Mina: Today, Tuesday, the ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah, the Hajj pilgrims began arriving at the sacred plain of Arafat to perform the greatest pillar of Hajj, after spending the Day of Tarwiyah in Mina.

The pilgrims will spend their day in Arafat in humility and supplication, performing the Dhuhr and Asr prayers combined and shortened, and increasing their prayers and supplications until sunset, in preparation for departing to Muzdalifah.