حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَيْلِيُّ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي مَخْرَمَةُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ يُونُسَ بْنَ يُوسُفَ يَقُولُ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ قَالَ: قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: مَا مِنْ يَوْمٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَنْ يُعْتِقَ اللهُ فِيهِ عَبْدًا مِنَ النَّارِ مِنْ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ، وَإِنَّهُ لَيَدْنُو، ثُمَّ يُبَاهِي بِهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ، فَيَقُولُ: مَا أَرَادَ هَؤُلَاءِ 

Book [15]: The book of Ḥajj
Chapter [79]: The virtue of the day of ‘arafah

Ḥadīth [1348]: It is narrated on the authority of ‘Ā’ishah (may Allāh be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “There is no day on which Allāh sets free more slaves from Hell than the day of ‘arafah. He draws closer and closer, then He boasts about them before the angels and says: ‘What do these people want?’”

To be updated in shaa Allah…

• Reference: [1348 (4/313), Tuḥfatul Muslim Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Nomani Kutub Khana (Ur)]

1) ‘Slaves’ signifies common men and women, because all humans are Allāh’s slaves.

2) ‘What do these want?’ This question is on account of the expression of His Grandeur and Supreme Greatness. Otherwise Allāh is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

• Reference: [3006 (3/605), Sunan an-Nasā’ī, Dārussalām (Eng)]

1) The day of ‘arafah is the day of Allāh’s mercy. Fasting on this day is sunnah, but it is not compulsory on a pilgrim since the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) did not fast on this day at ‘arafah.

2) Being close and speaking is among the attributes of Allāh; human beings do not know how it happens. Believing in the attributes of Allāh is compulsory, but without any resemblance to any of his creation.

• Reference: [3014 (4/187-188), Sunan ibn Mājah, Dārussalām (Eng)]

To be updated in shaa Allah…

• Reference: [2594 (2/465), Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ, Maktabah Muḥammadiyah (Ur)]

Almighty Allāh emancipates most of His slaves, both men and women from the Hell-fire on this great day. Millions of pilgrims, who by virtue of their sincere repentance, try to seek the Pleasure of Allāh certainly stand to earn Allāh’s pleasure for their sins and thereby emancipation from the Hell-fire. May Allāh grant us this grace of His.

• Reference: [1277 (2/961), Riyāḍuṣ Ṣāliḥīn, Dārussalām (Eng)]

• Mukhtaṣar Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (643 (1/172))
• Sunan an-Nasā’ī (3003 [3006])
• Sunan ibn Mājah (3014)
• Sunan ad-Dāraquṭnī (2792 (3/376))
• Ṣaḥīḥ ibn Khuzaymah (2827 (3/225))
• Silsilah Aḥādīth aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥah (2551 (6/106-109))

Grade: Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)

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