Muzdalifah

Today, we are going to delve into the fascinating world of Muzdalifah. This topic has been the object of study, debate and reflection throughout history, impacting different aspects of society. Since its emergence, Muzdalifah has triggered a series of significant transformations in the _var2 realm, generating both admiration and controversy. Through this article, we will explore in depth the different aspects related to Muzdalifah, from its origin to its current impact, with the aim of providing a comprehensive and enriching vision of this topic that is so relevant today.

Muzdalifah
مُزْدَلِفَة
City
Muzdalifah is located in Saudi Arabia
Muzdalifah
Muzdalifah
Location of Mudalifah
Muzdalifah is located in Middle East
Muzdalifah
Muzdalifah
Muzdalifah (Middle East)
Muzdalifah is located in Asia
Muzdalifah
Muzdalifah
Muzdalifah (Asia)
Coordinates: 21°23′33″N 39°56′16″E / 21.39250°N 39.93778°E / 21.39250; 39.93778
Country Saudi Arabia
RegionMakkah
Government
 • Regional GovernorKhalid bin Faisal Al Saud
Time zoneUTC+3 (Arabia Standard Time)

Muzdalifah (Arabic: مُزْدَلِفَة) is an open and level area near Mecca in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia that is associated with the Ḥajj ("Pilgrimage").[1][2][3][4] It lies just southeast of Mina, on the route between Mina and Arafat.

In Pre-Islamic times the Hums being the Quraysh, Banu Kinanah, Banu Khuza'a and Banu 'Amir would camp at Muzdalifah and refuse to go to Mount Arafat with 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

The stay at Muzdalifah is preceded by a day at Mount Arafat, consisting of glorifying God, repeating the duʿāʾ (Supplication), repentance to God, and asking him for forgiveness. At Arafat, Ẓuhr and ʿAṣr prayers are performed in a combined and abbreviated form during the time of Zuhr. After sunset on the ninth day of the Islamic month of Dhūl-Ḥijjah, Muslim pilgrims travel to Muzdalifah, sometimes arriving at night because of over-crowding. After arriving at Muzdalifah, pilgrims pray the Maghrib and ʿIshāʾ prayers jointly, whereas the Isha prayer is shortened to 2 rakats. At Muzdalifah, pilgrims collect pebbles for the Stoning of the Devil (Arabic: رَمِي ٱلْجَمَرَات, romanized: Ramī al-Jamarāt, lit. 'Stoning of the Place of Pebbles').[6][7][8]

The Sacred Monument

The Sacred Grove
Al-Mashʿar Al-Ḥarām (ٱلْمَشْعَر ٱلْحَرَام)
The mosque in 2015
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusMosque
StatusActive
Location
LocationMuzdalifah, Makkah, Hejaz
CountrySaudi Arabia
Geographic coordinates21°23′10″N 39°54′44″E / 21.38611°N 39.91222°E / 21.38611; 39.91222
Architecture
TypeMosque architecture
StyleIslamic
Specifications
Direction of façadeQiblah
Minaret(s)2

The open-roofed mosque at Muzdalifah is known as "The Sacred Grove"[1][2][3][4] (Arabic: ٱلْمَشْعَر ٱلْحَرَام‎, romanized: Al-Mashʿar Al-Ḥarām).[9][irrelevant citation]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Long, 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. ISBN 0-8739-5382-7. 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)
  2. ^ a b Danarto (1989). A Javanese pilgrim in Mecca. Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash University. p. 27. ISBN 0-8674-6939-0. 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.
  3. ^ a b Jones, Lindsay (2005). Encyclopedia of religion. Vol. 10. Macmillan Reference USA. p. 7159. ISBN 0-0286-5743-8. 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
  4. ^ a b Ziauddin Sardar; M. A. Zaki Badawi (1978). Hajj Studies. Jeddah: Croom Helm for Hajj Research Centre; King Abdul Aziz University. p. 32. ISBN 0-8566-4681-4. 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
  5. ^ https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4520
  6. ^ Burton, Richard Francis (1857). Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah. p. 226. The word jamrah is applied to the place of stoning, as well as to the stones.
  7. ^ Abū Dā'ūd (1984). Sunan Abu Dawud: Chapters 519-1337. Sh. M. Ashraf. ISBN 978-9-6943-2097-7. 1204. Jamrah originally means a pebble. It is applied to the heap of stones or a pillar.
  8. ^ Hughes, Thomas Patrick (1995) . Dictionary of Islam. Asian Educational Services. p. 225. ISBN 978-81-206-0672-2. Literally "gravel, or small pebbles." The three pillars  placed against a rough wall of stones
  9. ^ Quran 2:129 (Translated by Yusuf Ali)