The Blessed Day of Arafah

1. It is the day on which

the religion was

perfected and

Allah's Favour was

completed

Allah says:

"This day I have

perfected your religion for you,

completed My favour upon you, and

have chosen for you Islam as your

religion." (al-Maa'idah 53),

'Umar said, "We know on which day

and in which place that was

revealed to the Prophet ﷺ. It was

when he was standing in Arafaah

on a Friday." Saheeh Bukhari & Muslim

2. It is a dav of Eid

for the people who are in

that place.

The Prophet ﷺ) said: "the day of

'Arafaah, the Day of Sacrifice and

Ayvaam al-Tashreeq (the 3 days

following the Day of Sacrifice)

are Eid (festival) for us, the people

of Islam. These are days of eating

and drinking.

Al-Thirmidhi

3. It is a day by

which Allah swore

an oath.

The Almighty cannot swear by anything

except that which is mighty. Yawm

"'Arafaah is the "witnessed day" mentioned

in the aayah

"By the witnessing day

[Friday] and by the witnessed day [the

Day of 'Arafaah]." lal-Buroj) B53).

The Prophet ﷺ said: "The promised day is

the Day of Resurrection, the witnessed

day is the Day of "Arafaah, and the

witnessing day is Friday." al-Tirmidhi saheen

4. Fasting on this day is an expiation for two years.

The Prophet ﷺ said:

"fasting on the Day of 'Arafaah

expiates for the sins of the

previous year and of the coming

year. Saheen Muslim.

This (fasting) is mustahabb for

those who are not on Hajj. In the

case of the one who is on Hajj, it is

not Sunnah for him to fast on the

Day of "Arafaah, because the

Prophet ﷺ) did not fast on this

day inrafaah. It was narrated that

he forbade fasting on the Day of

"Arafaah in 'Arafaah.

5. It is the day on which Allaah

took the covenant

from the progeny of Adam.

The Prophet ﷺ said: "Allaah took the

covenant from the loins of Adam in

Na'maan, i.e., 'Arafaah. He brought

forth from his loins all his offspring

and spread them before Him, then He

addressed them, and said: "Am I not

your Lord? They said, 'Yes, we testify.

Musnad Ahmad | sahech by al-Albaani.

6. It is the day of forgiveness of

sins, freedom from

the Fire and pride in the people

who are there:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "There is no day

on which Allah frees more people

from the Fire than the Dav of 'Arafaah. He comes

close and expresses His pride to the angels,

saying, What do these people want?'

and, Allah expresses His pride to His angels at

the time of 'Ishaa' on the Day of "Arafaah, about

the people of "Arafaah. He says, 'Look at My

slaves who have come unkempt and dusty'

Narrated by Muslim and Ahmad and classed as saheeh