The story of Muzdalifah, the overnight stay of the merciful’s guests… and a warning from Wadi Muhassar

Muzdalifah is the third of the holy sites that pilgrims pass through during their Hajj rituals. It is located between the two sites of Mina and Arafat, and they perform Maghrib and Isha prayers, both together and short.

The pilgrims spend the night in Muzdalifah after the alarm from Arafat until the next morning, on the day of Eid al-Adha. They pray the dawn and collect the pebbles, then drive them to Mina.

Staying overnight in Muzdalifah is obligatory for the pilgrim. He who abandons it has to offer a sacrifice. It is desirable to follow the example of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, to stay overnight until morning, then stand until he departs. There is nothing wrong with presenting the weak and women, then he is driven to Mina before sunrise.

It is called Muzdalifah, according to what scholars and historians have mentioned, because people descend there in the middle of the night.

Wadi Mohasser

The entirety of Muzdalifah is considered a stand, except for Wadi Muhasser, which is located between it and Mina, and was called Muhasir, as reported by the Director of the Makkah History Center, Fawaz Al-Dahas, because God Almighty revealed in it an elephant whose evidence of progress towards the Kaaba, according to the Saudi Press Agency “SPA”.

When the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, came to Wadi Muhassar, he moved his she-camel and ran faster, and this is his habit, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, in the places where God Almighty sent down His punishment on his enemies.

The total area of ​​Mashaar Muzdalifah is 963 hectares, 682 hectares are used for pilgrims, and in it is the Al-Mashar Al-Haram Mosque. kilometers and the Namera Mosque 7 kilometers.

At the beginning of the third century AH, it was modest in size and construction. It was not roofed and had 6 doors.

In the current era, it was expanded, and its length from east to west became (90 meters) and width (56) meters, and it now accommodates more than 12 thousand worshipers, and it has two minarets with a height of 32 meters, and it has entrances in the eastern, northern and southern sides.