Waqf al-Arafa (Day of Arafah – Hajj)

9 Dhu al-Hijjah 1447 | ٩ ذو الحجة ١٤٤٧

This is the pinnacle of Hajj and the single best day of the year in the sight of Allah. It is the day the religion was perfected and the favor completed upon us. For the millions of pilgrims standing on the plains of Arafat, it is a dress rehearsal for the Day of Judgment—dusty, disheveled, and stripped of all worldly status, begging for mercy. For those of us not on Hajj, fasting this day is a tremendous sunnah that expiates the sins of the previous year and the coming year. It is the day of Dua; the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “The best supplication is the supplication on the Day of Arafah.“