Residing in Makkah

Abd al-Rahman bin Humayd said: We asked Sayyiduna al-Sa'ib (may Allah be pleased with him): "What have you heard about staying in Makkah?" He said: I heard Sayyiduna al-Ala' bin al-Hadrami (may Allah be pleased with him) say that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one who emigrated from Makkah may stay in Makkah for three days after Hajj."

Amir said: None of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (the Muhajirun) resided in Makkah.

And Amir used to say: "What is this residing (in Makkah)?"

Abu Sufyan said: I stayed in Makkah with Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) for six months.

Ata said: Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) stayed with us in Makkah.

Hisham narrates from his father that Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) stayed in Makkah for two years.

Abd al-Malik said: I stayed in Makkah, and Ali bin al-Husayn and Sa'id bin Jubayr were also there.

Ata said: Ubayd bin Umayr al-Laythi and I came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) while she was staying at Thabir. The narrator said: She had made a vow to stay (there) for a month, and her brother Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade her from it and would say: "Staying at the House of Allah and circumambulating it is better and more excellent in my view than that." The narrator said: When Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman died, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) went out (to it).

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: After departing from Hajj, do not stay in Makkah for more than three days.

Isma'il said: When al-Sha'bi was asked about staying in Makkah, he would bring the letter of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that was written to the people of Khuza'ah. In the letter it was written: "I have taken for every emigrant (among you) the same ruling I have taken for myself, even if he was from that very land: that he will not stay in Makkah except for Hajj and Umrah."

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Makkah is not an abode for residing and staying.

Amir said: It is not permitted for an emigrant to stay in Makkah for more than three days.