The Prophet ﷺ had travel habits, one of which were that he ﷺ would stop in a place near al-Madeenah waiting for other travelers so they could travel together in one group. From his other travel habits was that he ﷺ would spend a night in a place near al-Madeenah so he ﷺ could enter al-Madeenah in the morning. The Prophet ﷺ also used to pray in every place he stayed at during his journey. In this hadeeth, ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the travel routes that the Prophet ﷺ used to take in his journey to perform ‘Umrah and Hajj were as follows: (i) he ﷺ would take the Tree path, which is located near Masjid Thoo al-Hulayfah, when he departs al-Madeenah On his way back, he ﷺ would take the Mu’rras route, which is a level land at Thoo al-Hulayfah. The Arabic word al-Mu’arras is derived from the word Ta’rees, which means arriving at a place towards the end of the night. From this meaning, the place was given this name because the Prophet ﷺ would arrive there at the last part of the night and stay there till morning. In this place, he ﷺ used to pray too. Thooal-Hulayfah is a town located about 10 kms from al-Madeenah and it is considered the Meeqaat of the residents of al-Madeenah and those who travel through it. ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) continues to say that whenever the Prophet ﷺ would travel to Makkah for the purpose of performing ‘Umrah or Hajj, he would pray at the Tree Mosque at Thoo al-Hulayfah. And, on his way back, he ﷺ would come to the valley of Thoo al-Hulayfah towards the end of the night. He ﷺ would pray there and spend the night there and then head towards al-Madeenah in the morning so travelers do not surprise their families of their arrival at night. There are a number of reports that are recorded in Saheeh al-Bukhaaree on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that specify the places at which the Prophet ﷺ prayed during his travels. It was said that none of these places and mosques are known today except the Mosque of Thoo al-Hulayfah and the mosques in al-Rawhaa’. .