Sa’id on Dhul-Hijjah: Great striving in first ten days

Al-Qasim ibn Abi Ayyub reported: When Sa’id ibn Jubayr, may Allah be pleased with him, reached the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah, he would exert himself in worship so greatly that he would nearly overwhelm himself.

Source: Sunan al-Dārimī 1815

Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Albani

عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ وَكَانَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِذَا دَخَلَ أَيَّامُ الْعَشْرِ اجْتَهَدَ اجْتِهَادًا شَدِيدًا حَتَّى مَا يَكَادُ يَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ

1815 سنن الدارمي كتاب الصوم باب في فضل العمل في العشر

1148 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث حسن في صحيح الترغيب

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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