What does Salaf do on the day of Arafah

The Salaf on the Day of ‘Arafah!

1. Hakeem bin Hizaam (radhiyallaahu ‘anhu) would stand at ‘Arafah and with him would be one hundred camels, and one hundred slaves, so he would free his slaves. So the people would become boisterous with weeping and supplicating saying: “Our Lord; this is your slave who has freed his slaves; and we are your slaves so liberate us [i.e. from The Fire].”

2. Ibn Al-Mubaarak said: “I came to Sufyaan At-Thawree (rahimahullaah) on the evening of the day of ‘Arafah and he was kneeling upon his knees and his eyes were shedding tears. So I said to him: ‘who is in the worst condition from this gathering?’ so he said: ‘the one who thinks that Allaah will not forgive them.’”

3. It is reported that Al-Fudhail bin ‘Iyaad (رحمه الله) once looked at the weeping of the people at ‘Arafah and said: “Do you see that if these people were to go to a man and ask him for a Daaniq (a sixth of a dirham or a small silver coin) that he would refuse them?” they said: “No; by Allaah.” So he said: “By Allaah; Forgiveness with Allaah is easier than the compliance of a man for a Daaniq.”

4. Sufyaan At-Thawree (رحمه الله) said to someone who asked him as the people moved from ‘Arafah to Muzdalifah: “who from the people is most at loss in deal?” – alluding to the oppressive and people of wickedness. So he said: “The people most at loss in deal is the one who thinks that Allaah, The Most High, will not forgive these people.”

5. Ibn Al-Jawzi (رحمه الله) mentioned with his chain of narration that Muttarrif and Bakr bin ‘Abdillaah both stood at ‘Arafah, so Muttarrif said: “O Allaah; do not refuse them [the people] because of me.” Bakr said: “There is no better station than it nor one of more hope for its people; were it not that I was amongst them.”

6. Al-Fudhail (رحمه الله) said to Shu’aib bin Harb during the Hajj season: “If you think that there is anyone who witnessed the standing (at ‘Arafah) worse than me and you – then what a bad thing you think."

7. ‘Umar bin ‘Abdil-‘Azeez (rahimahullaah) gave a sermon at ‘Arafah and said: “Indeed; you have come from near and far, and have exhausted the backs and have worn out the garments. And the one who is foremost today is not the one whose riding beast and riding camel precedes; rather the one who is foremost today is the one who is forgiven.”

Excerpted from https:/www.wrightstreetmosque.com/the-merits-of-the-day-of-arafah-and-a-mention-of-how-the-salaf-were-on-this-day/

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