Muzdalifah Explained
| Muzdalifah |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Native Name: | Arabic: مُزْدَلِفَة |
| Pushpin Map: | Saudi Arabia#Middle East#Asia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Mudalifah |
| Coordinates: | 21.3925°N 39.9378°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Makkah |
| Leader Title: | Regional Governor |
| Leader Name: | Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud |
| Timezone: | Arabia Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Muzdalifah (Arabic: مُزْدَلِفَة) is an open and level area near Mecca in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia that is associated with the ("Pilgrimage").[1] [2] [3] [4] It lies just southeast of Mina, on the route between Mina and Arafat.
Pilgrimage
The stay at Muzdalifah is preceded by a day at Mount Arafat, consisting of glorifying God, repeating the (Supplication), repentance to God, and asking him for forgiveness. At Arafat, and prayers are performed in a combined and abbreviated form during the time of . After sunset on the ninth day of the Islamic month of, Muslim pilgrims travel to Muzdalifah, sometimes arriving at night because of over-crowding. After arriving at Muzdalifah, pilgrims pray the and prayers jointly, whereas the Isha prayer is shortened to 2 s. At Muzdalifah, pilgrims collect pebbles for the Stoning of the Devil (Arabic: رَمِي ٱلْجَمَرَات|Ramī al-Jamarāt|lit=Stoning of the Place of Pebbles).[5] [6] [7]
The Sacred Monument
| Building Name: | The Sacred Grove |
| Native Name: | (Arabic: ٱلْمَشْعَر ٱلْحَرَام) |
| Map Type: | Saudi Arabia#Middle East#West Asia |
| Map Size: | 250 |
| Map Relief: | 1 |
| Location: | Muzdalifah |
| Coordinates: | 21.3861°N 39.9122°W |
| Religious Affiliation: | Islam |
| Deity: | Allah (God) |
| Rite: | Hajj |
| Region: | Hejaz |
| Province: | Makkah |
| Functional Status: | Active |
| Administration: | Saudi government |
| Architecture Type: | Mosque |
| Architecture Style: | Islamic |
| Facade Direction: | Qiblah |
| Specifications: | Yes |
| Minaret Quantity: | 2 |
The open-roofed mosque at Muzdalifah is known as ""[1] [2] [3] [4] (Arabic: {{Script|Arab|ٱلْمَشْعَر ٱلْحَرَام).[8]
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Notes and References
- Book: Long, David E. . The Hajj Today: A Survey of the Contemporary Pilgrimage to Makkah . 2: The Rites of the Hajj . 11–24 . 1979 . SUNY Press . 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) . 0-8739-5382-7.
- Book: Danarto . A Javanese pilgrim in Mecca . 1989 . 27 . 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. . 0-8674-6939-0.
- Encyclopedia: Jones . Lindsay . Encyclopedia of religion . . 7159 . 10 . 2005 . 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 . 0-0286-5743-8.
- Book: Ziauddin Sardar . Ziauddin Sardar . . Hajj Studies . . . 32 . 1978 . 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[.] . 0-8566-4681-4.
- Book: Burton, Richard Francis. Richard Francis Burton . Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah . 1857 . 226 . The word jamrah is applied to the place of stoning, as well as to the stones..
- Book: Abū Dā'ūd . Sunan Abu Dawud: Chapters 519-1337 . 1984 . Sh. M. Ashraf . 978-9-6943-2097-7 . 1204. Jamrah originally means a pebble. It is applied to the heap of stones or a pillar..
- Book: Hughes, Thomas Patrick . Thomas Patrick Hughes . Dictionary of Islam . 225 . Literally "gravel, or small pebbles." The three pillars[...] placed against a rough wall of stones [...] . 1995 . Asian Educational Services . 1885 . 978-81-206-0672-2.
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