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Assalamu alaikum, Ruhmah to Allah, and Barakatuh

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Alhamdulillah, and Salatu, Assalamu ala Abdullahi, and Rasuluhi, Muhammad, and Ali, and his companions,

My brothers, my sisters,

the day of Arafah is the greatest day in the entire calendar

according to us as Muslims.

The whole year has many nights and days, and Allah has not kept all of them on the same level of spirituality,

just like the places are different. You come to a masjid, it has been given greater value by Allah Almighty, then other places.

In the same way, Ramadan has a different value. The best nights are some of the nights of Ramadan,

with the best one being what is known as lailatul qadr, which means the night of decree.

But as for the days, we spoke about the nights, right? The night of decree. What about the days?

The best day, the most powerful day in which Allah forgives maximum number of people, so many that it's unimaginable for us, is the day of Arafah.

Now, today, being a Friday, the Hujjaj, those who are fulfilling the pilgrimage are in Arafah.

We ask Allah to make it easy for them. We ask Allah to accept their du'a,

we ask Allah to grant them an accepted Hajj because the Prophet peace be upon him says al-Hajjoo Arafah,

declaring the importance of the day of Arafah, he says the Hajj is actually the Arafah, being the biggest pillar of Hajj.

If you missed Arafah, you missed your Hajj. May Allah Almighty grant us all the ability to visit and to fulfill the pilgrimage, both the major, known as the Hajj, as well as the minor known as the Umrah.

I mean, and like I said, may Allah accept it from them, make it easy for them, grant them total forgiveness.

The Prophet peace be upon him says the one who fulfills Hajj in the correct way has no reward besides being forgiven, as pure as the day they were born.

May Allah Almighty grant them that and a safe return to their families and in Shah Allah, we ask Allah Almighty to let those from across the globe who have been unable to go.

Whatever reason it may be may Allah grant them the ease of passage and the ability to go.

That having been said this day of Arafah, I must mention that there is difference of opinion regarding whether or not the rest of the globe is confined to the Hajj going to Arafah or is it just the 9th of the hijjah wherever we are.

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