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The answer to Abu Hurayrah’s journey to Mount Tur, the narrator of the hadith: “Do not travel except to three mosques”

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the response to the Sufis and others who cite Abu Hurayrah’s visit to Mount Tur, the narrator of the hadith
A mount is not saddled (for a journey) except to three Masajidلا تشد الرحال إلا إلى ثلاثة مساجد
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 326Sahih (Darussalam)
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Answer:
He said to him:
If I had seen you beforeبعض الصحابة لو أدركتك قبل أن
Muwatta Malik 5:17
You are going to the place from which you are prevented, and he narrated this hadith to him. If a Companion contradicts the evidence, he is excused and not held to his independent reasoning. This is independent reasoning. Yes. It is not prescribed for us to go to the Tur where Allah spoke to Musa, even though the Tur is noble and Allah swore by it—Allah swore by the Tur because He spoke to Musa (peace be upon him) there—but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not prescribe for us to go to it. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [421 -560] الجواب عن سفر أبي هريرة لجبل الطور وهو راوي حديث: (لا تشد الرحال إلا إلى ثلاثة مساجد)؟ — youtube.com

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