Muzdalifah

Muzdalifah (Arabic: مُزْدَلِفَة) is an open and level area near Mecca in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia that is associated with the Ḥajj ("Pilgrimage").

At Arafat, Ẓuhr and ʿAṣr prayers are performed in a combined and abbreviated form during the time of Zuhr.

After sunset on the ninth day of the Islamic month of Dhūl-Ḥijjah, Muslim pilgrims travel to Muzdalifah, sometimes arriving at night because of over-crowding.

At Muzdalifah, pilgrims collect pebbles for the Stoning of the Devil (Arabic: رَمِي ٱلْجَمَرَات, romanized: Ramī al-Jamarāt, lit.

[6][7][8] The open-roofed mosque at Muzdalifah is known as "The Sacred Grove [ar]"[1][2][3][4] (Arabic: ٱلْمَشْعَر ٱلْحَرَام‎, romanized: Al-Mashʿar Al-Ḥarām).