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ahmad:25720Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

“Staying in Abtah is not Sunnah; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ only stayed there because it was more convenient for his departure.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3067)   

أحمد:٢٥٧٢٠حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

لَيْسَ نُزُولُ الْمُحَصَّبِ بِالسُّنَّةِ إِنَّمَا نَزَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِيَكُونَ أَسْمَحَ لِخُرُوجِهِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
bukhari:1765Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

It (i.e. Al-Abtah) was a place where the Prophet ﷺ used to camp so that it might be easier for him to depart.  

البخاري:١٧٦٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

إِنَّمَا كَانَ مَنْزِلٌ يَنْزِلُهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِيَكُونَ أَسْمَحَ لِخُرُوجِهِ يَعْنِي بِالأَبْطَحِ  

muslim:1311aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʾAbū Kurayb > ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

Halt at al-Abtah is not the Sunnah. Messenger of Allah ﷺ halted there simply because it was easier for him to depart from there, when he left.  

مسلم:١٣١١aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

نُزُولُ الأَبْطَحِ لَيْسَ بِسُنَّةٍ إِنَّمَا نَزَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لأَنَّهُ كَانَ أَسْمَحَ لِخُرُوجِهِ إِذَا خَرَجَ  

abudawud:2008Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ alighted at al-Muhassab so that it might be easier for him to proceed (to Medina). It is not a sunnah (i.e. a rite of Hajj). Anyone who desires may alight there, and anyone who does not want may not alight.  

أبو داود:٢٠٠٨حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

إِنَّمَا نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمُحَصَّبَ لِيَكُونَ أَسْمَحَ لِخُرُوجِهِ وَلَيْسَ بِسُنَّةٍ فَمَنْ شَاءَ نَزَلَهُ وَمَنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يَنْزِلْهُ  

ibnmajah:3067[Chain 1] Hannād b. al-Sarī > Ibn Abū Zāʾidah And ʿAbdah Wawakīʿ Waʾabū Muʿāwiyah [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ Waʾabū Muʿāwiyah [Chain 3] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

“Staying in Abtah is not Sunnah; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ only stayed there because it was more convenient for his departure.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٠٦٧حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ وَعَبْدَةُ وَوَكِيعٌ وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

إِنَّ نُزُولَ الأَبْطَحِ لَيْسَ بِسُنَّةٍ إِنَّمَا نَزَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِيَكُونَ أَسْمَحَ لِخُرُوجِهِ  

ahmad:25575Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Hishām / Ibn ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ alighted at al-Muhassab so that it might be easier for him to proceed (to Medina). It is not a sunnah (i.e. a rite of Hajj). Anyone who desires may alight there, and anyone who does not want may not alight. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2008)  

أحمد:٢٥٥٧٥حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ إِنَّمَا نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُحَصَّبَ لِيَكُونَ أَسْمَحَ لِخُرُوجِهِ وَلَيْسَ بِسُنَّةٍ فَمَنْ شَاءَ نَزَلَهُ وَمَنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يَنْزِلْهُ  

ahmad:25885ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah > Lam Takun Tafʿal Dhalik

"The Messenger of Allah only camped at Al-Abtah because it was easier for his departure." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 923)   

أحمد:٢٥٨٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ قَالَ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ وَأَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ

وَقَالَتْ إِنَّمَا نَزَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ مَنْزِلًا أَسْمَحَ لِخُرُوجِهِ  

ahmad:25926Abū Muʿāwiyah > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

“Staying in Abtah is not Sunnah; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ only stayed there because it was more convenient for his departure.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3067)  

أحمد:٢٥٩٢٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

إِنَّ نُزُولَ الْأَبْطَحِ لَيْسَ بِسُنَّةٍ إِنَّمَا نَزَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ أَسْمَحَ لِخُرُوجِهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:24143ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

“Staying in Abtah is not Sunnah; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ only stayed there because it was more convenient for his departure.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3067)  

أحمد:٢٤١٤٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

إِنَّ نُزُولَ الْأَبْطَحِ لَيْسَ بِسُنَّةٍ إِنَّمَا نَزَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ أَسْمَحَ لِخُرُوجِهِ  

ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْحَاجِّ إِذَا أَرَادَ الْقُفُولَ أَنْ يَتَحَصَّبَ لَيْلَتَئِذٍ لِيَكُونَ أَسْهَلَ لِظُعُنِهِ

ibnhibban:3896Ḥāmid b. Muḥammad b. Shuʿayb > Surayj b. Yūnus > Sufyān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > Asmāʾ And ʿĀʾishah Kānatā Lā Tuḥaṣṣibān

"The Messenger of Allah only camped at Al-Abtah because it was easier for his departure." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 923)   

ابن حبّان:٣٨٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا حَامِدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ أَسْمَاءَ وَعَائِشَةَ كَانَتَا لَا تُحَصِّبَانِ قَالَتْ

عَائِشَةُ «إِنَّمَا نَزَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ أَسْمَحَ لِخُرُوجِهِ»  

tabarani:11382Bishr b. Mūsá > al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

"At-Tahsib is nothing, it is only a place that the Messenger of Allah camped at." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 922)  

الطبراني:١١٣٨٢حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«لَيْسَ الْمُحَصَّبُ شَيْءٌ إِنَّمَا هُوَ مَنْزِلٌ نَزَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ»  

nasai-kubra:4193Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ alighted at al-Muhassab so that it might be easier for him to proceed (to Medina). It is not a sunnah (i.e. a rite of Hajj). Anyone who desires may alight there, and anyone who does not want may not alight. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2008)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤١٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«الْمُحَصَّبُ لَيْسَ بِسُنَّةٍ إِنَّمَا هُوَ مَنْزِلٌ نَزَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِيَكُونَ أَسْمَحَ لِخُرُوجِهِ»  

bayhaqi:9740Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ alighted at al-Muhassab so that it might be easier for him to proceed (to Medina). It is not a sunnah (i.e. a rite of Hajj). Anyone who desires may alight there, and anyone who does not want may not alight. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2008)   

البيهقي:٩٧٤٠أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

ؓ إِنَّمَا نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُحَصَّبَ لِيَكُونَ أَسْمَحَ لِخُرُوجِهِ وَلَيْسَ بِسُنَّةٍ فَمَنْ شَاءَ نَزَلَهُ وَمَنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يَنْزِلْهُ