PlacesKnown place

Mina

منى

The Hajj site nearest Makkah, with the three Jamarat and the mosque of al-Khayf.

SahihSee it in the Atlas
Today
east of Makkah, now joined to the city
How sure
The site is not in doubt.
Map position
21.4° N, 39.9° E

About this place

Ibn 'Umar prayed two rak'ahs at Mina with the Prophet ﷺ, and with Abu Bakr and 'Umar after him (al-Bukhari 1082).

Shurrab describes Mina as the Hajj site nearest Makkah, where pilgrims stay from the day of sacrifice until the twelfth or thirteenth, with the three Jamarat and the mosque of al-Khayf; the city's buildings now reach it.

Evidence

Sahih

Sahih al-Bukhari 1082

Grades
GraderVerdict
al-BukhariSahih (included by al-Bukhari in his Sahih) (Sahih)
Full narration

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمِنًى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ، وَمَعَ عُثْمَانَ صَدْرًا مِنْ إِمَارَتِهِ ثُمَّ أَتَمَّهَا‏.‏

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:I offered the prayer with the Prophet, Abu Bakr and `Umar at Mina and it was of two rak`at. `Uthman in the early days of his caliphate did the same, but later on he started praying the full prayer

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