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Sahih al-Bukhari, 1535
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Narrated Musa bin `Uqba:

Salim bin `Abdullah's father said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) said that while resting in the bottom of the valley at Muarras in Dhul-Hulaifa, he had been addressed in a dream: 'You are verily in a blessed valley.' " Salim made us to dismount from our camels at the place where `Abdullah used to dismount, aiming at the place where Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had rested and it was below the Mosque situated in the middle of the valley in between them (the residence) and the road.

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ رُئِيَ وَهُوَ فِي مُعَرَّسٍ بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ بِبَطْنِ الْوَادِي قِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّكَ بِبَطْحَاءَ مُبَارَكَةٍ‏.‏ وَقَدْ أَنَاخَ بِنَا سَالِمٌ، يَتَوَخَّى بِالْمُنَاخِ الَّذِي كَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يُنِيخُ، يَتَحَرَّى مُعَرَّسَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ أَسْفَلُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الَّذِي بِبَطْنِ الْوَادِي، بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الطَّرِيقِ وَسَطٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ‏.‏

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In-Book Reference
Book 25, Hadith 23
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Vol. 2, Book 26, Hadith 610 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was so keen to know the places in which the Prophet ﷺ prayed during his travels. He (may Allah be pleased with him) would pray in these places out of his love for the Prophet ﷺ and hoping for the barakah (abundance and blessings) from these places which the Prophet ﷺ blessed by praying in them. In this hadeeth, ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that in one occasion, the Prophet ﷺ had a true dream during his stay at Thoo al-Hulayfah. He ﷺ used to spend the night in the bottom of the valley at al-Mu’arras in Thoo al-Hulayfah where he would spend the night and pray. 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. The place where he ﷺ used to stay, rest, and pray is near Masjid Thoo al-Hulayfah. The angel described the land as blessed and Bat-haa’, which is a term used for every place that formed after a flood, leveled by a water stream, and containing pebbles or stones. The blessed land mentioned in the hadeeth refers to the valley of al-Aqeeq. This event took place during the journey of the Prophet ﷺ to Makkah to perform the Farewell Hajj, as mentioned in one hadeeth in Saheeh al-Bukhaaree. Thoo al-Hulayfah is a town that is about 10 KM from al-Madeenah, and it is considered the Meeqaat of the people of al-Madeenah and those who travel through it. Then, Moosa ibn ‘Uqbah, one of the narrators of this hadeeth, stated that Saalim ibn ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar made him and the people with him dismount from their camels at the place where `Abdullah used to dismount, aiming at the place where Allah's Messenger ﷺ had rested and prayed. All this so he could follow the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ did not pray at the Mosque that was erected afterwards, but rather at the same place where the Mosque was built afterwards, as indicated by Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Ibn ‘Umar followed the footsteps of the Prophet ﷺ, so, every time he travelled between Makkah and al-Madeenah, he would imitate the Prophet ﷺ and rest and pray in the same places where the Prophet ﷺ rested and prayed. There are many reports in Saheeh al-Bukhaaree showing how keen he was to find all the places wherein the Prophet ﷺ prayed on this route. This hadeeth shows the virtue of the valley of al-‘Aqeeq and its abundant blessings..
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