صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الحجThe Book of Pilgrimage
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ النُّزُولِ بِالْمُحَصَّبِ يَوْمَ النَّفْرِ وَالصَّلاَةِ بِهِ:Chapter: It is recommended to halt at Al-Muhassab on the day of departing from Mina and to perform Zuhr and subsequent prayers there
حدثنا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ : أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ، وَعُمَرَ ، وَابْنَ عُمَرَ : كَانُوا يَنْزِلُونَ الْأَبْطَح ، قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ ، وَأَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ : أَنَّهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ، وَقَالَتْ : " إِنَّمَا نَزَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ مَنْزِلًا أَسْمَحَ لِخُرُوجِهِ " .
Salim reported that Abu Bakr, 'Umar and Ibn 'Umar (RA) used to halt at Abtah. 'Urwa narrated from 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) that he did not observe this practice and said: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) halted there, for it is a place from where it was easy to depart.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Since the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) stayed here,
and afterwards the Rightly Guided Caliphs (radi Allahu anhum ajma'in) also continued to stay here,
there is no doubt regarding its being recommended (mustahabb).
However, Lady Aisha (radi Allahu anha) and Ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhu) considered it to be an ordinary stopping place.
Since the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) stayed here,
and afterwards the Rightly Guided Caliphs (radi Allahu anhum ajma'in) also continued to stay here,
there is no doubt regarding its being recommended (mustahabb).
However, Lady Aisha (radi Allahu anha) and Ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhu) considered it to be an ordinary stopping place.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2008
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The literal meaning of "Abtah" or "Batha" is a level and spacious piece of land. Here, it refers to the plain between Makkah and Mina. It is also called "Muhassab." (Fath al-Bari: 3/754)
➋ The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) stayed here and performed five prayers: Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha, and Fajr. On that same night, he went to Makkah, performed the Farewell Tawaf (Tawaf al-Wada‘), and then returned.
➌ Lady Aisha (radi Allahu anha) went for ‘Umrah with her brother, ‘Abd al-Rahman (radi Allahu anhu). When she returned, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) departed for Madinah from this very place. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of ‘Umrah, Chapter: Performing ‘Umrah after Hajj without a sacrificial animal, Hadith: 1786)
➊ The literal meaning of "Abtah" or "Batha" is a level and spacious piece of land. Here, it refers to the plain between Makkah and Mina. It is also called "Muhassab." (Fath al-Bari: 3/754)
➋ The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) stayed here and performed five prayers: Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha, and Fajr. On that same night, he went to Makkah, performed the Farewell Tawaf (Tawaf al-Wada‘), and then returned.
➌ Lady Aisha (radi Allahu anha) went for ‘Umrah with her brother, ‘Abd al-Rahman (radi Allahu anhu). When she returned, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) departed for Madinah from this very place. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of ‘Umrah, Chapter: Performing ‘Umrah after Hajj without a sacrificial animal, Hadith: 1786)
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3067
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
642 Lexical Explanation:
By «با لا بطح» and «ابطح», what is meant is the Valley of Muhassab itself.
«اسمع» means more easy and convenient.
«لخروجه» refers to traveling from Makkah to Madinah. From this, it is understood that staying in Muhassab is not among those recommended rites of Hajj. And one opinion is that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam stopped at this place because it is the location where the Quraysh made a pact to sever ties with Banu Hashim in the seventh year of Prophethood, and it was here that they wrote the agreement of boycott. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam stopped here to express gratitude to Allah, as Allah had granted victory to His religion and His Messenger. For this reason, some say that pilgrims should stay here, but apparently, the statement of Aisha radi Allahu anha seems to be correct. «والله اعلم»
By «با لا بطح» and «ابطح», what is meant is the Valley of Muhassab itself.
«اسمع» means more easy and convenient.
«لخروجه» refers to traveling from Makkah to Madinah. From this, it is understood that staying in Muhassab is not among those recommended rites of Hajj. And one opinion is that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam stopped at this place because it is the location where the Quraysh made a pact to sever ties with Banu Hashim in the seventh year of Prophethood, and it was here that they wrote the agreement of boycott. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam stopped here to express gratitude to Allah, as Allah had granted victory to His religion and His Messenger. For this reason, some say that pilgrims should stay here, but apparently, the statement of Aisha radi Allahu anha seems to be correct. «والله اعلم»
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 642
