Hajj pilgrims began arriving at Mount Arafat on Wednesday to stand in prayer till sunset in one of the most important days of the Islamic calendar.
Saudi authorities have prepared an integrated traffic plan to help ease the pilgrims’ path from the tent city of Mina to Mount Arafat, a 14.4km trek.
The first train trips from Mina to Arafat also begun transporting pilgrim at dawn on Wednesday, and will continue until the completion of all pilgrims to the next site. Authorities estimate 1.38 million pilgrims will descend to the plains of Arafat this year.
It’s not only pilgrims who will mark the day but also Muslims from around the globe, as Islamic beliefs also dictate fasting on the day will wipe out sins.
It was on this day that Islam’s Prophet Mohammad gave his famous farewell sermon, in 632 AD according to the Gregorian calendar, addressing around 114,000 pilgrims at the time.
Mt. Arafat holds significant value to Muslims given that it is there that Prophet Mohammed gave his last sermon.
Source: Alarabiya
Israeli forces kill 14-year-old Palestinian boy in occupied West Bank
Shaikh-ul-Islam Mawlana Abdol-Hamid, speaking on November 6, 2026, at the Friday prayer ceremony in Zahedan,…
Trustworthiness Is One of the Important Moral Issues and Must Be Observed in All Aspects…
Children make many mistakes from an early age, and the same mistake may be repeated…
Mohammed Hamad, 14, was on his way home from school in Deir el-Balah on October…
Shaikh-ul-Islam Mawlana Abdol-Hamid, speaking at Friday prayers in Zahedan on October 23, 2026, expressed concern…