On Saturday, August 10, pilgrims prepare to perform one of the main rites of the Hajj pilgrimage: standing on Mount Arafa.
But most people do not know many things about the secret of the name of Mount Arafat or Arafat, and the name of this uniqueness of the rite in the pilgrimage and considered one of the most important days of pilgrimage.
In the following report, we present a number of information about Arafa Day, which some may know for the first time:
1- Reason for naming:
Heritage books deliberated on various reasons why the day of standing in Arafa was called by this name, but most attributed that name to the mountain itself which, according to the UAE newspaper Al Bayan, was said to have been named by this name because "when Adam and Eve landed from heaven to earth, They met at two different places. They met at Arafat's Mount and got to know each other. "
But another account indicates that he was named by this name, because Gabriel, roaming Abraham, and teach him the rituals of pilgrimage, and they stand on this mountain and then asked Gabriel "I know, I know," and responds to him "I knew, I knew."
2- Off campus:
The day of standing in Arafa, is the only hair in the pilgrimage outside the Holy Mosque, so it has a unique peculiarity, because it is the only hair in which the pilgrim has to travel and travel a relatively long distance.
3. Reason for exclusivity:
Standing on the day of Arafa is the only poetry of the pilgrimage, in which all pilgrims should gather at one time and in one day, regardless of their position, position or genealogy, unlike other sacred feelings, which the pilgrim can summarize or perform. In quick successive times so that he finishes his argument as soon as possible.
4- Unique location:
Mount Arafat is also uniquely located, surrounded by Arafat's arch of the mountains and its tense valley "Arna", and is located on the road between Mecca and Taif, about 22 kilometers east of Mecca, 10 kilometers from Mina and 6 kilometers from Muzdalifah.
5- An abandoned place:
There are no locals living in the Mount Arafat area at all, and they are not crowded except in times of pilgrimage.
5.Namrah Mosque:
It is known from the rituals of Hajj and the day of Arafa that pilgrims pray noon and afternoon with ears and stays in the mosque "Nimra", during which they listen to the sermon of the mosque preacher.
But what some do not know that this mosque "Nimra" was not built until the era of the Abbasid Caliphate in the middle of the second century AH, and was built at the site of the Prophet's sermon in the "farewell argument."
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The area of the mosque "Nemra" currently 124 thousand square meters, and consists of two floors equipped with a system of cooling and sanitation to accommodate more than 300 thousand pilgrims.
6- Rocks:
In the vicinity of Mount Arafat, there are a number of historical places bearing the traces of the Prophet Muhammad, most notably what is described as "rocks" surrounded by a short wall, which the Prophet stood on the eve of Arafa on his side.
This position was surrounded by a wall of the Qibla, 13.3 meters long, and the wall on the right and left 8 meters, while the wall opposite the Qibla circular uneven.
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