Shaykh Al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah [رحمه الله] said: ❝The first ten days of Dhūl-Hijjah are more virtuous than the last ten days of Ramadhān. The last ten nights of Ramadhān are more virtuous than the last ten nights of Dhūl-Hijjah.❞ [Majmū’ Al-Fatāwā, (25/287) | Translated By Uways At-Taweel]