MOUNT `ARAFAT – A sea of nearly three million white-clad pilgrims flocked on Thursday, November 26, to Mount `Arafat, east of the holy city of Makkah, at the climax of hajj.
"We are now going to pray to beg for God's forgiveness and mercy, for the good of our children and of all Muslims," Nasser Abu Ahmed, an Egyptian pilgrim, told Reuters.
“Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik (Here I am answering Your call, O God)" chanted the faithful as they started moving at the dawn to `Arafat, where Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered his last sermon 14 centuries ago.
Their ascending comes after spending a day of meditation and introspection in the tent city of Mina, marking the start of hajj.
The pilgrims will spend the whole day on `Arafat supplicating to Allah to forgive their sins and praying for Muslim unity and world peace.
Nigerian businessman Mustafa Abu Bakr said Muslims from different parts of the world and of differents walks of life renew their allegiance to God in Arafat.
"We will pray for world peace," he said.
Standing on Mount `Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma (Mountain of Mercy), is the climax of hajj.
Pilgrims who fail to make it on time must repeat their hajj in future.
Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and is an obligation for all able-bodied, financially capable Muslims at least once in a lifetime.
Muslims who perform hajj properly return to their homes having all their sins washed away as promised by Prophet Muhammad.
Source: IslamOnline
"We are now going to pray to beg for God's forgiveness and mercy, for the good of our children and of all Muslims," Nasser Abu Ahmed, an Egyptian pilgrim, told Reuters.
“Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik (Here I am answering Your call, O God)" chanted the faithful as they started moving at the dawn to `Arafat, where Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered his last sermon 14 centuries ago.
Their ascending comes after spending a day of meditation and introspection in the tent city of Mina, marking the start of hajj.
The pilgrims will spend the whole day on `Arafat supplicating to Allah to forgive their sins and praying for Muslim unity and world peace.
Nigerian businessman Mustafa Abu Bakr said Muslims from different parts of the world and of differents walks of life renew their allegiance to God in Arafat.
"We will pray for world peace," he said.
Standing on Mount `Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma (Mountain of Mercy), is the climax of hajj.
Pilgrims who fail to make it on time must repeat their hajj in future.
Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and is an obligation for all able-bodied, financially capable Muslims at least once in a lifetime.
Muslims who perform hajj properly return to their homes having all their sins washed away as promised by Prophet Muhammad.
Source: IslamOnline
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