‘Amr b. ‘Abdallah b. Safwan quoted a maternal uncle of his called Yazid b. Shaiban who said:We were in a place of standing of ours at ‘Arafa (which ‘Amr indicated was very far away from where the imam was standing), when Ibn Mirba' al-Ansari came to us and told us he had brought this message for us from God’s messenger,“Stand where you are performing your devotions, for you are conforming to an old practice of your father Abraham." Reported by Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Nasa’i, and Ibn Majah.

Jabir reported God’s messenger as saying,“The whole of ‘Arafa is a place of standing, the whole of Mina is a place of sacrifice, the whole of al-Muzdalifa is a place of standing, and all the passes of Mecca are a thoroughfare and a place of sacrifice.”Abu Dawud and Darimi transmitted it.

Khalid b. Haudha said he saw the Prophet addressing the people on the day of ‘Arafa standing in the stirrups on a camel. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

‘Amr b. Shu'aib, on his father’s authority, quoted his grandfather as saying that the Prophet said,“The best supplication is that on the day of ‘Arafa, and the best thing which I and the prophets before me have said is, ‘There is no god but God alone who has no partner; to Him belongs the dominion, to Him praise is due, and He is omnipotent’.” Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Malik transmitted on the authority of Talha b. ‘Ubaidallah up to“who has no partner.”

Talha b. ‘Ubaidallah b. Kariz reported God’s messenger as saying,“On no day is the devil seen more insignificant, more violently repelled, more ignominious, or more angry than on the day of ‘Arafa, that being due to no other reason than the mercy he sees being sent down and God’s forgiveness of great sins, except for what was seen on the day of Badr.”He was asked what was seen on the day of Badr and replied,(This is a translation of the text in the Damascus edition. Mirqat, 3, 219 omits ‘He was:asked ... replied’. Muwatta’, Hajj, 245 has, ‘Except for what he saw on the day of Badr.’ God’s messenger was asked what he saw on the day of Badr and replied ...)“He saw Gabriel keeping the angels in battle-order.”Malik transmitted it in mursal form, and it occurs in Sharh as-sunna with the wording of al-Masabih.

Jabir reported God’s messenger as saying:When the day of ‘Arafa comes God descends to the lowest heaven and praises them to the angels saying,“Look at my servants who have come to me dishevelled, dusty and crying out from every deep valley. I call you to witness that I have forgiven them.”Then the angels say,“My Lord, so and so was being suspected of sin, also so and so and such and such a woman.”He said that God who is great and glorious replies,“I have forgiven them.”God’s messenger said,“No day has more people set free from hell than the day of ‘Arafa.”It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.

‘A’isha said that Quraish and those who followed their religion used to stand at al-Muzdalifa, and they were called al-Hums,(The plural of ahmas, meaning hardy or rigorous. It is said that this name was applied to them because they boasted of their bravery and endurance. Another explanation is that they observed rites of standing only at Hamss', which is the Ka’ba) but the rest of the Arabs used to stand at ‘Arafa ; then when Islam came God most high commanded His Prophet to go to ‘Arafat (Both 'Arafa and its plural‘Arafat are used. It is rather peculiar to find bcth used In the same tradition) and stand there, then go quickly from it. That is in accordance with the words of Him who is great and glorious,“Then go quickly from where the people went quickly.”(Qur’an, 2, 199) Bukhari and Muslim.

‘Abbas b. Mirdas said that God’s messenger prayed for pardon for his people on the late evening of ‘Arafa and received the reply,“I have forgiven them all but acts of oppression, for I shall exact recompense for him who is wronged from his oppressor.”He said,“O my Lord, if Thou wilt Thou mayest give the oppressed some of paradise and forgive the oppressor,”but he did not receive a reply that evening. So he repeated the supplication at al-Muzdalifa in the morning and was given an answer to what he asked, whereupon he laughed (or he said that he smiled). Abu Bakr and ‘Umar then said to him,“You for whom we would give our fathers and mothers as ransom, what has made you laugh, for this is not a time at which you have been accustomed to laugh ? May God give you cause for laughter all your life!”He replied,“When God’s enemy, Iblls, knew that God who is great and glorious had answered my supplication and forgiven my people, he took some earth and began to throw it on his head crying out ‘Woe and destruction.’ The sight of his distress made me laugh.”Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Baihaqi transmitted something similar in Kitab al-ba‘th wan-nushur.

Hisham b. ‘Urwa. quoted his father as saying that Usama b. Zaid was asked how God's messenger was travelling when he returned at the Farewell Pilgrimage, and replied that he was travelling at a quick pace and when he found an opening he urged on his camel. Bukhari and Muslim.