Mount Arafat

While I was reading Malcolm X, I noticed that he brought up Mount Arafat. Mount Arafat is a mountain in Saudi Arabia and an Islamic landmark. People often go on that landmark for their religious pilgrimage or Hajj.  The mountain is also known as, "The mountain of Mercy." It is a fundamental requirement for people to stand on Mount Arafat, and they usually do so on their second day of Hajj. Arafat translates as "to know," and the Islamic prophet said that "Hajj is to know." People who do not pray on Mount Arafat are said to have missed Hajj. Also, the people who fast on the day that they visit Mount Arafat are said to be cleansed of their sins in the previous year, and the future year. As a Muslim, it was required for Malcolm x to go on Hajj, and visit  Mount Arafat on the second day of Hajj.