al-Shaykhan

al-Shaykhan: a place between Medina and the mountain of Uhud, on the eastern road beside al-Harra. It has two fortified towers that were named because an old man and an old woman used to talk there, in one report. ²

The Prophet spent the night there on the night before Uhud and reviewed the people. He allowed those whom he saw fit and sent back those whom he saw fit to send back. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri was among those sent back. The houses of Banu Haritha were in its neighbourhood, and in it is the mosque in which he prayed when he set out for Uhud. ²