Arafat Day, also known as the Day of Arafah, falls on the 9th day of the Islamic month of Dhul Hijjah. Eid al Adha directly follows. Here's our guide.

4. Fasting: For those not performing Hajj, fasting on Arafat Day is highly recommended. It is believed that fasting on this day expiates the sins of the past year and the coming year. 5. Eid al ...

The pilgrims performed the main ritual of Hajj "Waqoof-e-Arafat" today, where they listened the sermon delivered at Nimra Mosque and offered Zohr and Asr prayers together. The pilgrims spent time in ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia, Nov 5 (AFP) - More than 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims began the rites of the annual hajj pilgrimage, leaving the holy city of Mecca for Mount Arafat, where the prophet Mohammed is ...

Cases must be supported by submission of proof of the accuracy of the information A pilgrim prays atop Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat ... during the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage on June 27, 2023.

Eid Al Adha 2025 is coming up very soon. This year the public holiday will arrive in June and we can predict how much time we ...

with the niece of one of the deceased telling CNN Arabic that her aunt had died on Mount Arafat and was buried in Saudi Arabia. More than 1.8 million people are taking part in Hajj this year ...

One of the five pillars of Islam is that each believer is called, at least once in their lives, to make the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage that starts and ends in the holy city of Mecca located in ...

Around three million pilgrims from across the globe are converging at Mount Arafat, the Jabal ar-Rahmah on the second day of the pilgrimage to perform the major Hajj ritual. Radio Pakistan’s ...

The nickname Yasir or Yasser means “easy-going” in Arabic. Arafat acquired it as a teenager. Arafat’s alias, Abu Ammar, was adopted in the mid 1960s. 1950s – After graduating from college ...