Muzdalifah
| Religion anaa worldview | Islam  |
|---|---|
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Mecca |
| Coordinate location | 21°23′33″N 39°56′16″E |
Muzdalifah (Arabic: مُزْدَلِفَة) be an open den level area near Mecca insyd de Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia wey be associated plus de Ḥajj ("Pilgrimage").[1][2][3][4] E dey lie just southeast of Mina, on de route between Mina den Arafat.
Insyd Pre-Islamic times na de Hums be de Quraysh, Banu Kinanah, Banu Khuza'a den Banu 'Amir go camp at Muzdalifah den refuse to go to Mount Arafat plus de oda Arabs.[5]
Plus de coming of Islam, na de Hums be reprimanded for dis behaviour wey dem tell dem to depart plus de oda Arabs insyd Quran 2:199.
Pilgrimage
[edit | edit source]De stay at Muzdalifah be preceded by a day at Mount Arafat, wey dey consist of glorifying God, repeating de duʿāʾ (Supplication), repentance to God, den dey biz am for forgiveness. At Arafat, dem dey perform Ẓuhr den ʿAṣr prayers insyd a combined den abbreviated form during de time of Zuhr. After sunset on de ninth day of de Islamic month of Dhūl-Ḥijjah, Muslim pilgrims travel to Muzdalifah, sam times dem dey arrive at night secof over-crowding. After arriving at Muzdalifah, pilgrims pray de Maghrib den ʿIshāʾ prayers jointly, wer as dem shorten de Isha prayer to 2 rakats. At Muzdalifah, pilgrims collect pebbles for de Stoning of the Devil (Arabic: رَمِي ٱلْجَمَرَات, romanized: Ramī al-Jamarāt, lit. 'Stoning of de Place of Pebbles').[6][7][8]
De Sacred Monument
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Dem know de open-roofed mosque at Muzdalifah as "The Sacred Grove"[1][2][3][4] (Arabic: ٱلْمَشْعَر ٱلْحَرَام, romanized: Al-Mašʿar Al-Ḥarām) insyd de Quran (2:198).
References
[edit | edit source]- 1 2 Long, David E. (1979). "2: The Rites of the Hajj". The Hajj Today: A Survey of the Contemporary Pilgrimage to Makkah. SUNY Press. pp. 11–24. ISBN 0-8739-5382-7.
With thousands of Hajjis, most of them in motor vehicles, rushing headlong for Muzdalifah [...] There is special grace for praying at the roofless mosque in Muzdalifah called al-Mash'ar al-Haram (the Sacred Grove)
- 1 2 Danarto (1989). A Javanese pilgrim in Mecca. Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash University. p. 27. ISBN 0-8674-6939-0.
It was still dark when we arrived at Muzdalifah, four miles away. The Koran instructs us to spend the night at al-Mash'ar al-Haram. the Sacred Grove at Muzdalifah, as one of the conditions for the hajj.
- 1 2 Jones, Lindsay (2005). Encyclopedia of religion. Vol. 10. Macmillan Reference USA. p. 7159. ISBN 0-0286-5743-8.
The Qur'an admonishes: "When you hurry from Arafat, remember God at the Sacred Grove (al-mash' ar al-haram)," that is, at Muzdalifah (2:198). Today a mosque marks the place in Muzdalifah where pilgrims gather to perform the special saldt
- 1 2 Ziauddin Sardar; M. A. Zaki Badawi (1978). Hajj Studies. Jeddah: Croom Helm for Hajj Research Centre; King Abdul Aziz University. p. 32. ISBN 0-8566-4681-4.
Muzdalifah is an open plain sheltered by parched hills with sparse growth of thorn bushes. The pilgrims spend a night under the open sky of the roofless Mosque, the Sacred Grove, Al Mush'ar al-Haram. On the morning of the tenth, all depart[.]
- ↑ "Sahih al-Bukhari 4520 - Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh)) - كتاب التفسير - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)". sunnah.com. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
- ↑ Burton, Richard Francis (1857). Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah. p. 226.
The word jamrah is applied to the place of stoning, as well as to the stones.
- ↑ Abū Dā'ūd (1984). Sunan Abu Dawud: Chapters 519-1337. Sh. M. Ashraf. ISBN 978-9-6943-2097-7.
1204. Jamrah originally means a pebble. It is applied to the heap of stones or a pillar.
- ↑ Hughes, Thomas Patrick (1995) [1885]. Dictionary of Islam. Asian Educational Services. p. 225. ISBN 978-81-206-0672-2.
Literally "gravel, or small pebbles." The three pillars [...] placed against a rough wall of stones [...]
