghar ka Hajj farz hai, jo wahan tak pahunchne ki istita'at rakhta ho.”
(Surah Aal-e-Imran: 97)
Isi tarah Qurbani ke bare mein hukum diya gaya:
﴿فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَانْحَرْ﴾
“Pas apne Rab ke liye namaz padho aur qurbani karo.”
(Surah Al-Kauthar: 2)
Yeh mubarak din darasal banda-e-momin ke liye Allah Taala ki taraf se ek azeem tohfa hain taake woh apne aamaal sanware, ibadaat mein izafa kare, gunahon se tauba kare aur apne Rab ka qurb hasil kare. Humein chahiye ke in dinon mein namazon ki pabandi karen, Quran-e-Majeed ki tilawat badhayen, nafli rozon khusoosan Youm-e-Arafah ke roze ka ehtemam karen, sadqa o khairat karen, walidain ke saath husn-e-sulook karen, sila rehmi ikhtiyar karen aur har qism ke gunahon aur fazuliyat se khud ko bachayen. Kya maloom kaun sa chhota sa amal Allah Taala ke haan qubool ho kar hamari nijaat ka zariya ban jaye. Allah Taala se dua hai ke woh hamein Ashra Zilhajja ki haqeeqi barkatein naseeb farmaye, in mubarak dinon mein khoob naik aamaal karne ki taufeeq ata farmaye, hamari ibadaat, duaaen aur qurbaniyan qubool farmaye aur hamein apni raza, rahmat aur maghfirat se mala maal farmaye. Ameen Ya Rabb ul Aalameen.