to Muzdalifah, instructing them about the ordinances of their ḥajj, the gravity of their day, and the sanctity of their station. He does not pronounce the talbiyah during his sermon, and he strives to end it exactly when the muʾadhdhins finish the call to prayer. If, after that, he combines the two prayers with two adhans and two iqamahs—one adhan and one iqamah for each prayer, just as is done on a rainy night—this is the distilled position of Mālik.
Another report from him—and from some of his students—states that the two prayers at ʿArafah are joined with a single adhan and two iqamahs. ʿAbd al-Malik said, “Most scholars follow this, and it is established in the ḥadith of Jābir from the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace.”
After these combined prayers no one offers any supererogatory prayers. Their prayer is the prayer of a traveller, recited quietly, whether the day happens to be Friday or not. The pilgrims do not perform the ʿId prayer at Minā, nor do they hold the Friday prayer there. They are not obliged to offer an ʿuḍḥiyah; their sunnah is the hady, and for that they do not wait for their imam.
When they have finished the two prayers at the very outset of noon, they proceed to the place of standing. All of ʿArafah—its hills and plains—is a valid station, except for the valley of ʿUranah. There they stand, beseeching forgiveness, the removal of burdens, the acceptance of deeds, and whatever other supplications they wish for both their religion and their worldly affairs, until the sun sets.
According to Mālik, for anyone able to do so, standing while mounted is preferable. Wherever one stands—whether on flat ground or on a hill—it is all the same, except for the valley of ʿUranah. ʿArafah comprises everything beyond that valley, which contains the mosque, up to all the surrounding mountains. Whoever restricts his standing to the mosque alone has not adequately fulfilled the rite—although Mālik and most of his colleagues consider it technically sufficient, while still disapproving of it.
Aṣbagh maintained that standing in the mosque is not sufficient, because it lies within the valley of ʿUranah, and the valley is the wādī adjacent to the mosque. No one relies on the standing at ʿArafah before the sun passes its zenith; the established practice is to stand there from after midday until the sun has set while they remain present. Anyone who departs before sunset is, according to Mālik, required to return.