Mālik narrated—through Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar—that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered Mecca by the Upper Pass and departed by the Lower Pass. Both al-Bukhārī and Muslim record this wording in their Ṣaḥīḥs.

They likewise relate, by way of ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered Mecca through the Upper Pass situated in al-Baṭḥāʾ and left through the Lower Pass; and they transmit, as well, a similar report from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, from ʿĀʾishah.

When his blessed gaze ﷺ fell upon the House, he said the words al-Shāfiʿī records in his Musnad: “Saʿīd ibn Sālim informed us, from Ibn Jurayj, that the Prophet ﷺ used to raise his hands on beholding the House and say: ‘O Allah, increase this House in honor, veneration, dignity, and awe; and increase, by its honor and nobility, those who perform Hajj or ʿUmrah—granting them honor, dignity, veneration, and righteousness.’ ”

Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Bayhaqī remarked: “This chain is broken, yet it is supported by a mursal report related by Sufyān al-Thawrī, from Abū Saʿīd al-Shāmī, from Makḥūl, who said: ‘Whenever the Prophet ﷺ entered Mecca and saw the House he would raise his hands, pronounce the takbīr, and say: “O Allah, You are Peace and from You comes peace; so welcome us, our Lord, with peace. O Allah, increase this House in honor, veneration, dignity, awe, and righteousness, and increase those who perform Hajj or ʿUmrah to it in dignity, honor, veneration, and righteousness.” ’ ”

Al-Shāfiʿī also said: “Saʿīd ibn Sālim narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, who said: ‘I was told by Miqsam, from Ibn ʿAbbās, that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Hands are to be raised in the prayer, upon sighting the House, on al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah, on the afternoon of ʿArafah, at Muzdalifah, at the two stone-throwing sites, and over the deceased.” ’ ”

Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Bayhaqī commented further: “Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Laylā transmitted this report from al-Ḥakam, from Miqsam, from Ibn ʿAbbās—and also from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar—sometimes stopping it with the Companions and sometimes attributing it to the Prophet ﷺ, but without the mention of the deceased. Ibn Abī Laylā, however, is weak.”

He ﷺ then entered the Sacred Mosque through the Gate of Banū Shaybah. The ḥāfiẓ added: