Mount Of Mercy The Arafat

Mount Arafah is a granite hill east of Mecca in the plain of Arafat. Arafat is a plain about 20 km Southeast of Mecca Mount Arafat reaches about 70 m in height and also known as the Mount of Mercy (Jabal ar-Rahmah). According to Islamic tradition, the hill is the place where the Islamic prophet Muhammad (PBUH) stood and delivered the farewell sermon to the Muslims who had accompanied him for the Hajj Package towards the end of his life. On the 9th of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah pilgrims go to Arafat from Mina, for the most important part of the Hajj. Here the Khutba of Hajj is narrated and Zuhr Prayer and Asr Prayer are prayed together. The pilgrims spend the whole day on 'Arafah supplicating to Allah to forgive their sins and praying for personal strength in the future. In the era of 2000 BC Allah Almighty created the well to provide Hajira, the wife of prophet Ibrahim and her baby prophet Ismail with water in the hot, dry valley. In her desperate search for water, hajira ran seven times back and forth in the scorching heat between the two hills of Safa and Marwa to provide for her baby who was dying of thirst. The Zamzam well is located approximately 20 m (66 ft) of the east Kaaba.

As Cheap Hajj Packages nears its climax, two million Muslims gathered at the peak of the Mountain of Mercy, Mount Arafat, for a day of prayer. It is at Mount Arafat that Muslims believe Prophet Mohammed gave his final sermon before leading his followers onto Hajj several centuries ago.

While some arrived on foot from Makkah, 15 kilometers away, others reached Mount Arafat by bus. The pilgrims camped around Mount Arafat with umbrellas to shield themselves from the heat, while volunteers handed out water bottles and food boxes.

Many people even perform one time a year Hajj for its privileges and importance though Hajj is only obligatory to those who are capable of affording it financially and physically. We have Cheap Hajj Packages coming straight from the most respective Airline and are dedicated to provide the best services possible here.