Al Mashar Al Haram Mosque

This guide to Al Mashar Al Haram Mosque in Muzdalifah near Mecca opens fourteen centuries ago, with the Prophet Muhammad's dawn prayer during his Farewell Pilgrimage, at the only site the Quran names directly by this name. It follows the Hajj ritual that re-enacts that night, pilgrims arriving at dusk, sleeping under the open sky, then gathering small stones for the Jamarat the next day, and traces the mosque's own history back to the third century after the Hijra. Arrive at dusk with the crowds to see the whole plain settle in for the night.