Ahsan Hanif – Why People Go to Arafah

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They go there to make dua. They go

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there to seek Allah's forgiveness. They go there

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to make tawba. They go there to realize

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the many, many sins that they've committed over

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the course of their life, and how they

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need to try to do better. And the

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first step of doing better is to turn

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to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. To repent to

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Allah,

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to acknowledge his tawheed subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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And that is why in the hadith in

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Sahih Muslim,

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the prophet said, salallahu alaihi wasallam speaking about

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the virtues of this day for the people

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who make Hajj on the day of Arafa

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in Arafa. There is not a day upon

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the face of this earth in which Allah

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azzawajal

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frees more people, he emancimates more people from

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the fire of * in the day of

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Arafah. And Allah azzawajal descend on this day

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in a manner which befits his majesty,

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and he boasts to the angels. What do

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these people want from me? Meaning the people

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making Hajj on the day of Arafah.

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Because those people, if they're sincere,

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if they have Ikhlas, if they know the

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reason why they've made Hajj, they've only come

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for one reason, and that is to turn

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to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and to seek

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his blessing,