What is Bakkah and what is Makkah?

Abu Malik said: The site of the House of Allah is Bakkah, and whatever is besides that is Makkah.

Ikrimah said: The area around the Ka'bah is Bakkah, and what lies beyond that is Makkah.

Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: It was named Bakkah only because people come to it from every direction to perform Hajj.

Sa'id bin Jubayr was asked: "Why was it named Bakkah?" He said: "Because people crowd together there and, because of the throng, jostle one another."

Ja'far narrates from his father (Muhammad al-Baqir) that he said: Bakkah was named Bakkah only because the people crowd together there and jostle one another.

Amr bin Shu'ayb said: It was named Bakkah only because people crowd together and jostle one another in it.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Bakkah: it is thronged with crowds, the male in it being like the female (men and women press together in it).

Mujahid said: It was named Bakkah because people push one another there, and in it things are lawful that are not lawful elsewhere.

Atiyyah said: Bakkah is the site of the Ka'bah, and what is around it is Makkah.