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صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب الصلاة
The Book of As-Salat (The Prayer)
بَابُ الْمَسَاجِدِ الَّتِي عَلَى طُرُقِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَالْمَوَاضِعِ الَّتِي صَلَّى فِيهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.:
Chapter. The mosques which are on the way to Al-Madina and the places where the Prophet ﷺ had offered Salat (prayers).
Sahih Bukhari 486 — The mosques which are on the way to Al-Madina
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 .
Ibn `Umar used to pray facing the small mountain ('Irq) at the end of Ar-Rawha'. The end of that mountain reaches the edge of the road, short of the mosque that lies between it and the end of Ar-Rawha', as you go to Mecca. A mosque has been built there, but `Abdullah bin `Umar did not pray in that mosque; he used to leave it on his left and behind him and pray ahead of it, facing the mountain itself. `Abdullah used to set out from Ar-Rawha' and would not offer the Zuhr prayer till he reached that place, and then he offered the Zuhr prayer there. And when he was coming back from Mecca, if he passed by it an hour before dawn or at the end of the last part of the night, he would stop and rest there till he offered the Fajr prayer.
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.
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
