Muzdalifah

21°23′33″N 39°56′16″E  /  21.39250°N 39.93778°E  / 21.39250; 39.93778 Muzdalifah ( ) is an open, level area near Mecca in Saudi Arabia associated with the Hajj . It lies just southeast of Mina on the route between Mina and Arafat . Each year on the 9th day of the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah , after an afternoon of prayer at Arafat (this occurred most recently at the end of November 2009), Muslim pilgrims visit Muzdalifah in the evening. Because of over-crowding, the pilgrims sometimes do not arrive there until late at night. At Muzdalifah they collect pebbles (the number 70 is chosen because there are 3 pillars that represent the devil and you throw 7 at the large one on day one, and 7 at all three on the next two days) which will be thrown in the Stoning of the Devil ritual in Mina during the next three or four days. The pilgrims spend the night at Muzdalifah, often sleeping in the open air, before leaving for Mina the next morning. It is also where Prophet Ibrahim and his son Isma'il threw stones at the evil spirit. Muzdalifah is preceded by a day at Arafat, glorifying Allah, repeating the supplication, repenting to Allah and asking him for forgiveness. In Arafat one must pray the Zuhr and Asr Prayers shortened and combined during the time of Zuhr. After sunset on the 9th day of the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah , pilgrims travel to Muzdalifah. This represents Hajj - one of the Five Pillars of Islam.

Mosque and pebble-collection zone at Muzdalifah. Muzdalifah ( ) is an open, level area near Mecca in Saudi Arabia associated with the Hajj . It lies just southeast of Mina on the route between Mina and Arafat .

City in Makkah, Saudi Arabia Muzdalifah ( ) is an open, level area near Mecca in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia that is associated with the Ḥajj (" Pilgrimage "). It lies just southeast of Mina , on the route between Mina and Arafat . With thousands of Hajjis, most of them in motor vehicles, rushing headlong for Muzdalifah, the potential is t ... There is special grace for praying at the roofless mosque in Muzdalifah called al-Mash'ar al-Haram (the Sacred Grove) ... It was still dark when we arrived at Muzdalifah, four miles away. The Koran instructs us to spend the night at al-Mash'ar al-Haram. the Sacred Grove at Muzdalifah, as one of the conditions for the hajj . We scrambled out of the bus and looked ... The Qur'an admonishes: "When you hurry from Arafat, remember God at the Sacred Grove (al-mash' ar al-haram)," that is, at Muzdalifah (2:198). Today a mosque marks the place in Muzdalifah where pilgrims gather to perform the special saldt ... Muzdalifah is an open plain sheltered by parched hills with sparse growth of thorn bushes. The pilgrims spend a night under the open sky of the roofless Mosque, the Sacred Grove, Al Mush'ar al-Haram. On the morning of the tenth, all depart ... : |work= ignored ( help )

City in Mecca, Saudi Arabia City in Makkah, Saudi Arabia Muzdalifah ( ) is an open and level area near Mecca in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia that is associated with the Ḥajj (" Pilgrimage "). It lies just southeast of Mina , on the route between Mina and Arafat . With thousands of Hajjis, most of them in motor vehicles, rushing headlong for Muzdalifah [...] There is special grace for praying at the roofless mosque in Muzdalifah called al-Mash'ar al-Haram (the Sacred Grove) Danarto (1989). It was still dark when we arrived at Muzdalifah, four miles away. The Koran instructs us to spend the night at al-Mash'ar al-Haram. the Sacred Grove at Muzdalifah, as one of the conditions for the hajj. The Qur'an admonishes: "When you hurry from Arafat, remember God at the Sacred Grove (al-mash' ar al-haram)," that is, at Muzdalifah (2:198). Today a mosque marks the place in Muzdalifah where pilgrims gather to perform the special saldt Ziauddin Sardar ; M. Muzdalifah is an open plain sheltered by parched hills with sparse growth of thorn bushes. The pilgrims spend a night under the open sky of the roofless Mosque, the Sacred Grove, Al Mush'ar al-Haram. On the morning of the tenth, all depart[.] : |work= ignored ( help )