Dhu al-Hulayfa

ذو الحليفة

The miqat of the people of Madina: pilgrims from Madina enter the state of ihram at its mosque. Its site is known today as Abyar Ali, and Ibn Battuta mentions it on his way to Makkah.

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Dhu al-Hulayfa, the miqat of Medina's people; at its mosque the pilgrims coming from Medina enter ihram. Its site is known today as Abyar Ali.

Dhu al-Hulayfa, the miqat of Medina's people; at its mosque the pilgrims coming from Medina enter ihram. Its site is known today as Abyar Ali. Ibn Battuta mentions it on his way to Mecca.

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Dhu al-Hulayfa, the miqat of Medina's people; at its mosque the pilgrims coming from Medina enter ihram. Its site is known today as Abyar Ali. Ibn Battuta mentions it on his way to Mecca.

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The miqat of the people of Medina, where the pilgrims coming from it enter the state of ihram at its mosque. Its site is known today as Abyar Ali. It was mentioned by Ibn Battuta on his way to Mecca. 1 2

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Mentioned in
Muwatta 392· Muwatta 1112· Muwatta 1204· Muwatta 1205· Muwatta 899· Muwatta 927· Muwatta 928· Muwatta 933· Muwatta 934· Muwatta 936· Muwatta 937· Muwatta 967

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Muwatta, Book of Pilgrimage (hajj)· Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab· Muhammad· Nafi' mawla Ibn Umar· ابن عبد البر· al-Juhfa· Salah (the prescribed prayer)· Medina

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  2. Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958
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Muwatta, Book of Pilgrimage (hajj)

The Book of Pilgrimage, sixth book of the Muwatta in Yahya ibn Yahya's recension (ed. Ma'ruf 1997): 385 reports (898–1282) in eighty-three babs, PDF pp. 433–570 of volume 1, from the rules of the state of ihram through the hady, the standing at Arafa and Muzdalifa, the stoning, the expiations, to the pilgrimage of a woman without a mahram and the fasting of the tamattu' pilgrim.