What are the names of the Hanbali jurists who hold the opinion that spending the night in Mina on the eve of Arafah is obligatory?
Spending the night in Mina on the night of 'Arafah is a Sunnah according to the majority of scholars, and they have agreed that whoever omits it is not liable for anything. Some Hanbalis, such as Ibn Hamdan and 'Abd al-Rahman al-Basri al-Darir, considered it obligatory.
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