The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“The best duʿā’ is the duʿā’ of the day of ʿArafah. The best of what I and the Prophets before me have said is…”
لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ ، وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ
Some Points Surrounding ʿArafah
- Greatest day of Ḥajj (greater pilgrimage)
- Sins are forgiven
- Huge number are emancipated from hell-fire; Satan is despondent on this day
- The religion of Islam was completed on this day
- Fasting on this day wipes away the sins of the past year and the upcoming year
- A day of supplication; Prophet ﷺ supplicated from Ẓuhr to Maghrib during the farewell pilgrimage, showing true humility to Allah