Today, Tuesday, convoys of pilgrims to the Sacred House of God began heading to the pure level of Arafat, filled with an atmosphere of faith immersed in reverence and serenity, surrounded by divine providence, supplicating, to perform the pillar of the greatest pilgrimage, calling on God Almighty to grant them pardon, forgiveness, mercy, and liberation from Hell.
In a majestic scene, Raj gathered the mercy of his Lord and sought his pleasure on this blessed day, the pilgrim stands on the pure level of Arafat, and all of Arafah is a stand except for Wadi Arna.
Arafat or Arafat is one name according to most scholars, because Mash’ar is the only one of the Hajj rituals that is located outside the Haram. Arafat is surrounded by an arc of mountains and its string is Wadi Arnah. It is located on the road between Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Taif, east of Makkah, about 15 km, 10 km from Mina and 6 km from Muzdalifah, with an area of 10.4 square kilometers. The convoys of the guests of Rahman were accompanied to the holy shrine of Arafat by direct security follow-up carried out by the personnel of the various security sectors that surrounded the vehicle roads and pedestrian paths to organize them according to the plans of escalation and grouping of the pilgrims as well as guiding them and ensuring the necessary safety for them.
The various government sectors operating in the service of pilgrims in various parts of the Mash’ar have also provided medical, emergency and catering services and what is needed by the guests of Rahman who crossed distances and endured hardship from all parts of the globe to perform the fifth pillar of Islam, praising the Almighty for what He guided them to.
Today, the pilgrims of the Sacred House of God perform the noon and afternoon prayers, combined and shortened, with one call to prayer and two iqaamahs in the Namera Mosque, following the Sunnah of the Chosen One – upon him be the best prayers and peace.
And with the sunset of this day, the crowds of pilgrims begin their march to Muzdalifah, and they pray Maghrib and Isha there, and they stand there until dawn tomorrow, the tenth of the month of Dhul-Hijjah.
During this year’s Hajj, the areas adjacent to Mount Mercy witnessed the launch of a project to develop and improve the areas adjacent to Mount Mercy, as part of the initiative to treat visual distortion in the holy sites, in an effort to improve services and facilities to improve the service provided to visitors of the area surrounding Mount Mercy throughout the year, in a manner that copes with the requirements of the times.
The project includes a package of services that will upgrade the place and make it more comfortable, as it covers an area of 200,000 square meters. It includes the construction of public parking lots for buses and others for visitors’ cars, the development of existing toilets, the construction of new toilets, in addition to lighting the mountain and the surrounding area, and the development and improvement of poles. Climate mitigation and watersheds.
The project will also provide green areas, sessions and spaces for walking, in addition to points of sale for restaurants, the establishment of a guidance system, platforms for television channels, the establishment of security monitoring towers, and the preparation of sites designated for government agencies that serve the pilgrim and the visitor.
