Chapter 209: About the Desirability of doing Good Deeds in the First Ten Days of Zol-Hijja

Translation: 683. Narrated Ibn Abbas: ' The Prophet said: " No good deeds done on other days are superior to those done on these (first ten days of Zol-Hijja). " Then some companions of the Prophet said: " Not even Jihad? " He replied: " Not even Jihad, except that of a man who does it by putting himself and his property in danger (for Allah's sake, i.e. with his life and property) and does not return with any of those things (i.e. is martyred). " (Bukhari)