Ahsan Hanif – Youm Ul Arafah – A Day of Forgiveness and Mercy

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The day of Arafah is important for all

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of us. The day of Arafah, Allah takes

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an oath by it in the Quran. In

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Surat al Buruj, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says,

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the day there is a witness and the

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one that is witnessed. The day there is

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a witness is the day of Friday, and

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the day that is witness is the day

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of Arafah, and Allah takes an oath by

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this day in Surat Al Fajam. Allah takes

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an oath by the dawn, and by the

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10 nights, and by the even and by

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the odd. What of the position that the

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even and the odd refer to these 2

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days, the day of Arafah and the day

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of Eid al Adha. Those are the days

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that Allah has taken an oath by. To

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understand that the reason why Allah created

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us was to worship him along subhanahu wa

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ta'ala.

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And that is why it's in the hadith

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and al Bukhary and Muslim when the Jewish

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man came to Amr ibn Khattab,

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and he said to him, oh, leader of

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the Muslims, there is a verse in your

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Quran were it to be revealed to us,

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the Jewish community, we would have taken the

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day as the day of Eid, the day

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of celebration, the day of worship. He said,

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what is that verse? He said the statement

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of Allah azza wa jal, day I have

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completed your religion for you, perfected my favor

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upon you, and chosen for you as your

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way of life, Islam.

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Umar radiAllahu an replied, by Allah I know

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when and where that verse was revealed. It

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was revealed during the farewell Hajj of the

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prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam on the day of

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Arafa.