*YAWM-UL-ARAFAT: THE GREATEST DAY AMONG DAYS* ➖ ➖ ➖ *What Makes this Day the Greatest?* ➖ ➖ ➖ 1️⃣ It is the Day on which the Religion of Islam was Perfected and approved, and Allāh's Favour was Completed upon mankind: *...ٱلْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِى وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ ٱلْإِسْلَٰمَ دِينًاۚ* *“. . . This Day I have Perfected your Religion for you and completed My favour upon you and have approved for you Islaam as Religion.." [Al-Ma'idah 5:3] *'Umar (رضي الله عنه) said:* _“No doubt, we know when and where this verse was revealed to the Prophet (ﷺ). It was Friday and the Prophet (ﷺ) was standing at Arafat (i.e. the Day of Hajj).” [Sahih al-Bukhari 45] *2️⃣ It is a Day by which Allāh swore an Oath:* *وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ* *“By the Witness Day [Friday] and by the Witnessed Day [the Day of Arafah].”* [Al-Buruj 85:3] The Prophet (ﷺ) said: *_“The promised Day is the Day of Resurrection, the Witnessed Day is the Day of Arafah, and the Witness Day is Friday . . .”* [Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3339] *3️⃣ Fasting on this Day is an expiation for 2 years sins:* Fasting on the Day of Arafah is a confirmed Sunnah for those who are not performing Hajj. It expiates for sins of the past and coming year. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: *_“Fasting on the Day of Arafah expiates the sins of Previous year and the Following year.”* [Sahih Muslim 1162] *4️⃣ It is the Day Allāh frees more of His servants from Hellfire:* A'isha (رضي الله عنها) reported Allāh's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: *_“There is no day when Allāh sets free more servants from Hell than the Day of Arafa. He draws near, then praises them to the angels, saying: What do these want?”_* [Sahih Muslim, 1348] May Allāh guide us through the straight path, preserve us upon goodness, save us from Hellfire and unite us in Jannaat-ul-Firdaus. آمين 🤲