ON THE 9 th OF DHUL HIJJAH

HAJJ 02 -- YAWMUL ARAFAT
ON THE 9 th OF DHUL HIJJAH

Places..... Arafat , Muzdalifah

Worship/ ibaadat Activities
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9TH OF DHUL HIJJAH – YAWMUL Arafat

AL WAQIF BIL Arafat (STANDING AT Arafat)

1. After sunrise you must leave Mina to go to Arafat

2. Make sure you pray Fajr in Mina first

3. The Messenger () said “Al Hajj al Arafat – Hajj is Arafat”

4. You can go to Masjid Namirah (optional)

5. The Imam will give a khutbah then lead the Zhuhr salah and then tell the Hajjis to combine their salah with Asr

6. Stay in Arafat until Maghrib. Cant leave Arafat before Maghrib

7. The is a place called Wadi Urana in Arafat; you must avoid to stand there

8. If you have a horse or a camel it is recommended to stand over it. The Messenger () stood over his camel and made dua facing the qibla

9. Whilst in Arafat you can do dawah, command good and forbid evil, read Qur’an, the best is to make dua (supplication). Te Messenger () said the best dua’ is the one of Arafat,

10. the Messenger () made the following dua in Arafat:

“Laa ilaha ilallah, wahdahu laa shareeka lahu , lahul mulku wa lahul hamd, yuhyi wa ymeet wa huwa ala kulli shayyin qadr” (There is none worthy of worship except Allah alone, no partner has He, for him is the sovereignty and the praise, he is the one who gives life and takes life and he is able to do all things).

THINGS TO AVOID AT Arafat

1. Do not pray Maghrib in Arafat but join it with Isha in Muzdalifah

2. In Arafat, avoid any dunya (worldly) matter

3. Idle chit-chat or political talk

4. Do not cover the head with ihram

5. Do not hunt, shave, cut tree whilst in ihram

6. Do not make a special point of standing on the Jabl Ar Rahmah (Mount of Mercy) as it is bidah to believe it is more rewardable

AL WAQIF BIL MUZDALIFAH (STAYING AT MUZDALIFAH)

1. The Messenger () left after sunset for Muzdalifah

2. Leave Arafat with tranquility

3. Find a place in Muzdalifah and stay till fajr

4. Pray Maghrib and Isha shortened and combined i.e. make one adhan and two Iqaamat; you have until the middle of the night to do this.

5. If you do not reach Muzdalifah before midnight you need to stop where you are and pray

6. In Muzdalifah you can go to an area called Misharul Haram where there is a masjid. Once you are there face the qibla and make dua t this is the Sunnah of the Messenger ()

7. You need to collect stones from Muzdalifah to use to stone the Jamaraat

8. Women may leave Muzdalifah before fajr i.e. when two thirds of the night has passed to go to Mina Ibn Abbas (ra) said: “The Messenger () sent me with the weak women, the elderly and the disabled people when it was two thirds of the night”