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The fast of Arafah

Saturday, January 12, 1963

صِيَامُ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ يُكَفِّرُ السَّنَةَ الْمَاضِيَةَ وَالسَّنَةَ الْآتِيَةَ
Transliteration

Siyamu yawmi 'Arafata yukaffiru-s-sanata-l-madiyata wa-s-sanata-l-atiyah.

Translation

Fasting the day of Arafah expiates the sins of the past year and the coming year.

Narrated by Abu Qatadah·Sahih Muslim 1162
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