Arafat: The Holiest Pillar of Hajj – All You Need to Know about Standing at the Level of Arafat

2023-06-27 04:15:22

On the level of Arafat, the guests of the Merciful gather on the ninth day of the month of Dhul-Hijjah, on the best day when the sun has risen, to perform the greatest pillar of Hajj, which is standing on its pure level, and whoever misses Arafat misses the Hajj.

The pilgrims of the Sacred House of God flock to the level of Arafat in one time, there is no difference between an Arab or a non-Arab except for piety, as their hearts unite in a majestic scene of faith.

Arafat or Arafat is one name according to most scholars, for Mash’ar is the only one of the Hajj rituals that is located outside the Haram. And Arafat is surrounded by an arc of mountains, and its string is Wadi Arnah.

Arafat is located on the road between Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Taif, about 15 km east of Makkah, 10 km from Mina and 6 km from Muzdalifah, with an area of ​​10.4 square kilometers.

And with Arafat its famous mountain, which is a small hill that some pilgrims climb on the day of standing.

And when the pilgrims stand in Arafat, the “Namra” mosque stands in front of them.

Namra is a mountain where the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, came down on the day of Arafah in a tent, then he delivered a sermon after the sun had passed its zenith, and he prayed the noon and afternoon prayers shortened and combined, and after sunset he moved from it to Muzdalifah.

Then, at the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate era, in the middle of the second century AH, a mosque was built at the site of the sermon of the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, during the Farewell Pilgrimage. And health facilities, which can accommodate more than 300,000 worshipers.

A group of pilgrims come on the day of Arafah to the Namira Mosque to listen to the sermon of the mosque’s preacher, then they pray the noon and afternoon prayers with two adhans and two iqaamahs, then they begin to supplicate and supplicate to God Almighty until sunset.

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