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A sermon joining the virtues of Friday and the Day of 'Arafah, and drawing from them lessons in tawhid, reverence for Allah, remembrance, supplication, and renewed attachment to the Prophetic guidance.
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Friday Sermon on the Day of 'Arafah
A sermon joining the virtues of Friday and the Day of 'Arafah, and drawing from them lessons in tawhid, reverence for Allah, remembrance, supplication, and renewed attachment to the Prophetic guidance.
Article pageTranslated in-site version of an externally hosted articleCreed and Monotheism
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- Date: 2022-08-02
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- Reading time: 16 minutes
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Friday Sermon on the Day of ‘Arafah
This sermon reflects on the rare convergence of two honored times: Friday and the Day of ‘Arafah. It begins with the greatness of Allah, the duty to know Him rightly, and the need to honor what He has honored, then builds from there into a devotional reading of the virtues attached to both days.
The article gathers texts on the excellence of Friday, including its place among the days, its connection to Adam, its special hour of answered supplication, and the believers’ future delight in seeing their Lord. It then turns to the Day of ‘Arafah as a day of dhikr, tawhid, du’a’, repentance, and heightened spiritual opportunity.
A further strand in the sermon is the Prophet’s Farewell Pilgrimage. By revisiting the sermons of Hajj and the major themes they contained, the article urges listeners to seek the Ummah’s reform through returning to prophetic light rather than through fragmented modern substitutes.
Its practical message is to fill such a day with sound monotheism, abundant remembrance, supplication, prayers upon the Prophet, and a renewed willingness to take religion from the clarity of revelation and the example of the Messenger of Allah.
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