The first Day: The 8th of Dhul Hijjah
Heading to Mina

In the morning of the 8th of Dhul Hijjah (The Day of Tarwiyah), after the Fajr prayers, and after sunrise and Dohaa prayers, all pilgrims head towards Mina.

They stay there till the sunrise of the day of Arafah, and pray in Mina five prayers (Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha and Fajr of the following day, the 9th. of Dhul Hijja). While going to Mina, the pilgrim says:
("O Allah! In You is my hope, and to You I supplicate. So make my best hopes come true, forgive me, grant me a favor as You bestowed upon Your obedient servants, You are over all things Competent".

In Mina, the pilgrim invocations and saying
"Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire".
It is a Sunnah (prophetic tradition) to stay for a while and pray in Al-Khayf mosque (in Mina).

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