Islam
مُزْدَلِفَة
Muzdalifah
“A single night under the open sky, the stars for a blanket”
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Meaning
On a plain open to the horizon, white-robed pilgrims lie down with the earth for a bed, and dawn spreads beyond the lamplight.
Tradition holds that pilgrims move here after sunset at Arafat to pass a night in the open, and gather the pebbles they will cast at the pillars of Mina the next day. At the Mash'ar al-Haram, the sacred waymark on this plain, they offer the dawn prayer.
Field notes
- Location
- 아라파트와 미나 사이 · 메카 동남쪽 · N21.4° · E39.9°
- Best time
- From the night of the ninth day of the Hajj until dawn, a night spent in the open
- Getting there
- On the way back from Arafat to Mina, reached by pilgrimage-season roads.
- Etiquette
- As a sacred precinct, its visiting guidelines are carefully observed.
Sources
- · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- · Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah
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