{"id":40,"date":"2015-12-22T11:10:12","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T08:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/22\/excellence-of-the-day-of-arafah\/"},"modified":"2015-12-22T11:10:12","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T08:10:12","slug":"excellence-of-the-day-of-arafah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/excellence-of-the-day-of-arafah\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellence of the Day of `Arafah"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sheikh Sayyed Sabiq<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah are the best days in the sight of Allah.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Jabir ibn `Abd Allah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, \u201cThe ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah<\/a> are the best days in the sight of Allah.\u201d A man asked, \u201cAre these days better than an equivalent number of days that are spent fighting for the cause of Allah?\u201d The Prophet answered, \u201cThey are better than an equivalent number of days spent fighting in the cause of Allah.<\/p>\n

“And there is no day better in the sight of Allah than the Day of `Arafah. On this day Allah (Exalted be He) descends to the nearest heaven, and He is proud of His slaves on the earth and says to those in\u00a0heaven, \u2018Look at My servants. They have come from far and near, with hair disheveled and faces covered with dust, to seek My mercy, even though they have not seen My chastisement. Far more people are freed from the Hellfire on the Day of `Arafah than on any other day. \u2019\u201d (Ibn Hibban)<\/p>\n

Ibn Al-Mubarak reported from Sufyan Ath-Thawri, from Az-Zubayr ibn `Ali, from Anas ibn Malik that he said: The Prophet spent the day at `Arafah until almost sunset. Then he said, \u201cO Bilal, ask the people to be quiet and listen to me.\u201d Bilal stood up and asked the people to be quiet and listen to the Prophet. When the people were quiet, the Prophet said, \u201cO people, a little while ago Gabriel (peace be upon him) came to me. Gave me salutations from Allah and informed me that Allah has forgiven those who spend the Day at `Arafah and those who stop at Al-Mash`ar Al-Haram, and that He has guaranteed their debts.\u201d<\/p>\n

At this `Umar ibn Al-Khattab stood up and asked, \u201cO Allah\u2019s Messenger, is this for us only?\u201d The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, \u201cThis is for you and for all those who will come after you until the Day of Judgment.\u201d `Umar exclaimed, \u201cHow plentiful and blissful Allah\u2019s bounties are!\u201d<\/p>\n

Muslim and others have reported from `A\u2019ishah that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, \u201cAllah frees far more people from Hellfire on the Day of `Arafah than on any other day, and Allah comes closer this day and proudly says to the angels, \u2018What do these people want and seek?\u2019\u201dAbu Ad-Darda reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, \u201cOn no other day does the Satan feel so belittled, humiliated, and angry as he does on the Day of `Arafah.\u201d<\/p>\n

The reason for this is the mercy of Allah that descends (this day) and the forgiveness that He grants to people for major sins, except the day of the Battle of Badr, which witnessed a far greater mercy of Allah descending upon people, which caused great sadness to Satan.<\/p>\n

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked, \u201cO Prophet of Allah, what did Satan see on the day of the Battle of Badr?\u201d \u201cHe saw Gabriel leading the troops of angels,\u201d he replied. (Malik and Al-Hakim)<\/p>\n

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Extracted from the author’s book: Fiqh al-Sunnah. Here taken from Onislam.net.<\/em><\/p>\n

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