Day of Arafah
183 questions
Is the difference in moon-sighting considered for determining the Hajj Eid and the Day of 'Arafah, and what should a Muslim do if the various groups in one city differ in determining the Eid day?
What is the ruling on fasting Thursday, which coincides with the Day of Arafah in some countries, or fasting Friday, which precedes the Eid in America, or fasting both days together?
What is the ruling on someone who woke up in a state of ritual impurity on the Day of Arafat while in ihram? Thank you.
Will supplications be answered by reciting Surat Ya-Sin 40 times?
Is it permissible to perform acts of obedience—such as fasting, prayer, charity, or 'Umrah—with the intention of having a supplication answered or a specific matter achieved?
Is Allah's descent to the lowest heaven on the Day of Arafah restricted to pilgrims only?
Is fasting two consecutive months, starting from the second day of Eid al-Fitr until the day of Arafah, considered an expiation for conjugal relations with one's wife during Ramadan?
Is it permissible to compel a 13-year-old girl to fast on the day of Arafah and Ashura in the summer with the intention of teaching and accustoming her?
Is it Sunnah to fast the first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah?
Is it permissible to perform only Umrah on the 10th of Dhul-Hijjah due to work circumstances, knowing that Hajj has been performed previously?
Is it permissible to fast on the Day of Arafah?
Is the fast of one who masturbated intentionally during a Ramadan night valid if they only performed ghusl at the time of Duha? And will the fast of the Day of Arafah be accepted after that?
What is the ruling on fasting outside of Ramadan?
How can the two Hadiths be reconciled: Imam Al-Bukhari's Hadith about the Prophet (peace be upon him) drinking milk on the Day of Arafat while he was not fasting, and Imam Muslim's Hadith about the virtue of fasting on the Day of Arafat and that it expiates for two years?
Which is better: fasting on the Day of Arafah or fasting on the Day of Ashura, and what is the evidence for that?
Is it permissible to break one's fast to enhance academic achievement when the exam is in two days, given the desire to earn the reward for fasting these days?
Will the prayer of a non-fasting person – due to an excuse – on the Day of Arafat be answered?
Is it permissible for a Muslim to combine voluntary fasts, such as fasting every other day, with observing the fasts of Mondays and Thursdays and three days of each month, or must one confine oneself to a specific fast even if it is at the expense of the recommended days?
Is the Udhiyah obligatory for a married Muslim traveler who will arrive on the first day of Eid or on the Day of Arafah, and does its obligation recur every year with the recurrence of his travel?
Is it permissible to combine the intention of fasting the three days of the month with fasting the Day of 'Arafah with a single intention, and will that result in receiving the reward for both fasts?
Does fasting the Ayyam al-Bid (the White Days) consecutively, which goes against the the practice of fasting one day and breaking fast the next, necessitate breaking fast for three consecutive days to balance it out?
Will a Muslim be completely free of sins if he observes prayers, remembrances (adhkar), recitation of the Quran, and fasting, and avoids major sins, given that prayers expiate what is between them and saying "Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi" (Glorified is Allah and praised be He) one hundred times pardons sins?
Does fasting the day of Arafah—as a makeup for a day I missed in Ramadan—expiate the sins of the past and coming year?
How can we reconcile the fasting of our master David (peace be upon him) with the fasting of the Prophet (peace be upon him), of whom it was reported that he used to fast and break his fast, and his fasting during the months of Muharram and Sha'ban?