The Mount Arafaat - Hajj Rituals- Islamic Fiqh

 

ARAFAH / ARAFA'AT

                                       Saying of Holy Prophet Muhammad

                                             [Sallal Laahu Alaiehi Wa Sallam]

                                     

 أَعْظَمُ أَهْلُ عَرَفَاتَ جُرْماً مَنْ إِنْصَرَفَ وَ هُوَ  يَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ لَنْ يُغْفَرَلَهُ. 

Arafaah or `Arafa'at: A desert location, surrounding Mount of Mercy!
The Holy city of Makkah abounds with numerous Mosques and other places that witnessed events that happened to our Beloved Prophet Muhammad.

[Sallal Laahu Alaieh Wa Sallam] 

Among the most important Holy sites in Makkah are the sites where pilgrimage rituals are performed.

One of them is Mount Arafaat. It was called Arafaat [to Know or meet] because Hazrat Aadam met Hazrat Hawwa [Alaiehimus Salaam] after doing Taubaah. 

Araafat is outside the boundaries of the Holy sanctuary. It is to the south east of the Sacred Mosque, and is 22 kilometers away from the Mosque. The area of this site is 10.4 square kilometers. Muslim pilgrims gather on Mount Araafat on the 9th day of Zill Hijjah they shorten and combine the Noon and Afternoon prayers....following the sunnat our beloved Prophet Muhammad
[Sallal Laahu Alaiehi Wa Sallam].

(Jabal e Rahmat),which is approximately 14.5 km (9 miles) southeast of Makkah where the pilgrim spends 9 Zill-Hijjah as a rite of Hajj. 

Our Beloved Prophet Hazrat Muhammad [Peace be upon Him] recited his Farewell Sermon there. Waqfaah, standing, which is one of the constituents of Hajj is performed in Arafa'at.