Rabigh (رَابِغُ)
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التعريف :
A valley between Makkah and Madinah, close to the red sea and about 220 kilometres from Makkah. It is at a 20 kilometre distance from al-Juḥfah towards the sea. It is a point of mīqāt where travellers to Makkah for the hajj or umrah should start their consecration, i.e. iḥrām. In fact the point of mīqāt is at al-Juḥfah, but it became Rabigh when al-Juḥfah became uninhabited. A person who starts consecration at Rabigh does so before reaching the mīqāt, although the point of mīqāt at al-Juḥfah was recently revived.
المعنى الاصطلاحي :
A place between Makkah and Madinah. It is the "meeqat" (place of assuming "ihraam" [ritual state of consecration]) for the people of the Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine), Egypt, and North Africa as a substitute to Al-Juhfah.
الشرح المختصر :
Raabigh is one of the locational "meeqats" (place of assuming "ihraam" [ritual state of consecration]) of Hajj and ‘Umrah that lies between Makkah and Madinah near the Red Sea. It is at a short distance before Al-Juhfah for the traveler arriving from Madinah. It is where the pilgrims of the Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine), North Africa, Egypt, and Turkey enter the state of 'ihraam" instead of Al-Juhfah, which has perished a long time ago and is almost unrecognizable. The pilgrims of those countries assume "ihraam" at Raabigh out of precaution. Today, Raabigh is a coastal city north of Jeddah. It is affiliated to Makkah and lies at a distance of approximately 220 miles from it.
التعريف اللغوي المختصر :
"Raabigh": name of a valley between Makkah and Madinah, near the Red Sea. It is derived from the verb “rabagh”, which means resided in luxury or in the place where it is pleasant to stay and have a comfortable life.