The reason for naming the Day of 'Arafah with this name
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Question:
I ask Allah, questioner, why is the Day of 'Arafah named this day? Please inform us, Your Eminence the Shaykh. May Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
It is said that it was named 'Arafah because people get to know one another in it; they gather and get acquainted. It is also said that it was named so because Ibrahim (peace be upon him) saw in a dream that he was to slaughter his son on the Day of Tarwiyah, so he pondered it, then he saw it again on the Day of 'Arafah, so he knew that it was the truth and that it was from Allah. Therefore, on the Day of Sacrifice, he slaughtered his son. When he laid him down on his forehead and only the passing of the knife remained, he was called out to, and it was said that the dream was true for him (peace be upon him). Allah ransomed his son with a great sacrifice and saved him from being slaughtered (peace be upon him).
So the point is that 'Arafah was named this because people get to know one another when they gather from many homelands; this one asks that one, and this one knows that one, and this one reminds him that he met him once before, so they recognized him, or because of Ibrahim's dream. And Allah knows best. The matter is easy regarding the weeks; the weeks are easy in their matter. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
I ask Allah, questioner, why is the Day of 'Arafah named this day? Please inform us, Your Eminence the Shaykh. May Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
It is said that it was named 'Arafah because people get to know one another in it; they gather and get acquainted. It is also said that it was named so because Ibrahim (peace be upon him) saw in a dream that he was to slaughter his son on the Day of Tarwiyah, so he pondered it, then he saw it again on the Day of 'Arafah, so he knew that it was the truth and that it was from Allah. Therefore, on the Day of Sacrifice, he slaughtered his son. When he laid him down on his forehead and only the passing of the knife remained, he was called out to, and it was said that the dream was true for him (peace be upon him). Allah ransomed his son with a great sacrifice and saved him from being slaughtered (peace be upon him).
So the point is that 'Arafah was named this because people get to know one another when they gather from many homelands; this one asks that one, and this one knows that one, and this one reminds him that he met him once before, so they recognized him, or because of Ibrahim's dream. And Allah knows best. The matter is easy regarding the weeks; the weeks are easy in their matter. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 7 (2) — archive.org (12:14)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.