The Day of Arafat falls on the second day of journey customs. At first light on this day, almost 2 million Muslim travelers will advance from the town of Mina to a close-by slope and plain called Mount Arafat and the Plain of Arafat, which is situated about 12.5 miles (20 kilometers) from Mecca, the last goal for the journey. Muslims accept that it was from this site the Prophet Muhammad, harmony arrives, gave his celebrated Farewell Sermon in his last year of life. Each Muslim is relied upon to make the journey to Mecca once during their lifetime; the journey itself isn’t viewed as complete except if the stop.
