They counted this among their most illustrious distinctions. When Islam came, it further exalted their service. May we, then, adopt these courtesies and present to the guests of the Most-Merciful deeds that will earn us a good reputation in this world and a noble treasure in the Hereafter.

Differences among the jurists
The scholars disagreed: Is spending the night in Mina obligatory or merely recommended?
The majority—including the imams Mālik, al-Shāfiʿī, and Aḥmad—maintain that it is obligatory. Their first proof is that the Prophet ﷺ singled out al-ʿAbbās for the concession of not spending the night because he was providing water; this indicates that no one else who is not engaged in a similar service may avail himself of that license. Their second proof is the Prophet’s own practice of spending the night there and his statement, “Learn your rites from me.”
Abū Ḥanīfah and al-Ḥasan, however, hold that it is recommended, not obligatory.
They also differed over whether a compensatory sacrifice (dam) is required for omitting it. Those who deem the overnight stay obligatory require a sacrifice for abandoning it, while those who consider it recommended do not.

Chapter: Combining Maghrib and ʿIshāʾ in Muzdalifah
First Ḥadīth
ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar ⦗may Allah be pleased with them⦘ reported: The Prophet ﷺ combined the Maghrib and ʿIshāʾ prayers at Jamʿ (Muzdalifah). He gave a separate iqāma for each of them, and he offered no supererogatory prayer between the two nor after either one of them. (1)

Unfamiliar terms
• “Jamʿ” (with a fathah on the jīm and a sukūn on the mīm) is another name for Muzdalifah. It is called Jamʿ because people gather there on the night of the Day of Sacrifice.
• “Al-izdalāf” means drawing near; hence the site is also called Muzdalifah, for the pilgrims draw near there as they travel from ʿArafāt to Minā. It is further known as the “sacred landmark” (al-mashʿar al-ḥarām) because it lies within the boundaries of the Sacred Precinct, in contrast to ʿArafāt, which is outside and therefore termed “the lawful landmark” (al-mashʿar al-ḥalāl).
• “He offered no tasbīḥ between them”: here “tasbīḥ” refers to any voluntary (nafl) prayer, as indicated in several aḥādīth.