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Section (1)
When he set out from ʿArafāt, he would proceed to al-Mashʿar al-Ḥarām (the Sacred Monument) along the route of al-Maʾzimayn, which is still the path people use today. [The jurists only said, “along the route of al-Maʾzimayn”] (2) because (3) to ʿArafāt (4) there is another road called the road of Ḍabb. By that road the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—entered ʿArafāt, and he came out by the route of al-Maʾzimayn (5).
The Prophet (6), whether during the pilgrimage rites or the festival prayers, used to go by one route and return by another (7). [Thus he entered Mecca (8) through the Upper Thaniyyah and left (9) from
(1) The word “fasl” (section) is absent from manuscript B.
(2) The bracketed passage is omitted in manuscript B.
(3) Manuscript B reads: “li-anna” (because).
(4) Manuscripts C and D read: “Arafa” (the plain of Arafat).
(5) Reported by Ahmad, no. 6151, from the hadith of Ibn Umar; graded authentic by al-Albani in Sahih al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib, no. 48.
(6) The phrase appears in manuscripts A and B as “fa kana” instead of “wa kana al-nabiyy salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam”.
(7) Manuscript B adds the word “tariq” (road).
(8) The word “Mecca” is missing from manuscript C.
(9) The phrase “min al-thaniyati al-ula wa kharaja” (from the upper mountain pass and he left) is absent from manuscript D.
فصلٌ
(١)
فإذَا أَفاضَ مِنْ عرفاتٍ:
ذهبَ إلى الْمَشْعَرِ الحَرَامِ على طريقِ الْمَأْزِمَيْنِ، وهُوَ طريقُ الناسِ اليومَ،
[وإنَّمَا قالَ الفقهاءُ: علَى طريقِ المأزِمَيْنِ]
(٢)
؛ لأنَّه
(٣)
إلى عرفات
(٤)
طريقٌ أُخْرَى تسمَّى طريقَ ضَبٍّ، ومنها دخلَ النبيُّ صلَّى اللَّهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ إلى عرفاتٍ، وخرجَ على طريقِ المأزِمَيْنِ
(٥)
.
وكانَ النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
(٦)
في المناسِكِ والأعيادِ يذهبُ مِنْ طريقٍ، ويرجِعُ مِنْ أخرَى
(٧)
، [فدَخَلَ مكَّة
(٨)
مِنَ الثَّنِيَّةِ العُلْيَا، وخرجَ
(٩)
مِنَ
(١) قوله: (فصل): سقط من (ب).
(٢) ما بين معقوفين سقط من (ب).
(٣) في (ب): (لأنَّ).
(٤) في (ج) و (د): (عرفة).
(٥) رواه أحمد (٦١٥١) من حديث ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما. وصححه الألباني في صحيح الترغيب والترهيب (٤٨).
(٦) قوله: (وكان النَّبيُّ صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم) هو في (أ) و (ب): (فكان).
(٧) في (ب): (طريق).
(٨) قوله: (مكَّة): سقط من (ج).
(٩) قوله: (من الثَّنية العليا وخرج): سقط من (د).