Abdul 'Aziz bin Rufai' (RA) said: I asked Anas bin Malik (RA) to tell me about something he knew about Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , viz. where he observed the noon prayer on Yaum al-Tarwiya. He said: At Mina. I said: Where did he observe the afternoon prayer on the Yaum an-Nafr? and he said: It was at al-Abtah. He then said: Do as your rulers do.
Nafi' reported that Ibn 'Umar regarded halt at Muhassab as Sunnah (of the Holy Prophet) and observed the noon prayer on Yaum al-Nahr at that place. Nafi' said: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) halted at Muhassab and the Caliphs did the same after him.
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported.: Halt at al-Abtah is not the Sunnah. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) halted there simply because it was easier for him to depart from there, when he left.
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.
Ibn 'Abbas (RA) reported: Halt at Muhassab is not something (significant from the point of view of the Shari'ah). It is a place of halt where Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) halted.
Abu Rafi' reported: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did not command me to observe halt at al-Abtah when be departed from Mina, but I came and set up his (the Holy Prophet's) tent (of my own accord); and he (Allah's Apostle) (ﷺ) came and observed halt. This hadith is narrated through another chain of transmitters from Abu Rafi' who was (in charge) of the luggage of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: God willing, we will get down tomorrow, at Khaif of Banu Kinanah, the place where they had taken an oath on unbelief.
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to us as we were at Mina: We would observe halt tomorrow at-Khaif of Banu Kinanah, where (the polytheists) had taken an oath on unbelief, and that was that the Quraish and Banu Kinanah had pledged against Banu Hashim and Banu Muttalib that they would neither marry nor do any transaction with them unless they deliver Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to them. And (this pledge was) taken at this (place) Muhassab.
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: God willing, when Allah has granted us victory, our halt tomorrow will be at Khaif, where they (the unbelievers of Makkah) had taken an oath on unbelief.