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Fast the Day of Arafah

صِيَامُ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ أَحْتَسِبُ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ السَّنَةَ الَّتِي قَبْلَهُ وَالسَّنَةَ الَّتِي بَعْدَهُ

Siyamu yawmi 'Arafata ahtasibu 'ala-llahi an yukaffira-s-sanata-llati qablahu wa-s-sanata-llati ba'dah.

"Fasting the Day of Arafah, I hope from Allah that it expiates the year before it and the year after."

Narrated by Abu Qatadah. Sahih Muslim 1162

A short reflection

One day of the year, the 9th of Dhul-Hijjah. Two years' worth of slate, cleared for the price of daylight hunger.