Hadith 3083

حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، قَالَ : قَالَ السَّائِبُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : " ذَهَبْنَا نَتَلَقَّى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَعَ الصِّبْيَانِ إِلَى ثَنِيَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ " .
Narrated As-Sa'ib bin Yazid: I along with some boys went out to receive Allah's Apostle at Thaniyatal-Wada`.
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب الجهاد والسير / 3083
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
It is a Sunnah to sincerely welcome back the mujahideen upon their return.
The esteemed Imam rahimahullah is expressing this very purpose.
People used to go as far as a mountain pass near Madinah to bid farewell to their guests.
This very place came to be known as Thaniyyat al-Wada‘.
The details of the Battle of Tabuk will be mentioned in the Book of Maghazi.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 3083
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:

By "Thaniyyat al-Wada‘" is meant the direction from Madinah Tayyibah towards Tabuk, because it is mentioned in Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi that when the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) returned from the expedition of Tabuk, the people went out to Thaniyyat al-Wada‘ to welcome him.
Hazrat Sa’ib says that he was also with them, and at that time he was a young boy.
(Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi, al-Jihad, Hadith: 1718)


There are Thaniyyat al-Wada‘ on all four sides of Madinah Tayyibah, because a path located in the slope of a mountain is called a "thaniyyah."
When people would go to bid someone farewell, they would go up to these places; therefore, these locations were called "Thaniyyat al-Wada‘."
(‘Umdat al-Qari: 10/414)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 3083