(The book) ‘Al-Kafi’ – The number...

(The book) ‘Al-Kafi’ – The number, from Ahmad, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Safwan, from Abu Al-FazAl-who said, ‘I was in the vicinity of Makkah and I asked Abu Abdullah -asws , ‘From where should I wear Ihraam for the Hajj?’ He -asws said: ‘From where Rasool-Allah -saww wore Ihraam, from Al-Ji’rana (near Makkah). In that place came the conquest of Al-Taif, and conquest of Khyber, and the conquest (of Makkah)’’.

[181] Ji’rana : it is located in the northeastern part of Mecca on the way to Ta’if . It is about twenty nine kilometers away from al-Masjid al-Haram.

( Masjid al-Ji’rranah – IslamicLandmarks.com ) The Boundaries of Minah: The boundaries of Minah are between the valleys of ‘Aqqabah’ and ‘Muhser’ [182] Leaving Minah for Arafah (to Stay 9 th of Zilhajj day in Arafah): After reciting the morning prayers at Minah, ‘ Mohram ’ should go to Arafah on the morning of the 9 th of Zilhajj but do not arrive there before the sunrise. [183] The boundaries of Arafah are from the place called ‘Mazameen’ until the end of ‘Mouqeef’ [184] .

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Sama’at who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah -asws , ‘When there is constriction at Arafaat, what should we be doing?’ He -asws said: ‘You should be going higher to the mountain’.