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How many pilgrims usually gather at Arafah?
Around 3 million Muslims get together
at Arafah.
Which purpose do they gather for at Arafah?
They gather at Arafah for worshiping Allah.
What does this gathering remind
the pilgrims of?
This gathering at Arafah reminds the
pilgrims of judgment day.
Where do the pilgrims travel at sunset
on the Arafah day?
The pilgrims move to Mozdalifa at the end
of Arafah day.
Where is Muzdalifa located?
Muzdalifa is located midway between
Arafah and Mina.
Where do the pilgrims spend the
night after the Arafah day?
The pilgrims spend the night at
Muzdalifah.
What are the prayers which the pilgrims
pray together?
The pilgrims pray the Maghrib and Isha
prayers together.
How many rak’ahs do they shorten
the Isha prayer into?
The pilgrims shorten al-Isha prayer
into two rak’ahs.
Where do the pilgrims offer the
Fajr prayer?
The pilgrims offer the Fajr prayer at
Muzdalifah too.
What do the pilgrims collect at
Muzdalifah?
The pilgrims collect pebbles at Muzdali-
fah.
Why do the pilgrims collect peb-
bles at Muzdalifah?
The pilgrims collect pebbles to get
ready for the next day.
Why do the pilgrims move to
Mina the following day?
The pilgrims reach Mina to do
stonage to the Jamarat.
What are al-Jamarat and what do
they represent?
The Jamarat are stone posts representing
Lucifer.
How many pillar stones are there
in Mina?
There are three pillars of
stone at Mina.
How far is each Jamarat (post)
from the other?
Each Jamarat is a few hundred feet from one
another.
What do the Jamarat remind the
pilgrims of?
The Jamarat reminds the pilgrims of Ibra-
him and Satan.
How did Satan try to tempt Ibrahim?
The devil hopelessly tried to tempt
Ibraheem to disobey Allah.
Why did the devil try to tempt
Ibraheem?
Satan tried to stop Ibrahim from perform-
ing Allah’s sacrifice.
What do the pilgrims pelt the Aqabah
with?
The pilgrims stone (the Aqabah) with
seven pebbles.
What does this act of stoning (the Aqabah)
show?
This act of stoning shows that all
Muslims should reject Satan.
This act of stoning shows that all
Muslims should reject Satan.
This act of stoning shows that all
Muslims should reject satan
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