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Living Shari'ah
> Hajj & 'Umrah
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Name of Questioner
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Sayed
- Albania |
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Is Climbing Mount `Arafah a Requirement of Hajj?
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Date
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10/Nov/2009
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Question
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Scholars of Islam, as-salamu `alaykum.
What if I get very sick on the day of `Arafah and can't climb the hill?
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IOL Shari`ah Researchers |
| Topic | Staying at Mina & Standing at Mount `Arafah |
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Wa `alaykum as-salamu wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
Dear brother in Islam, thanks a lot for your question, which reflects your concern to perform the rituals of Hajj correctly. Allah commands Muslims to refer to people of knowledge to get become well acquainted with the teachings of Islam in all aspects of life.
As for your question, it is not a requirement to climb Mount `Arafah. Standing at any place of `Arafah is sufficient and you are not required to climb the Mountain of Ar-Rahmah (Mercy).
Elaborating more on this, we cite what Sheikh Sayyed Sabiq states in his well-known book Fiqh As-Sunnah:
A pilgrim may spend the Day of `Arafah anywhere within the bounds of `Arafah, for all of it is equally good for encamping (on this particular day) except the bottom of the valley called `Urnah to the west of `Arafah. There is a consensus that spending the Day of `Arafah at `Urnah is not sufficient to fulfill the condition of staying at `Arafah. Spending time near the rocks or as close to them as possible is commended. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped at this place and said, "I have stopped here, but the whole of `Arafah is a stopping place (for the Day of `Arafah)." (Ahmad, Muslim, and Abu Dawud)
Climbing the Mountain of Ar-Rahmah or the belief that standing on it is better than standing in any other place is wrong. Nor does doing so represent a Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
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