📍 Makkah | Masjid Sakhrah — Arafat
Few pilgrims today know that a small mosque once stood at the foot of Mount Arafat, marking the spot where the Prophet ﷺ performed his wuquf on 9 Dhul Hijjah, 10 AH.
Known as Masjid Sakhrah — the Mosque of the Rock — it took its name from the rock near which the Prophet ﷺ stood during the Farewell Hajj.
After delivering the Khutbah al-Wadāʿ to more than 100,000 companions, he ﷺ mounted his camel, turned to face the qibla, and remained in supplication from midday until the sun had set — his hands raised to the level of his chest, like a man in desperate need before his Lord.He supplicated for himself and his entire Ummah — pleading for their forgiveness.
The best of what he said throughout that afternoon were the words he ﷺ taught every Prophet before him:
"Lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-ḥamdu wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr." "There is no god but Allah, alone, without partner. To Him belongs all dominion and all praise, and He is able to do all things." — (Tirmidhi)
It was during this same wuquf that one of the final āyāt of the Qur'ān descended:
"This day I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen Islam as your religion." — (Surah Al-Mā'idah, 5:3)
The enclosure of Masjid Sakhrah was modest — a low stone wall, a simple green-domed mihrab, no more than 13 metres in length. Like so many historic sites in the Hijaz, Masjid Sakhrah was eventually removed.