Namira is the name of a small mountain on the western side of the mosque to which it gives its name. Pilgrims perform the Zuhr and ʿAsr prayers combined and shortened there, following the example of the Prophet, who traveled from Mina to ʿArafat to stay in his tent at Namira. This occurs on the Day of ʿArafa, the ninth day of the month of Dhū’l-Ḥijja. After the sun passed its zenith, he moved to the valley of ʿUrana, where he delivered a sermon and prayed with the people. The Mosque of Namira has undergone several expansions over the course of its history, the most recent being in the Saudi era to accommodate the increasing number of pilgrims. It has thus become one of the largest mosques in the world.