Muzdalifah
Muzdalifah
مُزْدَلِفَة | |
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Coordinates:21°23′33″N39°56′16″E/ 21.39250°N 39.93778°E | |
Country | Saudi Arabia |
Region | Makkah |
Government | |
• Regional Governor | Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud |
Time zone | UTC+3(Arabia Standard Time) |
Muzdalifah(Arabic:مُزْدَلِفَة) is an open and level area nearMeccain theHejaziregion ofSaudi Arabiathat is associated with theḤajj( "Pilgrimage").[1][2][3][4]It lies just southeast ofMina,on the route between Mina andArafat.
In Pre-Islamic times the Hums being theQuraysh,Banu Kinanah,Banu Khuza'aandBanu 'Amirwould camp at Muzdalifah and refuse to go toMount Arafatwith the other Arabs.[5]
With the coming of Islam, the Hums were reprimanded for this behaviour and told to depart with the other Arabs in Quran 2:199.
Pilgrimage
[edit]The stay at Muzdalifah is preceded by a day atMount Arafat,consisting of glorifyingGod,repeating theduʿāʾ(Supplication), repentance to God, and asking him for forgiveness. At Arafat,ẒuhrandʿAṣrprayersare performed in a combined and abbreviated form during the time ofZuhr.After sunset on the ninth day of theIslamic monthofDhūl-Ḥijjah,Muslimpilgrims travel to Muzdalifah, sometimes arriving at night because of over-crowding. After arriving at Muzdalifah, pilgrims pray theMaghribandʿIshāʾprayers jointly, whereas the Isha prayer is shortened to 2rakats. At Muzdalifah, pilgrims collect pebbles for theStoning of the Devil(Arabic:رَمِي ٱلْجَمَرَات,romanized:Ramī al-Jamarāt,lit. 'Stoning of the Place of Pebbles').[6][7][8]
The Sacred Monument
[edit]The Sacred Grove | |
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Al-Mashʿar Al-Ḥarām(ٱلْمَشْعَر ٱلْحَرَام) | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Province | Makkah |
Region | Hejaz |
Deity | Allah(God) |
Rite | Hajj |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Muzdalifah |
Country | Saudi Arabia |
Administration | Saudi government |
Geographic coordinates | 21°23′10″N39°54′44″E/ 21.38611°N 39.91222°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
Style | Islamic |
Specifications | |
Direction of façade | Qiblah |
Minaret(s) | 2 |
The open-roofedmosqueat Muzdalifah is known as "The Sacred Grove "[1][2][3][4](Arabic:ٱلْمَشْعَر ٱلْحَرَام,romanized:Al-Mashʿar Al-Ḥarām).[9]
See also
[edit]- Holiest sites in Islam
- Haram (site)
- List of mosques that are mentioned by name in the Quran
- Sarat Mountains
References
[edit]- ^abLong, 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.ISBN0-8739-5382-7.
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)
- ^abDanarto (1989).A Javanese pilgrim in Mecca.p. 27.ISBN0-8674-6939-0.
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.
- ^abJones, Lindsay (2005).Encyclopedia of religion.Vol. 10.Macmillan Reference USA.p. 7159.ISBN0-0286-5743-8.
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
- ^abZiauddin Sardar;M. A.Zaki Badawi(1978).Hajj Studies.Jeddah:Croom Helmfor Hajj Research Centre;King Abdul Aziz University.p. 32.ISBN0-8566-4681-4.
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[.]
- ^https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4520
- ^Burton, Richard Francis(1857).Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah.p. 226.
The wordjamrahis 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.ISBN978-9-6943-2097-7.
1204.Jamrahoriginally 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.ISBN978-81-206-0672-2.
Literally "gravel, or small pebbles." The three pillars[...] placed against a rough wall of stones [...]
- ^Quran2:129(TranslatedbyYusuf Ali)