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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»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, 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:1925Sufyān > ʿAmr > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

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

أحمد:١٩٢٥حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَيْسَ الْمُحَصَّبُ بِشَيْءٍ إِنَّمَا هُوَ مَنْزِلٌ نَزَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

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: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  

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