وَأَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي إِلَى الْعِرْقِ الَّذِي عِنْدَ مُنْصَرَفِ الرَّوْحَاءِ ، وَذَلِكَ الْعِرْقُ انْتِهَاءُ طَرَفِهِ عَلَى حَافَةِ الطَّرِيقِ دُونَ الْمَسْجِدِ الَّذِي بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْمُنْصَرَفِ وَأَنْتَ ذَاهِبٌ إِلَى مَكَّةَ ، وَقَدِ ابْتُنِيَ ثَمَّ مَسْجِدٌ ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ يُصَلِّي فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَسْجِدِ كَانَ يَتْرُكُهُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ وَوَرَاءَهُ وَيُصَلِّي أَمَامَهُ إِلَى الْعِرْقِ نَفْسِهِ ، وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَرُوحُ مِنَ الرَّوْحَاءِ فَلَا يُصَلِّي الظُّهْرَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ ذَلِكَ الْمَكَانَ فَيُصَلِّي فِيهِ الظُّهْرَ ، وَإِذَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ فَإِنْ مَرَّ بِهِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ بِسَاعَةٍ أَوْ مِنْ آخِرِ السَّحَرِ عَرَّسَ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ بِهَا الصُّبْحَ .
See translation for hadith 484 above
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
Second Stage:
The second stage is mentioned by the name of Sharaf ar-Rawha.
When traveling from Madinah Munawwarah to Makkah Mukarramah, the upper part of this settlement is called Sharaf ar-Rawha, and the part that comes after leaving the settlement is called Mansarif ar-Rawha.
There are two mosques here:
One is for the local people, which is large, and the other is a small mosque.
In this second stage, the place where the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) prayed was only one.
Abdullah ibn Umar (radi Allahu anhu) would depart from the place of Rawha after the decline of the sun, but he would perform the Zuhr prayer at this place.
Similarly, on the occasion of returning from Makkah Mukarramah, if he passed by here at the end of the night, he would stay here and perform the Fajr prayer at this place.
Both these mosques remain in Rawha, and the people of this area know them.
According to the statement of Abdullah ibn Umar (radi Allahu anhu), this small mosque was also not built at the place where the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) prayed.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 486