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Noble brothers, The day of ‘Arafah is a tremendous day. It is a must upon usthat we give it its just estimate, that we know its status, that we areconscious of its position and virtue so that we can enter it upon clarityunderstanding its tremendous importance and lofty status as well as its elevatedrank, and that it is a day that is unlike any other day, specifically for thosewhom Allāh has honored to be standing in ‘Arafat, although this virtue is notexclusively for them.

For indeed, the Prophet, as you all know, said in regards to fasting on the Dayof ‘Arafah: “I anticipate the reward from Allāh that it expiates the sins of theyear before and the year after.” And this is in regards to the general Muslims.As for the pilgrims, it is better for them that they don’t fast on the Day of’Arafat. Taking the Prophet as an example and strengthening themselves and theirbodies to be in the remembrance of Allāh, making supplications and devoted inthe remembrance of Allāh on that tremendous and blessed day. It comes in theSahihayn from Umm al-Fadhl bint al-Hãrith that a group were disputing next toher in regards to whether the Prophet was fasting or not, and this was on theDay of ‘Arafat. So, she took a cup of milk and presented it to the Prophet andhe drank from it. It was as if she had said the answer is as you see. So theProphet drank from it and it was known that he wasn’t fasting. So, the Sunnah isthat the pilgrim doesn’t fast on the Day of ‘Arafat. As for other than thepilgrim, then fasting on the Day of ‘Arafat is the best of the voluntary days tofast. Indeed, the Prophet said, “I anticipate the reward from Allāh that itexpiates the sins of the year before and the year after.”

Noble brothers, it is a must for us to be conscious of the status of thetremendous Day of ‘Arafah and its status is apparent through the several proofsand evidences that come in the Sunnah of the Prophet. From them is what comes inthe Sahihayn from Tāriq ibn Shihab, that a man from the Jews came to ‘Umar ibnal-Khattab and said, “O Muslims, a verse in your Book was revealed to you. If itwas revealed to us Jews, we would’ve took that day as an ‘Eid.” ‘Umar said,”Which verse is that?” He said, His Statement, “This day, I have perfected yourreligion for you, completed My Favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islām asyour religion.” (5:3) So, ‘Umar replied, “Indeed, I know the day and the hour itwas revealed to the Messenger of Allāh. It was revealed in the afternoon on theDay of ‘Arafat on a Friday.” Nothing regarding Halal and Harām was revealedafter this verse. It was revealed clarifying that Allāh had perfected andcompleted the religion. Contemplate over this tremendous virtue of the Day of’Arafat! It is the day that Allāh completed and perfected for this Ummah theirreligion. Due to this, after the Day of ‘Arafah, after this verse was revealed,there were no verses revealed to the Prophet regarding matters that are Haläland Harām. This is because the religion was completed. And this demonstrates forus the status of the tremendous Day of ‘Arafat!

Likewise, what comes in Sahih Muslim, from the Mother of the Believers, ‘Aishahthat the Prophet said, “There is no day where Allāh frees more slaves from theHellfire than the day of ‘Arafat. He draws near and then He boasts about them toHis angels, saying: What do they want?” Contemplate upon this tremendous Hadith!May Allah protect you and grant you success. And let it be on your mind whileyou are standing on ‘Arafah. Indeed, it gathers four extremely tremendousvirtues of the Day of ‘Arafah! The first one: it is the day where Allah setsfree the most slaves from the Hellfire in the entire year. On the Day of’Arafah, Allah sets free slaves from the Hellfire, an amount that no one knowsexcept Allah. So, if you know this and are conscious of it, then it willstrengthen your desire for Allah that you are from those that are set free fromthe Fire while you are standing on ‘Arafah. Strengthen your hope and trust inAllah. Beseech Allāh with supplication. “Our Lord! Give us in this world thatwhich is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and save us from thetorment of the Fire!” (2:201) “Our Lord! Avert from us the torment of Hell.Verily! Its torment is ever an inseparable, permanent punishment.” (25:65) So,strengthen your connection and trust with Allah. And strengthen your hope in Himthat you are from those who are set free from the Fire on this day. “There is noday where Allāh frees more slaves from the Hellfire than the day of ‘Arafat.”This is a tremendous virtue of this noble day.

The second virtue: is that Allāh draws near to His slaves in the afternoon of’Arafah. This drawing near that is divine has a great and tremendoussignificance in the heart of the Muslim, the believer, the one who is acquaintedwith his Lord. Allāh draws near to His slaves in the afternoon of ‘Arafah, in amanner that is befitting for His Majesty. We don’t know how. Allāh knows bestregarding that. However, just as He informed His Messenger that He draws near toHis slaves during this blessed afternoon. Subhānallāh! How much mercy, goodness,blessings and answered supplications come with Him drawing near?! How much?!Therefore, be conscious of this tremendous affair that Allah has honored thepeople of ‘Arafat with! And beware of being from the heedless and absent-minded.Rather, be from those that are turned to Allāh, supplicating, remembering,imploring to Allāh with supplications, conscious of this tremendous and nobleaffair that Allāh draws near to His slaves, drawing near rejoicing regarding Hisslaves! And in it He boasts about His slaves to His angels. “Look at my slaves.They came to Me dishevelled, covered in dust. I testify to you that I haveforgiven them!” So, this drawing near has tremendous significance. Due to this,he said at the end of the statement: “He draws near to His slaves. Then Heboasts about them to His angels.” And this is the third tremendous virtue. Theboasting of Allah about the pilgrims to the angels is a proof that He hasforgiven them, as the scholars say. Because He doesn’t boast about the people ofsin. However, this is proof that He has forgiven them and answered theirsupplications. So, He boasts about them to the angels. The fourth virtue in thestatement of our Prophet is his saying, “What do they want?” Who is the onesaying this statment? Verily, it is the Lord of all that exists! The One wherethere isn’t a sin that is too great that He wouldn’t forgive nor a need that istoo big that He couldn’t fulfill. Therefore, O one who has been given success, Oblessed brother, O pilgrim, attach great importance to your longing for thatwhich is with Allah. Beware of thinking that the sin or the need is too great toask your Lord. Indeed, Allāh during this day is asking: “What do they want?” Inthis is a proof that the supplications are answered and that Allāh will notdisappoint those that supplicate to Him, those who long from Him and hope fromHim. Especially while they are standing, humbled, crying, supplicating to Allahand asking for His bounties. By Allāh, He will not reject it!

Contemplate over this amazing, tremendous statement from the Imām Fudayl ibn’lyād. He looked at the people on the afternoon of ‘Arafah while they werestanding, supplicating and crying. So, he said, “What would you think if theywent to a man and asked him for a coin (a very small amount of money), whilethey are in this state, crying, would he reject them? They said, “No.” Fudaylsaid, “By Allāh, forgiveness with Allāh is easier than this man giving them acoin (a very small amount of money).” Therefore, O slave of Allāh, have goodthoughts of Allāh that He will forgive you and the rest of the Muslims.Strengthen your good thoughts of Allah that He will forgive you and thosesupplicators that are devoted with their hands raised, begging and asking.Indeed, Allāh will not reject them. Beware of being in despair and losing hopefor yourself and for others. Beware of this! ‘Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak said: Icame to Sufyan al-Thawri on the afternoon of ‘Arafah while he was on his kneesweeping. So it made me weep. So, he turned to him and said, “What’s the matter?”I said to him, “Who are the worst of people in this area in regards to theircondition?” He said, “The one who assumes that Allah will not forgive them!” IbnAbi Dunyā narrated it in the book, ‘Husn al-Zan bi Allah’. It’s a must upon thebeliever during this blessed afternoon to have good thought of Allāh for himselfand for the rest of his brothers. Have you seen this large amount of people, theelderly, the poor, the rich, the leader, the subject burdening and tiringthemselves to come to this blessed and sacred land. They hope for that which iswith Allah. Therefore, it’s a must to have good thoughts of Allāh that He willforgive all the pilgrims and that He won’t allow them to return disappointed,that He will accept their supplications, that He will forgive their mistakes,that He will guide the misguided, that He’ll return them to Allāh with a goodreturn and that He brings them back to their lands with their sins forgiven. Asour Prophet said: “There is no reward for a accepted Hajj except Paradise.”

Noble brothers, the Day of ‘Arafah is a day of supplication. And thesupplication during ‘Arafah is answered and not rejected. It is from the mostsought after days and times to supplicate to Allah. Due to this, it comes in theHadith from our Prophet that he said, “The best supplication is the supplicationon the Day of ‘Arafah.” And this statement is sufficient of a proof for you inregards to the virtue of the supplication and its tremendous significance onthis blessed day and that it is the best day to supplicate. He said, “The bestsupplication is the supplication on the Day of ‘Arafah and the best of what I’vesaid and the Prophets that came before me was: None has the right to beworshipped but Allāh alone without any partners, to Him belongs the dominion andall praise and He has power over all things. Pay attention! “The bestsupplication is the supplication on the Day of ‘Arafah”. However, our Prophetand likewise the Prophets that came before him used to frequently say during theafternoon on the Day of ‘Arafah: None has the right to be worshipped but Allāhalone without any partners, to Him belongs the dominion and all praise and Hehas power over all things. And in this is an amazing and tremendous secret. Itis a must to comprehend. Indeed, it is that Tawhid (singling out Allāh inworship), which is the foundation of this statement, is the key for having thesupplications accepted! And it is the door of every good! And the foundation ofevery happiness and success in this worldly life and the Hereafter. Therefore,from the most paramount affair during the afternoon of ‘Arafah is that yourevive this Tawhid and this Imān in your heart by frequently saying: None hasthe right to be worshipped but Allāh alone without any partners, to Him belongsthe dominion and all praise and He has power over all things.

Noble brother, this tremendous statement, which is the most tremendous statementand remembrance, is not merely a statement that is said or words that are simplyrepeated. No! This statement comprises the most tremendous meanings and theloftiest objectives. And it is only of benefit for the one who says it if hesays it upon truthfulness, sincerity, certainty and belief in Allāh. As for theone who simply says it with his tongue without understanding its meaning andestablishing its objectives, then this will not be of benefit to him! It onlybenefits the one who says it if he says it upon certainty, truthfulness,sincerity, love and drawing near to Allah. Indeed, it’s the key to Paradise.However, as Wahb ibn Munabih said, “There is no key except that it has cuts. Ifyou bring a key that has its cuts, then the door would be open. If not, then itwouldn’t open.” These statements that you say at the end of every prayer is todevelop, establish and revive your Tawhid and a declaration of its actualmeaning. And the meaning of لا إله إلا الله is that we worship nothing but Allahalone without any partners and we make our worship purely for Him (alone). So itonly benefits the one who says it if he says it in this manner (fulfilling itsconditions and rights). As was presented earlier, frequently saying لا إله إلاالله on the afternoon of ‘Arafah while it is the day of supplication is themost appropriate, suitable and perfect supplication to say. Indeed, لا إله إلاالله which is the singling out Allāh in worship and making the religion solelyfor Him is the key for the acceptance of every action along with the fact thatsupplication is the greatest of actions. “So invoke Him making your worship purefor Him Alone. All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of all thatexists.” (40:65) As our Prophet said, “Supplication is the essence of worship.”And worship is not accepted without لا إله إلا الله. It is not accepted withoutsincerity. Due to this, the one who says لا إله إلا الله truthfully, he doesn’tsupplicate to, he doesn’t ask, he doesn’t seek refuge in, he doesn’t seek helpfrom, he doesn’t slaughter, he doesn’t make a vow to, and he doesn’t divert anyact of worship, except to Allah alone!

“Say (O Muhammad): ‘Verily, my prayer, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying arefor Allah, the Lord of all that exists. He has no partner. And of this I havebeen commanded, and I am the first of the Muslims.'” (6:162,163) And if one isignorant of this meaning, he will fall into some of the things that the ignorantfall into. Some of the ignorant that don’t understand the reality of thisstatement or understand its meanings and perhaps behind it, they take theirknowledge from the callers of misguidance As the Prophet said, “What I fear themost for my Ummah is the callers of misguidance.” So, you’ll find some of theignorant say لا إله إلا الله Then, not too long after that he’ll raise his handsand say, “Help me O so and so.” Where is لا إله إلا الله?! Where is لا إله إلاالله if he is saying, “Help me O so and so.”?! To the point I heard one of thenoble brothers saying that he heard a man while in prostration say, “Help me Oso and so.” Despite the fact that in Al-Fatihah he says, “You (Alone) weworship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything). (1:5)” Whereis “You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help” if he is saying,”Help me O so and so.”?! This is blatant Shirk! Supplicating to other thanAllah! Allāh says, “And who is more astray than one who calls (invokes) besidesAllah, such as will not answer him till the Day of Resurrection, and who are(even) unaware of their calls (invocations) to them? And when mankind aregathered (on the Day of Resurrection), they (false deities) will become enemiesfor them and will deny their worshipping.” (46:5,6) Say: (O Muhammad) “Call uponthose whom you assert (to be associate gods) besides Allāh, they possess noteven the weight of an atom (or a small ant), either in the heavens or on theearth, nor have they any share in either, nor there is for Him any supporterfrom among them. (34:22) “Call unto those besides Him whom you pretend [to begods like angels, lesa (Jesus), ‘Uzair (Ezra), etc.]. They have neither thepower to remove the adversity from you nor even to shift it from you to anotherperson.” (17:56) Therefore, let’s fully comprehend noble brothers, beloved ones,pilgrims to the Sacred House of Allah, let’s fully comprehend this meaningbecause it is from the loftiest of meanings and the most paramount. Frequentlysay: None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone without any partners,to Him belongs the dominion and all praise and He has power over all things. Werevive our Tawhid and our Iman. We strengthen our ‘Aqidah. The Prophet says inan authentic Hadith, “Verily, Iman wears out inside of you just as a garmentwears out, so ask Allāh to revive the Iman in your hearts.” Comprehend thisaffair: None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone without anypartners, to Him belongs the dominion and all praise and He has power over allthings. This is a constant and continuous revival of the loftiest objective,which is the singling out of Allāh in worship! I ask Allah that He makes us allsincere to Him, those that repent to Him, those that turn humbly to Him! And tomake all of our supplications sincerely to Allāh and upon the guidance of ournoble Prophet.

While you are supplicating to Allāh in ‘Arafat, pay attention to an importantaffair extremely important in regards to supplication! Indeed, it is the affairof having certainty in Allah that He will accept all of your supplications. OurProphet said, “Supplicate to Allāh while you are certain that He will answer it.Indeed, Allah doesn’t answer the supplication from the heart that is heedlessand distracted.” While you are supplicating, it’s a must that your heart iscertain in Allāh that He will accept your supplications from you. Be cautious ofthe distractions and the amusements. Be cautious of them. And strive to makeyour heart present, certain, gathered and devoted to Allāh so that yoursupplications are answered. Sometimes you see some of those who supplicate, theyraise their hands in supplication, but it’s obvious that he is distracted andthat his heart is heedless, looking here and there. And it is not a small amountof people. Therefore understand this affair while you are supplicating to Allāh.I’ll narrate a very unique, beautiful and beneficial story for you. The Caliph’Umar ibn ‘Abdul’aziz passed by a man who was playing with a pebble in his hand.While he is playing with the pebble, he is saying, “O Allāh, I ask you to marryme to the fair females with lovely eyes.” So what did ‘Umar say to him? He saidto him, “What an evil suitor you are!” (Meaning: a suitor for the fair femaleswith lovely eyes.) “Will you not throw away the pebble and make yoursupplication sincerely for Allah?!” A very beautiful statement! Narrated by IbnAbi Dunya in his book: ‘Al-Niyah wa Ikhlas’ “Will you not throw away the pebbleand make your supplication sincerely for Allah?!” Yes! Throw away the pebble.Put away all the distractions! It’s not just the pebble. That is just one typeof distraction. There are several. I’ll speak to you about a distraction that isthe most harmful for the people that didn’t exist in the past. In the past theyhad pebbles. However, in these times there is a distraction that has severelydistracted and diverted many of the people from many doors to good. Do you knowwhat it is? Do you know or not? What is it? This finger, the thumb. Subhanallah!It has severely distracted the people even during the afternoon of ‘Arafah. Yousee some of the people engrossed! His thumb is moving and he is completelydistracted. It is said to this one “Throw away the ‘pebble’ and make yoursupplication sincerely for Allah!” This statment is extremely important. “Throwaway the ‘pebble’ and make your supplication sincerely for Allah!” ‘Umar said tothat individual, “Throw away the pebble.” However, now we have different typesof pebbles that are more serious. It has distracted many of the people. Thedistractions of these ‘pebbles’ that we have in these times it has lead thepilgrims to something extremely severe! By Allāh!

Now you see many of the pilgrims, their greatest concern while they are in thesesacred sites, in ‘Arafat, Muzdalifah, Masjid al-Haram, the place of Sa’i and bythe Jamarāt, their concern is to take a picture of themselves. Some of themimmediately post it for many of the people to see via social media outlets. Tothe extent that we’ve seen some of the pilgrims, may Allah guide us and them andgive us all insight in the religion, and return us and them to the truth with agood return. We’ve seen some of them stop by the Jamarät, fix his lower garmentand stretch out his hands. Then his friend takes a picture of him. When hefinished taking the picture, he lowers his hands. So, his hands weren’t raisedfor who? Was it raised for Allah? It wasn’t raised for Allāh! In the Hadithnarrated from Salmān, the Prophet says, “Indeed, Allah is Shy and Generous. Heis shy of His slave who raises his hands to Him to return them empty,disappointed!” This one raised his hands, a picture was taken, then he loweredhis hands. Then he posts the picture. And perhaps he says that ‘my friend tookthis picture while I was supplicating by the Jamarāt or in ‘Arafat’, but hedidn’t supplicate! All he did was raise his hands to take a picture. By Allāh, Imyself once saw a man with his friend in the Masjid, and I advised himimmediately, take a big Mus’haf and open it. His friend took a picture from theright and from the left. Then he closed the Mus’haf and put it back in itsplace. And this picture, perhaps he’ll hang it or post it saying that he wasreading the Qur’ān in the Masjid. Someone told me that there were two walkinginside the Masjid. One of them sat in the form of the Tashahhud. His friend tooka picture of him. Then he got up. By Allah, this is a calamity. It pains theprotective ones. It pains the ones who wants good for others. By Allāh, one whosees them while wanting good for them, his heart is shattered. How can somethinglike this be? Our Prophet, when he reached the Miqat and combined the Talbiyahfor Hajj and ‘Umrah. He said, “O Allah make this a sincere Hajj without showingoff (intending to be seen or heard).” This is a danger to their acts of worship,a tremendous danger. What does Allāh say in the first verses regarding Hajj inSūrah al-Baqarah? “And perform properly the Hajj and ‘Umrah for Allah.” (2:196)In another verse, He said, “And Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah) to the House(Ka’bah) is a duty that mankind owes to Allah” (3:97) Our Prophet said in aHadith, “Whoever performs the Hajj to the house for Allāh (this exists in awording of the Hadith) without having intimate relations or committing sin, hewill come out like the day his mother bore him.” …for Allah: this issincerity. Nothing and no one else gets a portion of the Hajj. Due to this, itcomes in the Hadith al-Qudsi that Allah said, “I am in no need of any partners.Whoever performs a deed in which he associates a partner with Me, I will abandonhim and his partner.” The meaning of “I will abandon him and his partner.” is Iwill reject his action. And Allah will not accept it from him. Therefore, it isa must for the pilgrim to safeguard himself and distance himself from showingoff and wanting others to speak well about him especially in these times wherenew means of showing off and being amazed with oneself have come into existence.Beware of self-amazement. Indeed, self-amazement wipes away the deeds of theindividual like a violent storm flood. This is a tremendous danger! Therefore,the slave enters his Hajj safeguarding these acts of worship, striving againsthis soul in order to make it solely for Allah. He seeks the Face of Allāh. Hedoesn’t give a portion of it to anything or anyone else. It comes in a Hadiththat our Prophet said, “It will be said on the Day of Judgment to those that didactions showing off for the people: ‘Go to those whom you used to show off youractions to and seek from them a reward!'” What will they get when the people seehim doing righteous actions, posting up video clips and pictures for them tosee? Therefore, it’s a must upon the slave to beware of this tremendous affairand be diligent in distancing himself from all these distractions and they havebecome abundant. May Allāh protect us all from them, grant us actions that arepure with sincere intentions and correct following the Noble Prophet.

Noble brother, a tremendous affair in regards to supplications, don’t beheedless about it while you are stretching your hands out to Allah andsupplicating to Him. Be specific and comprehensive in your supplications. “MyLord forgive me and my parents and the believing men and women.” Be specific andcomprehensive. This is a tremendous opportunity to supplicate for yourself, foryour parents, for your relatives, for the ones you love, and the Muslims ingeneral. Make a comprehensive supplication for all the Muslims. Now, if you wereto contemplate on the conditions of the Muslims around the world. What is theircondition like? You’ll find some who are in extreme poverty and extreme need.There is extreme hunger and thirst. There are calamities. Some Muslims are inwar and hardships, in trials and tribulations. Some Muslims are in extremedistress in hospitals, with extreme sicknesses. The hospitals are filled withpatients. So, don’t forget your Muslim brothers in your supplications. Bespecific and comprehensive. Supplicate for healing for their sick, guidance fortheir misguided, wealth for their poor, for forgiveness for all. Do you know howmuch Allāh will reward you when you say, ‘O Allāh forgive me and the Muslim menand women.’? He says, as it comes in the Hadith in the Mu’jam of al-Tabarani andothers, that the Prophet said, “Whoever says: O Allāh forgive me, my parents andthe Muslim men and women, the living amongst them and the deceased. For everyone of them he will get a reward.” How many rewards would he get? Therefore,just as you, by the permission of Allāh, benefit your brothers with thissupplication, the supplication of the Muslim for his brother in his absence isanswered, you also profit from rewards that have no limit. The bounties of Allahis expansive. “So know (O Muhammad) that none has the right to be worshipped butAllāh, and ask forgiveness for your sin, and also for (the sin of) believing menand believing women. And Allāh knows well your moving about, and your place ofrest (in your homes). (47:19)” This aspect is important in regards tosupplication. Also, in regards to being specific, an important supplication thatis a must not to be heedless about and to be diligent upon is the supplicationfor the leaders for guidance, success, to have concern for the good. Indeed, itis from the most beneficial and greatest in terms of its effect. To the pointwhere Fudhayl ibn ‘Iyād said, “If I had one supplication that would be answered,then I would make it for the leader.” Because the guidance and uprightness ofthe leader benefits the subjects. Due to this, from the most importantsupplications to be keen upon making on ‘Arafah and other than ‘Arafah, is thesupplication for the leaders for guidance and success. One of the Salaf said,”If you see a man supplicating for the leader, then know he is a man of Sunnah.If you see a man supplicating against the leader, then know he is a person ofinnovation.” Because this is from the Sunnah. And it prohibits the opposite,which is supplicating against them and cursing them. The Prophet said, “Don’tcurse your leaders.” So, the individual must be diligent upon this. Supplicatefor them for guidance, success, rectification and to have righteous advisors.And be specific in supplicating for the leaders of this land, to reward themwith good for their continuous tremendous efforts and actions, serving the Houseof Allah and its pilgrims and this is witnessed specifically andcomprehensively. “Whoever bestows upon you good, then recompense him. If youcan’t find anything to recompense him with, then supplicate for him.” This iswhat our Prophet taught us. So, the individual should be very diligent uponthis.

Noble brothers, from what we should be diligent upon while supplicating israising our hands. Usamah ibn Zayd said, “I was riding behind the Prophet on theafternoon of ‘Arafah. And he stretched out his hands and he continued stretchingout his hands until his camel bent down and the rope of the camel fell off. Oneof his hands remained raised and he reached for the rope with his other hand.”He remained with his hand raised! This shows us that the individual should be askeen as possible upon raising his hands and stretching them out, with hope fromAllah, keeping in mind the statement of the Prophet. “Indeed, Allāh is Shy andGenerous. He is shy of His slave who raises his hands to Him to return themempty, disappointed!” Also, be concerned with the tremendous etiquettes ofsupplication: facing the Qiblah, being in a state of purity and other than thatfrom the tremendous etiquettes that the people of knowledge have explained inregards to the etiquettes of supplication. Also, be keen on not wasting time!Indeed, time is precious! Some of the people, their souls tempt them on ‘Arafahin going here and going there and speaking with this one and that one. Some ofthem search for Jabal al-Rahmah and burden and tire themselves. Perhaps, some ofthem only do it in order to take a picture by it and go back. How much time hashe lost? How many fall into what we spoke about previously? However, if hestayed in his place, his soul is tranquil, and devoted to Allāh. What’simportant is that he is within the boundaries of ‘Arafah. As the Prophet said,”Hajj is ‘Arafah.” So, in any place inside it. It’s not a condition that he isby the mountain. Any place in ‘Arafah, he faces the Qiblah and stands. Hebeseeches Allah the Most High in supplication. And it begins from noon until thesetting of the sun. All of this is the time for supplication. So, he remainsuntil the setting of the sun devoted, supplicating, remembering, reciting theQur’ān, beseeching Allāh with supplication, striving to preserve his time andhoping to be from those who are set free from the Fire. I turn to Allāh and Iask Him by His Beautiful Names the One who doesn’t disappoint the one whosupplicates to Him nor rejects the one who calls upon Him. I ask Him that He isAllāh that there is nothing that is worthy of worship besides Him the One whoseMercy and Knowledge encompasses all things. He grants us all success in standingon ‘Arafah in the best manner. And to perform the Hajj in the best manner and togrant us success in completing our rituals in a manner that Allāh is pleasedwith and that He makes our Hajj sincerely for Allāh and in accordance to theSunnah of our Prophet. I ask Allah that He makes all of us from those that areset free from the Fire and that He forgives our sins, mistakes andtransgressions and to overlook them, and to have mercy upon us with His Mercythat encompasses everything. Allāh accept our repentence, wash our sins, makeour evidence firm, guide our hearts, make our tongues straight and remove theill feelings from our chests.

O Allah, we ask You to make us firm and determinedupon guidance. We ask You for that which is a cause for Your Mercy andForgiveness. We ask You to make us grateful for your bounties and make usworship You in the best manner. We ask You for a sound heart and a truthfultongue. We ask You from the good that You know and seek refuge in You from theevil that You know. We seek your forgiveness from that which You know. You arethe All-Knower of the unseen. O Allāh we ask You for all of the good in thislife and the Hereafter, that which we know from it and that which we don’t know.We seek refuge in You from all the evil in this life and the Hereafter, thatwhich we know from it and that which we don’t know. O Allāh, we ask You forParadise and actions and speech that will bring us closer to it. We seek refugein You from the Fire and the actions and speech that will bring us closer to it.O Allah, we ask You from the good that Your slave and Your messenger Muhammadasked You for. We seek refuge in You from the evil that Your slave and Yourmessenger Muhammad used to seek refuge in You from and that You make everythingthat You decree for us good. O Allāh make all of our final affairs good and saveus from the humiliation of the worldly life and the punishment of the Hereafter.O Allāh, we ask You for guidance and Taqwa, chastity and self-sufficiency. OAllāh, make us content with what You have provided us with, benefit us withwhat You have taught us. And increase us in knowledge and make what You havetaught us an evidence for us and not against us. O Allāh, rectify for us ourreligion which is the safeguard of our affairs. Rectify for us the affairs ofour worldly life wherein is our livelihood. And rectify for us our Hereafter towhich is our return. And make the life for us a source of abundance for everygood and make our death a source of comfort for us protecting us against everyevil. O Allāh, O Allāh drive away the grief of the those that are afflicted withgrief and comfort the distress of those that are afflicted with distress. Settlethe debts of those afflicted with debt, cure our sick and the sick Muslims, havemercy on our deceased and the deceased of the Muslims. O Allāh, forgive us, ourparents, our teachers, our leaders, the Muslim men and women, the believing menand women, the living amongst them and their deceased. O Allāh give our soulsits Taqwa, purify it. You are the best of those who purify it. You are itsProtector and its Guardian. O Allāh, apportion for us fear of you that willprotect us from acts of disobedience, and obedience to you that will make usreach Your Paradise, and certainty that will make the calamities of this worldlylife easier to bear. O Allah, let us enjoy our hearing, our sight, and our poweras long as you keep us alive and make heirs for us from our offspring and letretaliation be upon those who oppress us. Support us against those who arehostile to us and let no misfortune afflict our religion. Let not the world beour greatest concern or the limit of our knowledge, and let not those rule overus who are not merciful to us. O Allāh, You are free from imperfections, and forYou is praise. I testify that nothing is worthy of worship except You. I seekYour forgiveness and turn to You in repentance. May Allāh reward you.

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