The Guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Last Ten Days of Ramadan

Question : Honorable Shaykh Muhammad, what is the guidance of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in the last ten days of Ramadan? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the last ten days of Ramadan used to keep the entire night awake in tahajjud (the late-night voluntary prayer) and whatever that entails, such as wudu' (the ablution for prayer) and the like. For this reason, it is prescribed for a person in the last ten days of Ramadan to keep them awake in this manner, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kept them awake with it.
Among that is that he used to perform i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) in the last ten days of Ramadan, hoping for the Night of Decree. I'tikaf is staying in the mosque for the obedience of Allah the Exalted, so that a person can devote himself to worship and distance himself from the world and its pleasures. However, there is no harm in a person talking to his companions about what is good and righteous, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would have some of his wives come to him, and he would talk to her and stand with her (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him) to turn her around to her house.
This is what I know of the guidance of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). And it is well known that in the last days of the last ten days of Ramadan, Muslims give out zakat al-fitr (the alms given at the end of Ramadan) one or two days before the 'Id. They give it out as a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of food, from wheat, rice, dates, or other things that people eat. But giving it out on the day of 'Id before the prayer is better.
This came in the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and in the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that . On this occasion, I would like to clarify that it is better for a person to give out the zakah himself, as the scholars have mentioned. As for what people are accustomed to, which is giving it to the imams of the mosques on the day of giving it, this is contrary to what is better. Perhaps the imam has many charities that he is unable to distribute before performing the prayer. Therefore, it is good for our Muslim brothers to perform zakat al-fitr themselves so that it is better for them and their souls and hearts are reassured that it has reached those who
they know, and so that they may receive the supplication of the poor person when they give it to him, for the poor person will say, "May Allah reward you with good," or a word like that, and the giver benefits from it. And because if a person gives it himself, the people of the household become aware of it and say, "This is our fitrah, this is our charity," so this charity becomes one of the customs that the young learn from the old, unlike if he gives it as coins to the imam of the mosque, for this does not happen. Yes.

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