Muzdalifah, also known as al-Mashar al-Haram, is a valley-like open area located between Mina and Mount Arafat. Muzdalifah is also mentioned in the Quran. Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى)says in Surah Baqrah: "But when you depart from ʿArafāt, remember Allāh at al-Mashʿar al-Ḥarām.2 And remember Him, as He has guided you, for indeed, you were before that The hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam, is an Islamic religious pilgrimage that is a mandatory act of worship for all financially and physically capable adult Muslims at least once in their lives. The rituals last five days and take place on the eighth day of the Dhu al-Hijjah lunar month in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Muslims gather between 49 and 70 pebbles from the Muzdalifah area and hurl them towards the three devil-representing pillars at Mina. As part of the yearly Islamic Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, "throwing of the jamart" (literally, "place of stones") takes place. Muslims performing the ceremony in the city of We are celebrating Waqfat Arafat Day on June 16 this year. It is a holy day for all Muslims that is observed on day nine of the last month in the Islamic calendar — 'Dhul-Hijjah.'. It is also the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage, and it comes one day before Eid al-Adha. Waqfat Arafat Day is mostly celebrated on the hillside of Mount Hajj, which lasts for five days, is the largest annual MG event in the world, attracting millions of pilgrims to the sites of Makkah, Mina, Arafat, and Muzdalifah in Saudi Arabia ‎[2-5]. The pilgrims need to perform a sequence of rituals at the sites in a specific order and within a specific time window. x1IMP.

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