Jabal al-Rahmah (Mount of Mercy): Any Merits?

Jabal al-Rahmah (Mount of Mercy): Any Merits?

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Name of Questioner:	Shehla
Reply date:	2015/05/03
Question:	As-salamu `alaykum. Please, elaborate for me the importance of Jabl Ar-Rahmah (Mount of Mercy) at `Arafah.
consultant:	Ahmad Kutty
Answer Wa `alaykum as-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. Dear brother, thank you for your question and for your eagerness to be knowledgeable about Islamic knowledge. There is no specific merit attached to the Mount of Mercy except that the Prophet (peace be upon him) stood by it and made supplications. He is reported to have said: “I have stood here and all of `Arafah is the place of standing.” In his response to your question, Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and an Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, states, Read Also: Who Built the Ka`bah? Where to Pick the Pebbles From Effect of Zamzam Water Outside of Al-Haram Jabal Ar-Rahmah is the small mountain in `Arafah by which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood and supplicated for a long time. There is no clear text prescribing climbing of the mountain as one of the rituals of Hajj, as stated by eminent scholars such as Imam An-Nawawi and others. If there was any such significance, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would have said so; he ordered us to learn the rites of Hajj directly from him. The mountain was not named as such by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). It became known by this name, may be, because of the special association of the Prophet's supplication there, and he said the best of supplications are the supplications of `Arafah. Allah Almighty knows best.