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.