Anyone whom Allah has granted wealth or authority, beauty or splendour, should take it as Allah’s Gift. He should take to adopt humility and humbleness and express his gratitude for it to Allah. He should benefit people with the gifts bestowed upon him by Allah and not make them a means of pride and oppression. (Commentary By Al-Imam An-Nawawi رحمه الله)

The Hadeeth shows that oppression is a grievous matter. It evokes a concern from Allah to have explained to His slaves that no one should transgress against another. Likewise, a person should be humble for the sake of Allah and be humble to the truth. Allah alone grants success. (Commentary on Riyaad as-Saliheen By: Sheikh Muhammad bin Salih al-Uthaymeen رحمه الله)

The Companions of Allāh’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to say to each other when they met on ‘Eid:

Taqabbalallāhu minnā wa minkum, which means ‘may Allāh accept from us and you [our fasts and deeds].’

Graded Hasan by Al-Ḥāfidh Ibn Ḥajr, Fatḥ Al-Bārī

Commentary:

This Hadith brings out the following two points:

1. Righteous deeds during the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah are far better and more rewarding than righteous deeds done on other days of the year, because they are Hajj days in the sacred season of pilgrimage. Because of their excellence and importance, Allah (عَزَّ وَجَلَّ) swore by them, thus: “By the Dawn; by the ten Nights…” (89:1-2)

2. Jihad has great eminence in Islam.

Commentary: The verse establishes that fasting had been made obligatory for earlier believers, and that the aim behind it is to open their hearts to God and make them more conscious of Him. This, then, is the principal objective of fasting: to be God- fearing, or taqwā. Fasting, when observed in obedience to God and in pursuit of His pleasure, instils and revives this quality in the human heart and acts as a safeguard against evil and wrongdoing.

The Prophet (ﷺ) did not observe voluntary Saum (fasting) so frequently during any other month as he did during Sha’ban. He (ﷺ) observed fasting during the whole month of Sha’ban except a few days.

– Riyad as-Salihin 1247 | Narrated by ‘A’isha (رضي الله عنه)