Millions of pilgrims are in Arafat! There has been a crowd.

05.06.2025 18:13

In the Arafat region of Mecca, pilgrims ascended to Arafat and prayed at Jebel al-Rahma. The pilgrims preparing for the Hajj will leave Arafat in the evening.

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Due to the visit of the pilgrims, there is a crowd at Jebel al-Rahmah (Mountain of Mercy) in Arafat, where Prophet Adam and Prophet Eve met on earth and the first repentance was accepted.

Millions of Muslims are in Mecca to fulfill their pilgrimage duty. The pilgrims, who arrived in the Arafat region, about 25 kilometers from Mecca, since last night and spent the night reading the Quran and praying, also performed the morning prayer here.

WAQF PRAYER FROM ALI ERBAŞ

After the prayer, the guidance program of the Presidency of Religious Affairs began in the group of Turkish pilgrims. The pilgrims followed the guidance program with the help of the sound system set up in their tents.

Meanwhile, after the noon and afternoon prayers were combined (Jem-i Taqdim), the President of Religious Affairs, Ali Erbaş, made the Waqf prayer.

CROWD AT ARAFAT

Some pilgrims in the Arafat region went up to Jebel al-Rahmah to pray. In the area where the temperature exceeded 45 degrees, there was a crowd around Jebel al-Rahmah.

THEY WILL COLLECT STONES IN MUZDALIFAH

In the evening, the pilgrims will leave Arafat and then proceed to Muzdalifah. Here, the pilgrims will combine the evening and night prayers at nightfall, performing "Jem-i Taqhir," and will perform the Muzdalifah Waqf. The pilgrims will collect the stones to be thrown at the devil in Muzdalifah and then head to the "Jamarat" area in Mina.

On the first day of Eid al-Adha, the pilgrims will throw 7 stones at the "Great Devil." After throwing stones at the devil, sacrificing, and shaving, the pilgrims will exit the state of ihram and perform the obligatory Tawaf of visitation and the Sa'y of Hajj at the first opportunity. Thus, they will have completed the pilgrimage obligation.

On the second and third days of the holiday, the pilgrims will again throw 7 stones at the "small, medium, and large" devils in the same area.

Pilgrims who have not gone before will go to Medina to continue their worship and visits here. Those leaving Mecca will bid farewell to the Kaaba and the city with their farewell Tawaf.