History of the Hajj

Mount Arafat during Hajj

Islamic Pillars

Day of Arafah

Day of Arafah The Day of Arafah (يوم عرفة‎, Yawm ‘Arafah) is an Islamic holiday that falls on the 9th day of Dhu al-Hijjah of the lunar Islamic Calendar. It is the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage and the day after is the first day of the major Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha. At dawn of this day,...

Movement of the Pilgrims through the Muna Valley to the Plain of Arafat. The Walled-In Pillar is the So-Called Second Satan (al-Jamrat al-Wusṭá)

Islamic Pillars

History of the Hajj

History of the Hajj The History of the Hajj is not clear as there is no evidence of its existence in its current practice until the start of islam in the mid 7th century. Islamic writers claim it started from the time of Abraham through the establishment of the Islamic Hajj by Islamic...

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