What is the Hajj walking distance? Mina – Arafat

How much do I have to walk to perform Hajj? What is the Hajj walking distance between Mina, Arafat, Jamarat, Muzadalifa, and Masjid al-Haram?

Before I went to perform Hajj in 2017, I was also curious about the distance I will have to cover walking in the 5 days of Hajj starting from the 8^th of Dhul Hijjja to the 12^th of Dhul Hijja. 

8^th of Dhul Hijjah

You need to reach Mina on the 8^th of Dhul Hijja. Wherever you are, your Hajj agent will transport you to the Mina Camp booked for you. You can roam around a little bit to see the outskirt of your Mina camp.

If you see in my meter, I walked for a distance of 7.8km that day. Actually, I had to go to a Pharmacy to buy some medicine for my wife. 

9^th of Dhul Hijja

The movement from Mina to Arafat

9th Dhul Hijjah is the day of Hajj. You need to walk from your Mina Camp to the Train Station near to you. In my case, the walking distance from my Mina camp to the train station was around 2km which would take me to Arafat on the day of Hajj.

The Train from Mina Train Station will take you to the Arafat Train Station. Now you will have to walk from Arafat Train Station to the Arafat Camp, the distance will vary but in my case, it was around 2 Km.

Mina to Arafat Walking Distance

Many people would love to cover the distance walking between Mina and Arafat on the day of Hajj which is not recommended under the scorching Sun and immense heat. You are going to spend a long day, preserve your energy for other activities.

• Distance between Mina Train Station 1 and Mount Arafat is 11.2 Km
• Distance between Mina Train Station 2 and Mount Arafatis 12 Km
• Distance between Mina Train Station 3 and Mount Arafat is 14.6 Km

The movement from Arafat to Muzdalfah

You will stay in Arafat for the full day, after sunset or whenever your agent requires, you will have to cover the distance by walking to the Arafat Train Station.

This time is a crowded time as everyone moves from Arafat to Muzdalfah. Again, I had to walk for a distance of 2km from Arafat camp to Arafat train station on the day of Hajj.

The train at Arafat 2 Train Station will take you to the Muzdalfa 2 Train Station. Here your agent will take you to the Muzdalfa tents he has arranged for you. We had to walk for a distance of 2km from Muzdalfa Train Station to the Muzdalfah tents on the night of Hajj.

You will pray Maghrib and Isha together and stay under the sky till Fajr. My Health Meter is showing that I walked for 9.4 km on this day.

Arafat to Muzdalfah Walking Distance

Many people would love to cover the distance walking between Arafat and Muzdalfah on the night of Hajj which is not recommended. You are going to spend a long night, preserve your energy for other activities.

• Distance between Arafat to Muzdalifah Train Station 2 is 10 Km
• Distance between Arafat to Muzdalifah Train Station 3 is 10.7 Km

10^th of Dhul Hijja

The movement from Muzdalfah to Mina

At Fajr time or whenever your agent asks you to move, you will have to go back to the Muzdalfa train station. Once again, it is a walking distance of 2km. The Train from Muzdalfa 2 will take you either to Mina 2 Train Station (where your camp is located) or Jamarat.

This is the peak time for Jamarat as everyone wants to perform the ritual of stoning the devil at earliest. If you remember, Hajj Stampede in 2015 also took place at this time.

I decided to drop at Mina 2 Train Station and walk back to Mina Camp to take some rest for which I had to cover a distance of 2 km. However, due to heavy traffic, it took us 30 minutes to reach Mina Camp.

Muzdalfah to Mina Walking Distance

Once again, you will find many people covering the distance walking between Muzdalfah and Mina on this day of Hajj which is not a bad idea as the distance between Muzdalifah to Mina is not much.

• Distance between Muzdalifah Train Station 3 to Mina Train Station 3 is 5.0 Km.
• Distance between Muzdalifah Train Station 3 to Mina Train Station 2 is 2.2 Km.
• Distance between Muzdalifah Train Station 3 to Mina Train Station 1 is 1.3 Km.
• Distance between Muzdalifah Train Station 2 to Mina Train Station 3 is 5.7 Km.
• Distance between Muzdalifah Train Station 2 to Mina Train Station 2 is 3.1 Km.
• Distance between Muzdalifah Train Station 2 to Mina Train Station 1 is 2.1 Km.

The movement from Muzdalfah to Mina

We went to perform Rami to Jamarat after Asr prayer and it was quite peaceful at that time. The Jamarat from my camp in Mina was on a distance of 2km. In total it was a distance of 4km which we had to walk between Mina and Jamarat up and down on the third day of Hajj.

After this, you can perform Hadee (sacrifice an animal) if you are performing Hajj Qiran or Hajj Tamattu and shave your head and come out of Ihram. There is no need to perform Hadee if you are performing Hajj Ifrad. I walked around 10.4km that day.

Mina to Jamarat Walking Distance

Once again, you will find many people covering the distance walking between Mina to Jamarat on the third day of Hajj which is not a bad idea if your camp is located near to this place.

• Distance between Mina Train Station 1 to Jamarat is 3.6 Km
• Distance between Mina Train Station 2 to Jamarat is 2.8 Km.

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11^th of Dhul Hijja

One of the Fard acts of Hajj is to perform Tawaf Ziyara or Tawaf Ifada. We went to perform Tawaf Ziyara on 11^th of Dhul Hijja. There is no proper transport system from Mina to Masjid aal-Haramso we had to walk around 3km to take a taxi. Recommended: What are the fard, wajib and sunnah of Hajj?

Taxi charged SR 100 and dropped us near Masjid al-Haram. After that, we performed Tawaf and Saee. Normally Masjid al-Haram is too crowded on 11^th of Dhul Hijja. It is better to perform it on 10^th of Dhul Hijja. I think I walked in Masjid al-Haram for around 6km to perform Tawaf Ziyara.

If you are performing Hajj Qiran or Hajj Tamattu, you will have to perform Tawaf Wida as well. It is Sunnah to perform it after performing Rami of 12th of Dhul Hijjah. However, according to the scholar assigned to our group, old pilgrims, disable pilgrims and pilgrims with children can perform Tawaf Ifada and Tawaf Wida in the same go. People performing Tawaf Wida can add 1 more km in their estimated walk.

Now on the way back to Mina, it is difficult to get a taxi. Taxi drivers were charging as much as SR 400 for 10 mins’ drive. I managed to hire one for SR 150. They dropped us at the same place and we had to walk again for 3km to come back to our Mina camp.

The day is not yet finished, you will have to go to perform Rami to Jamarat for the second day. It is again at a distance of 2km from our Mina Camp. So in aggregate, 4km. My health meter is showing that I walked for 17.9 km that day.

Mina to Masjid al-Haram Walking Distance

• Distance between Mina Train Station 1 to Masjid al-Haram is 10.7 Km
• Distance between Mina Train Station 2 to Masjid al-Haram is 9.8 Km
• Distance between Mina Train Station 3 to Masjid al-Haram is 7.0 Km

12^th of Dhul Hijja

Now, this is the last day to stay in Mina. You can stay until the 13^th of Dhul Hijja but I decided to go back to Jeddah on the 12^th of Dhul Hijja. I went to Jamarat again which is 4km up and down and walked to the Bus parked near to our camp. You can see I have walked for 5km that day.

In aggregate, I walked for around 50km in 5 days. If you reduce my trip to Pharmacy on the 9^th of Dhul Hijja, it is a walk for around 44km purely for Hajj purposes.