Chapter on the recommendation of entering Makkah from the upper pass and exiting from the lower pass, and entering a town from the same route one exited from
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The Reciter: Chapter on the recommendation of entering Makkah from the upper pass and exiting from the lower pass, and entering one’s town from a route other than the one one exited from.
The Shaykh : This heading contains two points of discussion:
The first point: Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) enter from the upper pass and exit from the lower pass intentionally? Or was it because it was more convenient for his entry and exit?
There are two opinions among the scholars. If we adopt the first, it is part of the Sunnah; if we adopt the second, it is not part of the Sunnah.
Second: Is entering any town analogous to this, such as if a person enters for trade? Do we say, enter from one gate or direction and exit from the lower direction?
The apparent statement of the compiler is that it is so, and I say: it is not so, and this is an error. Matters like this are not subject to analogy. First: because the entry of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) into Makkah was for worship, unlike the entry into any town. Second: even if we assume a person enters Madinah for the purpose of praying in the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) mosque, this is worship, yet we do not prescribe for him to enter from one direction and exit from another. We do not say that this is a Sunnah.
This is like the one who said that a person should take a different route when going to Jumu'ah, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took a different route when going to the 'Eid prayer, or some scholars said: take a different route whenever going to any prayer, whether Jumu'ah or otherwise. Some went further and said: take a different route whenever going to any act of worship, even if going to visit a sick person, one goes by one route and returns by another. All these are analogies that are not valid... because in matters of reward and recompense, analogy is not possible. The correct view is that the issue of taking a different route in the 'Eid is restricted to the 'Eid only, 'Eid al-Adha and 'Eid al-Fitr, and that in entering Makkah, if we say that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) entered for worship, it is restricted to entering Makkah specifically.
Then, if one enters Makkah for other than worship, entering it for trade, we do not see that one should take a different route, even if we say that taking a different route is a Sunnah when one arrives for Hajj or 'Umrah.
The Shaykh : This heading contains two points of discussion:
The first point: Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) enter from the upper pass and exit from the lower pass intentionally? Or was it because it was more convenient for his entry and exit?
There are two opinions among the scholars. If we adopt the first, it is part of the Sunnah; if we adopt the second, it is not part of the Sunnah.
Second: Is entering any town analogous to this, such as if a person enters for trade? Do we say, enter from one gate or direction and exit from the lower direction?
The apparent statement of the compiler is that it is so, and I say: it is not so, and this is an error. Matters like this are not subject to analogy. First: because the entry of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) into Makkah was for worship, unlike the entry into any town. Second: even if we assume a person enters Madinah for the purpose of praying in the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) mosque, this is worship, yet we do not prescribe for him to enter from one direction and exit from another. We do not say that this is a Sunnah.
This is like the one who said that a person should take a different route when going to Jumu'ah, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took a different route when going to the 'Eid prayer, or some scholars said: take a different route whenever going to any prayer, whether Jumu'ah or otherwise. Some went further and said: take a different route whenever going to any act of worship, even if going to visit a sick person, one goes by one route and returns by another. All these are analogies that are not valid... because in matters of reward and recompense, analogy is not possible. The correct view is that the issue of taking a different route in the 'Eid is restricted to the 'Eid only, 'Eid al-Adha and 'Eid al-Fitr, and that in entering Makkah, if we say that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) entered for worship, it is restricted to entering Makkah specifically.
Then, if one enters Makkah for other than worship, entering it for trade, we do not see that one should take a different route, even if we say that taking a different route is a Sunnah when one arrives for Hajj or 'Umrah.