2015 Hajj: 3million Muslims across the world gather at Arafat
No fewer than three million Muslims from across the world gathered today, Wednesday at the plain of Arafat to observe one of the obligatory aspect of this year’s Hajj.
The pilgrims, who gathered at the Holy
City of Makkah for Hajj, spent a night at Mina before moving to the plain of
Arafat for the worship.
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The Saudi authority had announced that
Arafat would hold on Wednesday, Sept. 23, following the sighting of Lunar month
of Zul-Hajj on Sept. 14.
About 76,000 Nigerians are among the
Muslims that arrived Arafat for the largest human gathering worldwide.
The Director-General, Department of
Passports, Maj.-Gen. Solaiman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Yahya, said on Tuesday that
1,374,206 foreign pilgrims arrived for this year’s hajj.
He said 1,325,189 arrived by air, 36,094
by road and 12,923 arrived by sea.
Already, the Saudi authority had
restricted movement of categories of vehicles to certain parts of the city to
allow free flow of buses conveying the pilgrims to Arafat, where they are
expected to stay from morning till Sunset.
Security personnel were deployed to
strategic positions to ensure security and smooth movement of the faithful to
Arafat.
Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) on the Arafat, a cleric, Malam Kabiru Yusuf Bakinruwa, said Arafat was
one of the obligatory aspects of Hajj.
“If you miss it, you lose the entire
Hajj, there is no ritual to correct it; the only way to correct it is to repeat
the exercise the following year.
“It is the only day Almighty God is
proud of the Muslim Ummah (those in Arafat).
“It is on this day that God will
assemble the entire angels, show them the crowd of Muslims all dressed in white
seeking for His forgiveness.
“These are my people, they came from far
and near without considering dust, prostrating their heads on the ground
looking for mercy and forgiveness, tell them that they are forgiven.’’
The pilgrims would move to Muzdalifat,
where they will spend the night before proceeding to Jamarat (stoning site).
After stone throwing at Jamarat, the
pilgrims would immediately move to Ka’aba for circumambulation and Tawaf.
(NAN)
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