{"id":192,"date":"2016-06-25T16:17:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T13:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/25\/last-ten-days-of-ramadan\/"},"modified":"2016-06-25T16:17:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T13:17:35","slug":"last-ten-days-of-ramadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/last-ten-days-of-ramadan\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Ten Days of Ramadan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Editorial Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.new-muslims.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/10-day.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14729 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.new-muslims.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/10-day.jpg?resize=290%2C120\" alt=\"Last Ten Days of Ramadan\" width=\"290\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ramadan is fast coming to an end and here are the most blessed, most precious and most rewarding days of the Holy Month.<\/p>\n<p>After almost twenty days of fasting, devoted worship,\u00a0prayer, reading the Qur\u2019an, and spiritual reflection comes the jewel in the crown of the spiritually-charged glorious month.<\/p>\n<p>It is during this time the closeness to Allah approaches its peak with deep devotion, purposeful \u00a0<i>`ibadah <\/i>(acts of worship), most heart-felt prayers and supplications.<\/p>\n<p>The special status and blessings of the last ten days of Ramadan are manifested in both the Qur\u2019an and the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the last ten days of Ramadan began, the Prophet would tighten his waist-wrapper (meaning he would stay away from marital relations), spend his nights in prayer, and wake his family.\u201d (Muslim)<\/p>\n<p>And the more intensive effort we exert during this time the greater rewards we reap.<\/p>\n<p>So what is special about these days; why are they that blessed? What was the Prophet\u2019s practices during these days?\u00a0How do we come out of Ramadan refreshed mentally, spiritually and physically?<\/p>\n<p>How can we focus on our relationship with God, feel His closeness, achieve His abundant \u00a0rewards through the last ten days of Ramadan?<\/p>\n<p>Here we will focus on these issues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"folder\">\n<div class=\"infolder\">\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<h2><a title=\"The Last Ten Nights of Ramadan \u2013 Don\u2019t Miss!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/acts-of-worship\/fasting_siyam\/last-ten-nights-of-ramadan\/\">The Last Ten Nights of Ramadan \u2013 Don\u2019t Miss!<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The last ten nights of Ramadan are very special. These are the nights that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) would spend in constant worship. Among these nights is Laylat al-Qadr&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/featured\/fasting-and-overall-health\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11099\" title=\"The Last Ten Nights of Ramadan \u2013 Don\u2019t Miss!\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.new-muslims.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Last-ten-days-of-Ramadan.jpg?resize=337%2C337\" alt=\"The Last Ten Nights of Ramadan \u2013 Don\u2019t Miss!\" width=\"337\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\"><strong><a style=\"color: #808000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/featured\/the-prophets-tahajjud-prayer\/\">The Prophet\u2019s Tahajjud Prayer<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/featured\/new-muslims-in-ramadans-last-precious-ten-days\/\">New Muslims in Ramadan\u2019s Last Precious Ten<\/a> Days<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\"><strong><a style=\"color: #808000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/featured\/ramadans-most-special-days-unmatched-rewards\/\">Ramadan\u2019s Most Special Days: Unmatched Rewards<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\"><strong><a style=\"color: #808000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/featured\/ramadan-daily-laylat-al-qadr\/\">Laylat Al-Qadr<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\"><strong><a style=\"color: #808000\" title=\"An Unmatched Night: Don\u2019t Miss\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/acts-of-worship\/fasting_siyam\/laylat-al-qadr\/\">An Unmatched Night: Don\u2019t Miss<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #808000;text-decoration: underline\" title=\"Women I&#096;tikaf: At Mosques or at Homes?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/featured\/women-itikaf-at-mosques-or-at-homes\/\">Women I`tikaf: At Mosques or at Homes?<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #808000;text-decoration: underline\" title=\"Laylat Al-Qadr: Signs and Virtues\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/featured\/laylat-al-qadr-signs-and-virtues\/\">Laylat Al-Qadr: Signs and Virtues<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\"><strong><a style=\"color: #808000\" title=\"All About Zakat al-Fitr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/acts-of-worship\/fasting_siyam\/all-about-zakat-al-fitr\/\">All About Zakat al-Fitr<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"folder\">\n<h2 class=\"head\">E-Books on Zakah<\/h2>\n<div class=\"infolder\" style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.new-muslims.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/e-book-publishing-services.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14457\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.new-muslims.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/e-book-publishing-services.jpg?resize=900%2C675\" alt=\"3d man sitting on ebook word reading a red book\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"infolder\">\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.muslim-library.com\/book,5016,2.html\">All About Zakat al-Fitr<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Every Muslim is required to pay Zakat al-Fitr at the conclusion of the month of Ramadan as a token of thankfulness to God for having enabled him to observe fasts. Its purpose is to purify those who fast from any indecent act or speech and to help the poor and needy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"folder\">\n<h5 class=\"head\">Previous Years<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993300\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/acts-of-worship\/all-about-ramadan-14372016\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">All About Ramadan (1437\/2016)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993300\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/acts-of-worship\/fasting_siyam\/all-about-ramadan-14362015\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">All About Ramadan (1436\/2015)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993300\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/acts-of-worship\/fasting_siyam\/ramadan-14352014-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ramadan 1435 (2014)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993300\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/featured\/all-about-ramadan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ramadan 1434 (2013)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993300\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/acts-of-worship\/fasting_siyam\/all-about-ramadan1433\/\">Ramadan 1433 (2012)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"clearer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:10px 0 10px 0\"><a href=\"\/\/send\" class=\"wa_btn wa_btn_l\">Share<\/a><\/div>\n<p>[ica_orginalurl]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Ten Days of Ramadan &amp; Zakat al-Fitr <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[341,2],"tags":[1224,1225,167,1226,1227,1094,1228,1229,1230],"class_list":["post-192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acts-of-worship","category-new-muslims","tag-al-fitr","tag-days","tag-featured","tag-last","tag-last-ten-days-of-ramadan","tag-ramadan","tag-ramadan-precious-days","tag-ten","tag-zakat"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/lailatul-qadr.jpg?fit=417%2C236&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2ZvKT-36","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}