Ahsan Hanif – Significance Of Arafah For Those Who Arent Performing Hajj

			Allah subhanahu ta'ala also honored it for me
		

			and you. For those of us that weren't
		

			blessed enough, weren't honored enough, weren't chosen to
		

			go and perform Hajj this year. For us,
		

			it is also a blessed day, not least
		

			because of the reminder that it should serve.
		

			To think about where what the purpose is
		

			of our creation, where we're going in life,
		

			how short and how finite our life may
		

			be, how today we're living and enjoying the
		

			blessings of Allah, and today we may be
		

			in our graves. And that is why the
		

			prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam used those few hours
		

			of the day of Arafa and Arafa in
		

			dua and in the Dhikr of Allah Subhanahu
		

			Wa Ta'ala.
		

			But there are a number of actions that
		

			we can also perform as people who are
		

			not performing Hajj. Actions that are extremely important
		

			and rewarding for us. The first of them
		

			is to fast on this day. The prophet
		

			said
		

			in the hadith in Sahih Muslim Abu Bakrada,
		

			when
		

			he was asked on the day about the
		

			fasting of the day of Arafa, He said,
		

			I hope that Allah
		

			by fasting this one day will expect the
		

			sins of the following year and the previous
		

			year. 2 years of sins for fasting a
		

			single day.
		

			And that is because of the virtue of
		

			this day, the importance and significance
		

			of the day of Arafa. To fast on
		

			this day is something which is extremely rewarding.
		

			But if you were able to fast, wasn't
		

			something that you were able to do, you
		

			had an excuse, you're unable to fast from
		

			the most virtuous acts on this day, is
		

			to turn to Allah
		

			in making dua and the dhikr of Allah
		

			subhanahu wa ta'ala.