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 Rh to witness that I have forgiven them?' The angels say, 'O God, such an one used to tyrannise over men, and so and so and such and such a woman did so and so.'" He said, "God, the Exalted and Magnified, will reply, 'I have forgiven them.'" The Apostle of God said, "There is no day on which more are redeemed from the fire, than on the day of Arafat."'—Sharaḥuʾs-Sunnah.

It is related from ʿAbbás bin Mirdás that, 'Verily the Apostle of God asked forgiveness for the sins of his people on the night of Arafat, and he was answered, "Verily I have forgiven them, with the exception of oppressors, and I will take from them an account of the oppressed." He replied, "O Lord, if thou wilt, Thou canst give paradise to the oppressed and forgive the oppressors." But he was not answered that night. And when it dawned at Al Muzdalifah he repeated his supplication, and he was answered as he had asked.' ʿAbbás said, 'Then the Apostle of God laughed, or he said, He smiled. Then Abú Bakr and ʿOmar said to him, "May our fathers and mothers be sacrificed for thee! Verily this is a time in which thou hast not been wont to laugh. Then what is it which caused thee to laugh? May God cause Thy teeth to laugh!" He replied, "Verily the enemy of God, Iblis (Satan) when he knew that God, the Exalted and Magnified, had answered my prayer and forgiven my people, took up dust and began to throw it on his head, crying out at his misery and misfortune. Then what I saw of his impatient grief made me laugh."'—Ibn Májah.

It is related from Ibn ʿAbbás that, 'He returned with the Prophet on the day of Arafat, and the Prophet heard behind him loud shouting and beating of camels; and he beckoned with his whip and said, "O men, you ought to go quietly, for verily righteousness is not in haste."'—Al Bukhárí.

It is related from ʿAbduʾlláh bin Maʿsúd that he said, 'I never saw the Apostle of God say the prayers except in their proper times, with the exception of the sunset and night prayers which he said together. And he prayed the morning prayer that day before its time.'—Muslim, Al Bukhári.