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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب المناسكChapters on Hajj Rituals
بَابُ : الدُّعَاءِ بِعَرَفَةَChapter: Supplicating at `Arafat
Hadith 3014
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ، أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي مَخْرَمَةُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ يُونُسَ بْنَ يُوسُفَ ، يَقُولُ : عَنْ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ ، قَالَ : قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ : إِنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " مَا مِنْ يَوْمٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَنْ يُعْتِقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِيهِ عَبْدًا مِنَ النَّارِ مِنْ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ ، وَإِنَّهُ لَيَدْنُو عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ثُمَّ يُبَاهِي بِهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ ، فَيَقُولُ مَا أَرَادَ هَؤُلَاءِ " .
´It was narrated from Ibn Musayyab that ‘Aishah said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` “There is no day on which Allah ransoms more slaves from the Fire 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?’”
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Brief Explanation
1؎: That is, for what desire and pursuit have so many people gathered in this field? The angels submit: They seek Your forgiveness and seek refuge from Your punishment. It is commanded: I have forgiven them.
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The Day of Arafah is a day of Allah’s mercy; therefore, fasting on this day is Sunnah. However, for pilgrims, fasting on this day is prohibited because the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not fast in Arafat. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Fasting, Chapter: Fasting on the Day of Arafah, Hadith: 1988)
➋ Allah’s nearness and His speaking are among His attributes, the reality of which is unknown to the servants. One must have faith in the divine attributes, but these attributes should not be considered similar to the attributes of the creation.
➌ During Hajj, the servants gather in Arafat to seek Allah’s pleasure and mercy; thus, they attain this mercy and forgiveness.
➊ The Day of Arafah is a day of Allah’s mercy; therefore, fasting on this day is Sunnah. However, for pilgrims, fasting on this day is prohibited because the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not fast in Arafat. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Fasting, Chapter: Fasting on the Day of Arafah, Hadith: 1988)
➋ Allah’s nearness and His speaking are among His attributes, the reality of which is unknown to the servants. One must have faith in the divine attributes, but these attributes should not be considered similar to the attributes of the creation.
➌ During Hajj, the servants gather in Arafat to seek Allah’s pleasure and mercy; thus, they attain this mercy and forgiveness.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3014
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
(1) “Slaves and slave-girls” refers to ordinary men and women, because all human beings are, in reality, slaves and slave-girls of Allah Ta’ala.
(2) “Freed from the Fire” means those for whom, due to their sins, the Fire was decreed—Allah Ta’ala grants them forgiveness. As a result, on the Day of Resurrection, they will be saved from the Fire. Since forgiveness occurs on the Day of ‘Arafah, the attribution of freedom is made to this day, otherwise, the actual freedom will be on the Day of Resurrection. It is possible that Allah Ta’ala also grants forgiveness and freedom from the punishment of the grave to the deceased on this day.
(3) “Even closer”—Allah Ta’ala is sovereign in His actions and attributes; therefore, there is no objection to Allah Ta’ala drawing near, in a manner befitting His majesty. Some individuals, based on a few supposed and baseless principles, have rendered Allah Ta’ala (ma’adh Allah) so powerless and helpless that they consider anything to be prohibited for Allah Ta’ala. Our Allah—the Lord of sinners, the Lord of the helpless, the Lord of all creation—cannot be so powerless and helpless that He cannot show mercy to anyone, cannot converse with anyone, cannot speak, cannot be pleased, cannot draw near, and cannot be established above the Throne. Therefore, there is no need for interpretations (ta’wilat). Yes, when Allah Ta’ala is near, then necessarily His mercy will also be near. This cannot be denied.
(2) “Freed from the Fire” means those for whom, due to their sins, the Fire was decreed—Allah Ta’ala grants them forgiveness. As a result, on the Day of Resurrection, they will be saved from the Fire. Since forgiveness occurs on the Day of ‘Arafah, the attribution of freedom is made to this day, otherwise, the actual freedom will be on the Day of Resurrection. It is possible that Allah Ta’ala also grants forgiveness and freedom from the punishment of the grave to the deceased on this day.
(3) “Even closer”—Allah Ta’ala is sovereign in His actions and attributes; therefore, there is no objection to Allah Ta’ala drawing near, in a manner befitting His majesty. Some individuals, based on a few supposed and baseless principles, have rendered Allah Ta’ala (ma’adh Allah) so powerless and helpless that they consider anything to be prohibited for Allah Ta’ala. Our Allah—the Lord of sinners, the Lord of the helpless, the Lord of all creation—cannot be so powerless and helpless that He cannot show mercy to anyone, cannot converse with anyone, cannot speak, cannot be pleased, cannot draw near, and cannot be established above the Throne. Therefore, there is no need for interpretations (ta’wilat). Yes, when Allah Ta’ala is near, then necessarily His mercy will also be near. This cannot be denied.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 3006
