Al-Hajj Al-Mabroor

Glossary
‘Arafah [The area that surrounds Mount Rahmah, southeast of
Mecca; Standing at ‘Arafah on the 9 TH of Dhul-Hijjah and staying
there from mid-day to sunset is the essence of the Hajj]
Al-Baitul-Ma‘mûr (The Oft-frequented House) [The house in the
seventh firmament directly above the Ka‘bah at Mecca; everyday it
is visited by seventy thousands angels, who never revisit it until the
Day of Judgment]
Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah [Medina, The Lightened City]
Al-Mash‘ar Al-Haram [The Sacred Monument: the hill in Muzdalifah
where pilgrims should supplicate Allah after they have spent the
night at Muzdalifah, and after which they should go to Mecca to
throw Jamarat Al-‘Aqabah (the closest stone pillar to Mecca) on
the morning of the tenth of Dhu’l–Hijjah]
As-Safâ and Al-Marwah [Two hillocks near the Ka‘bah between
which Hagar ran in search of water for her son]
As-Safâ [Name of the hillock where a Muslim begins Sa‘y. It is about
200 meters southeast of the Ka‘bah]
Al-Marwa [Name of the hillock where a Muslim ends his last lap of
Sa‘y. It is 250 meters northeast of the Ka‘bah]
Barzakh [The grave as the barrier or the intermediate realm that
separates between this world and the other world from the time of
death till the time of Resurrection]
The Day of Tarwaiyah [The 8 th day of Dhul-Hijjah, signifying the start
of Hajj. The pilgrim proceeds to Minâ on this day]
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