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In some narrations, the expanse of al-Haram al-Nabawi has been defined as one Barid (In Arabia, a unit of distance which equals 4 [[farsakh]]s, 12 miles and about 19.3 kilometers) to each of four directions.<ref>al-Shaykh al-Tusi, Muhammad b. Hasan. ''Tahdhib al-ahkam''. vol. 6 p. 13; al-Nawawi, Yahya b. Sharaf. ''al-Majmu' sharh al-muhadhdhab''. vol. 7. p. 499; Haythami, 'Ali b. Abi Bakr. ''Kashf al-astar 'an zawa'id al-bazzar 'ala al-kutub al-sita''. vol. 2. p. 54</ref> According to another [[hadith]], narrated by both [[Shi'a]] and [[Sunni]], al-Haram al-Nabawi is located between two lands of black stones in the East and the West of [[Medina]].<ref>al-Kulayni, Muhmmad b. Ya'qub. ''al-Kafi''. vol. 4. p. 564; al-Nawawi, Yahya b. Sharaf. ''al-Majmu' sharh al-muhadhdhab''vol. 7. p. 487; Tabari, Ahmad b. 'Abd allah. ''al-Qira li-qasid um al-qura''. p. 670-671</ref> [[:Category:Shiʿa marjaʿs|Shi'a Marja's]] have defined the expanse of al-Haram al-Nabawi from the mount 'Ayr ('Ayir) to the mount Wa'ir, according to a hadith.<ref>al-Hilli, Hasan b. Yusuf. ''Tadhkirat al-fuqaha''. vol. 1. p. 651; Bahrani, yusif b. Ahmad. ''al-Hada'iq al-nadira fi ahkam al-'itrat al-tahira''. vol. 11. p. 302;  Khalkhali, Rida. ''Mu'tamid al-'urwat al-wuthqa''. vol. 5. p. 512</ref> But some Sunni authorities have referred to another hadith and have defined this expanse from the mount 'Ayr to [[the mount Thawr]] which is 12 miles. They have considered the mount 'Ayr in [[Miqat]] and Thawr behind [[the mount Uhud]].<ref>Ibn Qudama. ''al-Mughni''. vol. 3. p. 376; al-Khatib al-Sharbini, Muhammad b. Ahmad. ''Mughni al-Muhtaj ila ma'rifat ma'ani alfaz al-minhaj''. vol. 1. p. 529; ''. vol. 2. p. 551</ref>  Regarding the location of the mount Thawr in [[Mecca]], some others have interpreted the mentioned hadiths differently and considered it possible that narrators have mistaken the mount Thawr with the mount Uhud or maybe the previous name of Uhud has been Thawr. It is also possible that the noble Prophet (s) actually meant the distance between the two mounts of 'Ayr and Thawr in Mecca or that the Prophet (s) figuratively called the two mountains around Medina 'Ayr and Thawr.