The Book of
the Masjids from Sunan An-Nasa’i
689 It was
narrated from ‘Amr bin ‘Abasah that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Whoever
builds a Masjid in which Allah is remembered, Allah, (the Mighty and Sublime)
will build for him a house in Paradise.” (Sahih)
690 It was
narrated from Anas that the Prophet (saw) said: “One of the portents of the
Hour will be that people will show off in building Masjids.” (Sahih)
691 It was
narrated that Ibrahim said: “I used to recite Qur’an to my father on the road,
and if I recited a verse in which a prostration was required, he would
prostrate. I said: ‘O my father, do you prostrate on the street?’ He said: ‘I
heard Abu Dharr say: “I asked the Messenger of Allah (saw): ‘Which Masjid was
built first?’ He said: ‘Al-Masjid Al-Haram.’* I said: ‘Then which?’ He said: ‘Al-Masjid
Al-Aqsa.’** I said: ‘How long was there between them?’ He said: ‘Forty years.
And the earth is a Masjid (or a place of prostration) for you, so wherever you
are when the time for prayer comes, pray.’” (Sahih)
*In Makkah.
**”Furthest Masjid, meaning the Masjid in Jerusalem.
692 It was
narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that Maimunah the wife of the Prophet (saw) said: “Whoever
prays in the Masjid of the Messenger of Allah (saw) (that is good), for I heard
the Messenger of Allah (saw) say: ‘One prayer offered there is better than a
thousand prayers offered elsewhere, except the Masjid of the Ka’bah.’” (Sahih)
693 It was
narrated from Salim that his father said: “The Messenger of Allah (saw) entered
the House (the Ka’bah), with Usamah bin Zaid, Bilal and ‘Uthman bin Talhah, and
they locked the door behind them. When the Messenger of Allah (saw) opened it,
I was the first one to enter. I met Bilal and asked him: ‘Did the Messenger of
Allah (saw) pray inside?’ He said: ‘Yes, he prayed between the two Yemeni
columns.’” (Sahih)
694 It was
narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “When
Sulaiman bin Dawud finished building Bait Al-Maqdis, he asked Allah for three
things: Judgment that was in harmony with His judgment, and he was given that.
And he asked Allah for a dominion that no one after him would have, and he was
given that. And when he finished building the Masjid he asked Allah, the Mighty
and Sublime, that no one should come to it, intending only to pray there, but
he would emerge free of sin as the day his mother bore him.” (Sahih)
695 It was
narrated from Abu Salamah bin ‘Abdur-Rahman and Abu ‘Abdullah Al-Agharr, the
freed slave of the Juhanis – better of whom were companions of Abu Hurairah –
that they heard Abu Hurairah say: “One prayer in the Masjid of the Messenger of
Allah (saw) is better than one thousand prayers offered in other mosques,
except Al-Masjid Al-Haram, for the Messenger of Allah (saw) was the last of the
prophets and his Masjid was the last of the Masjids.” Abu Salamah and Abu ‘Abdullah
said: “We do not doubt that Abu Hurairah was speaking on the basis of the
Hadith of the Messenger of Allah (saw), but we could not verify that Hadith
with Abu Hurairah before he died. Then we remembered that and we blamed one
another for not having spoken to Abu Hurairah about that, so that he could
attribute it to the Messenger of Allah (saw) if he had indeed heard it from
him. While we were arguing, we went and sat down with ‘Abdullah bin Ibrahim bin
Qariz, and we told him about the Hadith and how we had been negligent in not
checking it with Abu Hurairah. ‘Abdullah bin Ibrahim said to us: ‘I bear
witness that I heard Abu Hurairah say: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: I am
the last of the prophets and it is the last of the Masjids.’” (Sahih)
696 It was
narrated that ‘Abdullah bin Zaid said: “The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: ‘The
area between my house and my Minbar is one of the gardens of Paradise.’”
(Sahih)
697 It was
narrated from Umm Salamah that the Prophet (saw) said: “The columns of this
Minbar of mine will be in Paradise.” (Sahih)
698 It was
narrated from Ibn Abi Sa’eed Al-Khudri that his father said: “Two men argued
about the Masjid which was founded on piety from the first day. [9:108] One man
said that it was the Masjid of Quba’, and the other said that it was the Masjid
of the Messenger of Allah (saw). The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: ‘It is this
Masjid of mine.’” (Sahih)
699 It was
narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said: “The Messenger of Allah (saw) used to come to
Quba’ riding and walking.” (Sahih)
700 Abu Umamah
bin Sahl bin Hunaif said: “My father said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: ‘Whoever
goes out to this Masjid – the Masjid of Quba’ – and prays therein, that will be
equivalent to ‘Umrah.’” (Hasan)
701 It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Mounts are
not saddled for except to (travel to) three Masjids: Al-Masjid Al-Haram, this
Masjid of mine, and Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa.” (Sahih)
702 It was
narrated that Talq bin ‘Ali said: “We went out as a delegation to the Prophet
(saw); we gave him our oath of allegiance and prayed with him. We told him that
in our land there was a church that belonged to us. We asked him to give us the
leftovers of his purification (Wudu’ water). So he called for water, performed
Wudu’ and rinsed out his mouth, then he poured it into a vessel and said to us:
‘Leave, and when you return to your land, demolish your church, and sprinkle
this water on that place, and take it as a Masjid.’ We said: ‘Our land is far
away and it is very hot; the water will dry up.’ He said: ‘Add more water to
it, for that will only make it better.’ So we left and when we came to our land
we demolished our church, then we sprinkled water on that place and took it as
a Masjid, and we called the Adhan in it. The monk was a man from Tayy’, and
when he heard the Adhan, he said: ‘It is a true call.’ Then he headed toward
one of the hills and we never saw him again.” (Sahih)
703 It was
narrated that Anas bin Malik said: “When the Messenger of Allah (saw) came to
Al-Madinah, he alighted in the upper part of Al-Madinah among the tribe called
Banu ‘Amr bin ‘Awf and he stayed with them for fourteen nights. Then he sent
for the chiefs of Banu An-Najjar, and they came with their swords by their
sides. It is as if I can see the Messenger of Allah (saw) on his she-camel with
Abu Bakr riding behind him (on the same camel) and the chiefs of Banu An-Najjar
around him, until he dismounted in the courtyard of Abu Ayyub. The Prophet
(saw) used to offer the prayer wherever he was when the time came, and he would
pray even in sheepfolds. Then he ordered that the Masjid be built. He sent for
the chiefs of Banu An-Najjar, he said: ‘O Banu An-Najjar, name me a price for
this grove of yours.’ They said: ‘By Allah, we will not ask for its price
except from Allah.’” Anas said: “In (that grove) there were graves of idolaters,
ruins and date-palm trees. The Messenger of Allah (saw) ordered that the graves
of the idolaters that the graves of the idolaters be dug up, the ruins be
leveled and the date-palm trees be cut down. The trunks of the trees were
arranged so as to form the wall facing the Qiblah. The stone pillars were built
at the sides of its gate. They started to move the stones, reciting some lines
of verse, and the Messenger of Allah (saw) was with them when they were saying:
‘O Allah! There is no good except the good of the Hereafter. So bestow victory
on the Ansar and the Muhajirin.’” (Sahih)
704 ‘Ubaidullah
bin ‘Abdullah reported that ‘Aishah and Ibn ‘Abbas said: “When the Messenger of
Allah (saw) was on his deathbed, he had a Khamisah over his face. When his
temperature rose, he would uncover his face. While he was like that he said: ‘May
Allah curse the Jews and Christians, for they took the graves of their Prophets
as places of worship.’” (Sahih)
705 It was
narrated from ‘Aishah that Umm Habibah and Umm Salamah mentioned a church that
they had seen in Ethiopia, in which there were images. The Messenger of Allah
(saw) said: “Those people, if there was a righteous man among them, when he
died they built a place of worship over his grave and made those images. They
will be the most evil of creation before Allah on the Day of Resurrection.”
(Sahih)
706 It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (saw) said: “When a man goes out of
his house to his Masjid, one foot records a good deed and the other erases a
bad deed.” (Sahih)
707 It was
narrated from Salim that his father said: “The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: ‘When
the wife of any one of you asks for permission to go to the Masjid, do not stop
her.’” (Sahih)
708 It was
narrated that Jabir said: “The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: ‘Whoever eats of
this plant’ – the first time he said ‘garlic’ then he said, ‘garlic, onions and
leeks’* - ‘let him not approach us in our Masjids, for the angels are offended
by that which offends mankind.’” (Sahih)
*In Fath Al-Bari, Ibn Hajar is of the opinion that it was
Ibn Juraij who was talking, explaining that ‘Ata’ – who reported it from Jabir –
narrated it both ways.
709 It was
narrated from Ma’dan bin Abi Talhah that ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab said: “O people,
you eat of two plants which I do not think are anything but bad, this onion and
garlic. I have seen the Prophet of Allah (saw), if he noticed their smell
coming from a man, ordering that he be taken out to Al-Baqi’. Whoever eats them,
let him cook them to death.” (Sahih)
710 It was
narrated that ‘Aishah said: “When the Messenger of Allah (saw) wanted to
observe I’tikaf, he would pray Fajr then enter the place where he wanted to observe
I’tikaf. He wanted to observe I’tikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan, so
he commanded that a Khiba’ (tent) be pitched for him. Then Hafsah ordered that
a Khiba’ be pitched for her, and when Zainab saw her tent she ordered that a
Khiba’ be pitched for her too. When the Messenger of Allah (saw) saw that he
said: ‘Is it righteousness that you seek?’ And he did not observe I’tikaf in
Ramadan, and observed I’tikaf for ten days in Shawwal (instead).” (Sahih)
711 It was
narrated that ‘Aishah said: “Sa’d was wounded on the day of Al-Khandaq when a
man of Quraish shot him in the medial arm vein. The Messenger of Allah (saw)
pitched a tent (Khaimah) for him in the Masjid so that he could visit him close
at hand.” (Sahih)
712 It was
narrated from ‘Amr bin Sulaim Az-Zuraqi that he heard Abu Qatadah say: “While
we were sitting in the Masjid, the Messenger of Allah (saw) came out to us
carrying Umamah bint Abi Al-‘As bin Ar-Rabi’, whose mother was Zainab, the
daughter of the Messenger of Allah (saw). She was a little girl and he was
carrying her. The Messenger of Allah (saw) prayed with her on his shoulder,
putting her down when he bowed and picking her up again when he stood up, until
he completed his prayer.” (Sahih)
713 It was
narrated from Sa’eed bin Abi Sa’eed that he heard Abu Hurairah say: “The Messenger
of Allah (saw) sent some horsemen toward Najd, and they brought back a man from
Banu Hanifah who was called Thumamah bin Uthal, the chief of the people of
Al-Yamamah. Then he was tied to one of the pillars of the Masjid.” (Sahih)
714 It was
narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (saw) performed
Tawaf during the Farewell Pilgrimage atop a camel, touching the Rukn* with a
stick that was bent at the top. (Sahih)
*The corner of the Ka’bah in which the Black Stone is situated.
715 It was
narrated from ‘Amr bin Shu’aib, from his father, from his grandfather, that the
Prophet (saw) forbade sitting in circles on Friday before Jumu’ah prayer, and
buying and selling in the Masjid. (Hasan)
716 It was
narrated from ‘Amr bin Shu’aib, from his father, from his grandfather, that the
Prophet (saw) forbade reciting poetry in the Masjid. (Hasan)
717 It was
narrated that Sa’eed bin Al-Musayyab said: “Umar passed by Hassan bin Thabit
while he was reciting poetry in the Masjid, and glared at him. He said: ‘I
recited poetry when there was someone better than you in the Masjid.’ Then he
turned to Abu Hurairah and said: ‘Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (saw)
when he said: “Answer back on my behalf. O Allah, help him with the Holy
Spirit!’” He said: ‘Yes, by Allah.’” (Sahih)
718 It was
narrated that Jabir said: “A man came making announcement of a lost camel in
the Masjid, and the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: ‘May you never find it!’”
(Sahih)
719 Sufyan
said: “I said to ‘Amr: ‘Did you hear Jabir say: “A man passed through the
Masjid carrying arrows, and the Messenger of Allah (saw) said to him: ‘Hold
them by the blades?’” He said: ‘Yes.’” (Sahih)
720 It was
narrated that Al-Aswad said: “Alqamah and I entered upon ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud
and he said to us: ‘Have these people prayed?’ We said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘Get up
and pray.’ So we went to stand behind him, and he put one of us on his right
and the other on his left, and he prayed with no Adhan and no Iqamah. When he
bowed he interlaced his fingers and placed his hands between his knees, and he
said: ‘I saw the Messenger of Allah (saw) doing that.’” (Sahih)
721 It was
narrated that Sulaiman said: “I heard Ibrahim (narrate) from ‘Alqamah and
Al-Aswad from ‘Abdullah,” and he narrated something similar. (Sahih)
722 It was
narrated from ‘Abbad bin Tamim, from his paternal uncle, that he saw the
Messenger of Allah (saw) lying on his back in the Masjid, placing one leg on
top of the other. (Sahih)
723 It was
narrated from Ibn ‘Umar, that when he was young and single, with no family, at
the time of the Messenger of Allah (saw), he used to sleep in the Masjid of the
Prophet (saw). (SAhih)
724 It was
narrated that Anas said: “The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: ‘Spitting in the
Masjid is a sin, and its expiation is to bury it.’” (Sahih)
725 It was
narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (saw) saw some sputum on
the Qiblah wall. He scrapped it off then he turned to the people and said: “When
any one of you is praying, let him not spit in front of him, for Allah is in
front of him when he prays.” (Sahih)
726 It was
narrated from Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri that the Prophet (saw) saw some spittle in
the Qiblah of the Masjid. He scratched it off with a pebble and forbade a man
to spit to his front or to his right. He said: “Let him spit to his left or
beneath his left foot.” (Sahih)
727 It was
narrated that Tariq bin ‘Abdullah Al-Muharibi said: “The Messenger of Allah
(saw) said: ‘When you are praying, do not spit to the front or to your right.
Spit behind you or to your left if there is no one there, otherwise do this.’
And he spat beneath his foot and rubbed it.’” (Sahih)
728 It was
narrated from Abu Al-‘Ala bin Ash-Shikhir that his father said: “I saw the
Messenger of Allah (saw) spit and then rub it with his left foot.” (Sahih)
729 It was
narrated that Anas bin Malik said: “The Messenger of Allah (saw) saw some sputum
in the Qiblah of the Masjid, and he became so angry that his face turned red.
Then a woman from the Ansar went and scratched it off, and put some perfume in
its place. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: ‘How good this it.’” (Sahih)
730 It was
narrated that ‘Abdul-Malik bin Sa’eed said: “I heard Abu Humaid and Abu Usaid
say: ‘The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “When any one of you enters the
Masjid, let him say: ‘Allahumma aftahli abwaba rahmatik (O Allah, open to me
the gates of Your mercy). And when he leaves let him say: Allahumma inni as’aluka
min fadlik (O Allah, I ask You of Your bounty).’” (Sahih)
731 It was
narrated from Abu Qatadah that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “When any one
of you enters the Masjid, let him pray two Rak’ahs before he sits down.”
(Sahih)
732 ‘Abdullah
bin Ka’b said: “I heard Ka’b bin Malik telling the story of when he stayed
behind from going out on the campaign of Tabuk with the Messenger of Allah
(saw). He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (saw) came back in the morning, and
when he came back from a journey he would go to the Masjid first and pray two
Rak’ahs there, then he would sit to (meet with) the people. When he did that,
those who had stayed behind came to him and started giving their excuses, swearing
by Allah. There were eighty-odd men, and the Messenger of Allah (saw) accepted
what they declared and accepted their oaths of allegiance; he prayed for
forgiveness for them and left whatever was in their hearts to Allah. Then when
I came and greeted him, he smiled as one who is angry, then he said: ‘Come
here.’ So I came and sat in front of him,* and he said: ‘What kept you behind?
Did you not buy a mount?’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, if I were to sit
before anyone other than you of those who hold high positions in this world, I
would find a way to avoid his anger. I am an eloquent man but, by Allah, I know
that if I were to tell you a lie today to make you pleased with me, Allah would
soon make you angry with me, but if I tell you the truth, it will make you
angry with me, but I will still have hope that Allah may forgive me. I have
never been in a better position, physically or financially, than the time when
I stayed behind and did not join you.’ The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: ‘This
man has spoken the truth. Go away until Allah decides concerning you.’ So I got
up and went away.” This is an abridged version of narration. (Sahih)
*It is this which the author cites the narration for.
While the absence of the mention of a thing – in this case prayer – is not a
proof that it does not exist.
733 It was
narrated that Abu Sa’eed bin Al-Mu’alla said: “We used to go to the marketplace
in the morning at the time of the Messenger of Allah (saw), and we would pass
through the Masjid and pray there.” (Da’if)
734 It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “The angels
send Salah upon any one of you so long as he is in the place where he prays,
and so long as he does no invalidate his ablution, (saying): ‘O Allah, forgive
him, O Allah, have mercy on him.’” (Sahih)
735 Sahl As-Sa’idi,
may Allah be pleased with him, said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say:
‘Whoever is in the Masjid waiting for the prayer, he is in a state of prayer.’”
(Hasan)
736 It was
narrated from ‘Abdullah bin Mughaffal that the Messenger of Allah (saw) forbade
praying in the camel pens. (Hasan)
737 It was
narrated that Jabir bin ‘Abdullah said: “The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: ‘The
earth has been made for me a place of prostration and a means of purification,
so wherever a man of my Ummah is when the time for prayer comes, let him pray.’”
(Sahih)
738 It was
narrated from Anas bin Malik that Umm Sulaim asked the Messenger of Allah (saw)
to come to her and pray in her house so that she could take (the place where he
prayed) as a Musalla (prayer place). So he came to her and she went and got a
reed mat and sprinkled it with water, and he prayed on it, and they prayed with
him. (Sahih)
739 It was
narrated from Maimunah that the Messenger of Allah (saw) used to pray on a mat.
(Sahih)
740 Abu Hazim
bin Dinar narrated that some men came to Sahl bin Sa’d As-Sa’idi. They were
wondering what kind of wood the Minbar was made of, so they asked him about
that. He said: “By Allah, I know what it is made of. I saw it the first day it
was set up and the first day the Messenger of Allah (saw) sat on it. The
Messenger of Allah (saw) sent word to so-and-so” – a woman whose name is Sahl
mentioned – “telling her: ‘Tell your carpenter slave to make me something of
wood that I can sit on when I speak to the people.’ So she told him, and he
made it from tamarisk wood from Al-Ghabah (a place near Al-Madinah). Then he
brought it and it was sent to the Messenger of Allah (saw), who commanded that
it be set up here. Then I saw the Messenger of Allah (saw) ascend it and
praying on it, and saying the Takbir while he was not top of it, then he bowed
when he was on top of it, then he came back downward and prostrated at the base
of the Minbar, then he went back. When he had finished he turned to face the
people and said: ‘O people, I only did this so that you can follow me in prayer
and learn how I pray.’” (Sahih)
741 It was
narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah (saw) praying on a
donkey, when he was heading toward Khaibar.” (Sahih)
742 It was
narrated from Anas bin Malik that he saw the Messenger of Allah (saw) praying
on a donkey while he was riding, praying toward Khaibar with the Qiblah behind
him.
Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasa’i) said: We do not know of
anyone who reported anything to support what ‘Amr bin Yahya said about praying
on a donkey. As for the Hadith of Yahya bin Sa’eed from Anas, what is correct
is that it is Mawquf.* And Allah knows best. (Sahih)
*That is a saying or action of a Companion of the Prophet
(saw).
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