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The
ruling regarding visiting Jabal 'Arafah either before Hajj
or afterwards
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Question: Some pilgrims visit Jabal 'Arafah
before performing the Hajj or afterwards and pray upon it
(at the peak). What is the ruling regarding visiting Jabal
'Arafah
and what is the ruling regarding praying upon it?
Response:
Its ruling is as is known from the Sharee'ah
ruling and that is that anyone who worships Allaah in a manner
that has not been legislated, then he is an innovator. So
it is known from this that he who has intended to pray on
Jabal 'Arafah
or at the bottom or just touch it or similar to this, which
some people do, is an innovation which is disliked and frowned
upon. It is said to him: There is nothing special about this
mount except that it is a Sunnah for a person to stand at
the rocks on the Day of 'Arafah
(9th of Dhul-Hijjah),
just as the Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) stood at it. The Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) stood near the rocks and said:
((I
have stood here, however, all of 'Arafah is a standing place)),
[Saheeh Muslim].
So
based upon this, it is also not befitting for a person to
cause difficulty for himself on the Day of 'Arafah
by going to the mount and possibly causing difficulty for
his people. Thus, getting tired from the heat and thirst ,
by doing so, is sinning because he has caused difficulty in
a matter which Allaah has not made obligatory for him.
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Daleel al-Akhtaa.a yaqa'a feehaa al-Haaj wal-Mu'tamir wat-tahdtheer
minhaa - Page 69
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