Yaum at-Tarwiya
Yaum at-Tarwiya ( Arabic يوم التروية 'Day of the Drinking') is the eighth day of the Islamic month of Dhū l-Hijah and at the same time the first day of the Islamic pilgrimage . It begins with the journey from Mecca to Minā , from where the pilgrims leave (after a short stay) for ʿArafāt .
Name and story
According to Arabic tradition, the name originated in pre-Islamic times, when a market lasting several days took place immediately before the pilgrimage meeting of ʿArafāt in Dhū l-Madschāz . Since the plain of ʿArafāt was waterless, the pilgrims used the last day of the market in Dhū l-Madschāz, where there was water, to water their animals and to stock themselves with water. The day on which the market ended and the watering took place was the 8th Dhū l-Hijjah.
literature
- Richard Francis Burton : "Personal report of a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina 1853. Edited and translated from English by Uwe Pfullmann. Erdmann, Lenningen, 2005. pp. 264–274.
- R. Paret and WA Graham: Art. "Tarwiya" in The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition Vol. X, p. 312b.
- W. Robertson Smith: Lectures on the religion of the Semites , London, 1927, pp. 231f.