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The Day of Arafah (Arabic: يوم عرفة, romanized: Yawm 'Arafah) is an Islamic holiday that falls on the ninth day of Dhu al-Hijjah of the lunar Islamic Calendar. [4] It is the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage and is followed by the holiday of Eid al-Adha . [ 5 ]
Mount Arafat (Arabic: جَبَل عَرَفَات, romanized: Jabal ʿArafāt, or جَبَل ٱلرَّحْمَة, Jabal ar-Raḥmah, 'Mountain of Mercy') [2] is a granodiorite hill [1] about 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Mecca, in the province of the same name in Saudi Arabia. [3]
The health minister of Saudi Arabia said at least 1,301 died during the pilgrimage. [2] [7] Of the dead, at least 600 were Egyptian pilgrims. Jordanian diplomats stated that 60 Jordanians also died from extreme heat. [8] Tunisia's foreign ministry reported that at least 35 Tunisian pilgrims died during "a sharp rise in temperatures".
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 March 2025. Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca "Haj" redirects here. For other uses, see Hajj (disambiguation) and Haj (disambiguation). Hajj حَجّ Pilgrims at the Masjid al-Haram performing Tawaf during Hajj Status Active Genre Religious pilgrimage Begins 8th day of Dhu al-Hijja Ends 12th or 13th day of ...
Israeli leaders have discussed an Arafat-style exit for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. ... 2024 at 7:39 PM. ... Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar arrives at a rally marking Al-Quds Day on April 14, 2023, in ...
The Hajj rites begin on the eighth day and continue for four or five days. The Day of Arafah takes place on the ninth of the month. Eid al-Adha, the "Festival of the Sacrifice", begins on the tenth day and ends on the thirteenth day. [1] The name of this month is also spelled Dhul-Hijja. In modern Turkish, the name is Zilhicce. [1]
13 February 2002: Forty Hajj pilgrims from the UAE died when the bus they were traveling in collided head-on with a truck in Saudi Arabia's Al Ihsa province. 1 November 2011: Two pilgrims, a wife, and husband, died in a coach fire. There were two coaches in the convoy, and a person in the second coach noticed smoke billowing from the coach in ...
At Arafat, Ẓuhr and ʿAṣr prayers are performed in a combined and abbreviated form during the time of Zuhr. After sunset on the ninth day of the Islamic month of Dhūl-Ḥijjah , Muslim pilgrims travel to Muzdalifah, sometimes arriving at night because of over-crowding.