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bayhaqi:13332 – [Chain 1] Abū Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī > Abū Khalīfah > Abū al-Walīd > Jarīr b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd [Chain 2] Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan b. Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm b. Firās Bimakkah > Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar b. Aḥmad al-Jumaḥī > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Isḥāq b. Ismāʿīl al-Ṭālqānī > Jarīr b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Muḥārib b. Dithār > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked, "O Messenger of Allah, which are the best places?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "I do not know." The man then asked, "Which are the worst places?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "I do not know." Then, Gabriel ﷺ came to him and said, "O Gabriel, which are the best places?" Gabriel ﷺ replied, "I do not know." The Prophet ﷺ then said, "Ask your Lord." Gabriel ﷺ suddenly startled and nearly fell, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "I do not ask about anything." Then, Allah, the Most High and Majestic, said to Gabriel, "Muhammad has asked you which are the best places. So, tell him that the best places are the mosques and the worst places are the markets." In this sense, there are many narrations.  

البيهقي:١٣٣٣٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ثنا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ثنا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ فِرَاسٍ بِمَكَّةَ أنبأ أَبُو حَفْصٍ عُمَرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْجُمَحِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الطَّالْقَانِيُّ ثنا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ مُحَارِبِ بْنِ دِثَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أِيُّ الْبِقَاعِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي فَقَالَ أِيُّ الْبِقَاعِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ أِيُّ الْبِقَاعِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي قَالَ أِيُّ الْبِقَاعِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي قَالَ سَلْ رَبَّكَ قَالَ فَانْتَفَضَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ انْتِفَاضَةً كَادَ يُصْعَقُ مِنْهَا مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَقَالَ اللهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا لِجِبْرِيلَ سَأَلَكَ مُحَمَّدٌ أِيُّ الْبِقَاعِ خَيْرٌ فَقُلْتَ لَا أَدْرِي وَسَأَلَكَ أِيُّ الْبِقَاعِ شَرٌّ فَقُلْتَ لَا أَدْرِي فَأَخْبِرْهُ أَنَّ خَيْرَ الْبِقَاعِ الْمَسَاجِدُ وَأَنَّ شَرَّ الْبِقَاعِ الْأَسْوَاقُ وَفِي هَذَا الْمَعْنَى أَخْبَارٌ كَثِيرَةٌ  

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Ḥākim, Bayhaqī
hakim:2149 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Mūsá al-ʿAdl > Muḥammad b. Ayyūb > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan al-Hisinjānī And Yaḥyá b. al-Mughīrah al-Saʿdī > Jarīr > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Muḥārib b. Dithār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, which are the best places?" The Prophet replied, "I do not know." The man asked, "Which are the worst places?" The Prophet again replied, "I do not know." Then, Jibril came to him and said, "Ask your Lord." So, the Prophet asked Allah, and Jibril informed him that Allah had asked which are the best places, to which the Prophet had replied, "I do not know," and which are the worst places, to which the Prophet had also replied, "I do not know." Jibril then said, "Yes." Then, Jibril told him that the best places are the mosques, and the worst places are the marketplaces.  

الحاكم:٢١٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَاهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَى الْعَدْلُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ أَنْبَأَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْهِسِنْجَانِيُّ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ السَّعْدِيُّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ مُحَارِبِ بْنِ دِثَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ خَيْرٌ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا أَدْرِي» قَالَ فَأَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ شَرٌّ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا أَدْرِي» فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ فَقَالَ «سَلْ رَبَّكَ» فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ مَا نَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَانْتَفَضَ انْتِفَاضَةً كَادَ أَنْ يُصْعَقَ مِنْهُمَا مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ فَلَمَّا صَعِدَ جِبْرِيلُ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى سَأَلَكَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ خَيْرٌ؟ فَقُلْتَ لَا أَدْرِي وَسَأَلَكَ أَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ شَرٌّ؟ فَقُلْتَ لَا أَدْرِي قَالَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَحَدِّثْهُ أَنَّ «خَيْرَ الْبِقَاعِ الْمَسَاجِدُ وَأَنَّ شَرَّ الْبِقَاعِ الْأَسْوَاقُ» صحيح  

hakim:306 – Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Tujībī Bimakkah Fī Dār Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Isḥāq b. Ismāʿīl > Jarīr > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Muḥārib b. Dithār > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, which places are better?" The Prophet replied, "I don't know." The man then asked, "Which places are worse?" again the Prophet replied, "I don't know." The man advised him to ask his Lord, so when Gabriel descended, the Prophet said, "I was asked about the better places and the worse places, but I didn't know." Gabriel said, "I also don't know until I ask my Lord." Suddenly, Gabriel shuddered and almost got shocked, then Allah said to Gabriel, "O Gabriel, Muhammad is asking you which places are better." Gabriel replied, "I don't know." Then the Prophet asked, "Which places are worse?" and Gabriel replied, "I don't know. However, the best places are the mosques and the worst places are the markets."  

الحاكم:٣٠٦ – حَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو حَفْصٍ عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ التُّجِيبِيُّ بِمَكَّةَ فِي دَارِ أَبِي بَكْرِ الصِّدِّيقِ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ مُحَارِبِ بْنِ دِثَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ خَيْرٌ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا أَدْرِي» فَقَالَ أَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ شَرٌّ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا أَدْرِي» فَقَالَ سَلْ رَبَّكَ قَالَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنِّي سُئِلْتُ أَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ خَيْرٌ وَأَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ شَرٌّ؟ فَقُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ وَأَنَا لَا أَدْرِي حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ رَبِّي قَالَ فَانْتَفَضَ جِبْرِيلُ انْتِفَاضَةً كَادَ أَنْ يُصْعَقَ مِنْهَا مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ يَسْأَلُكَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ خَيْرٌ؟ فَقُلْتَ لَا أَدْرِي فَسَأَلَكَ أَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ شَرٌّ فَقُلْتَ لَا أَدْرِي وَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الْبِقَاعِ الْمَسَاجِدُ وَشَرَّ الْبِقَاعِ الْأَسْوَاقُ  

bayhaqi:4984 – Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan b. Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm b. Firās Bimakkah > Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar b. Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Jumaḥī > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Isḥāq b. Ismāʿīl al-Ṭālqānī > Jarīr b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Muḥārib b. Dithār > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked, "O Messenger of Allah, which places are the best?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "I do not know." He then asked, "Which places are the worst?" The Prophet ﷺ again replied, "I do not know." Then, Jibril (Gabriel) came to him and the Prophet ﷺ asked him, "O Jibril, which places are the best?" Jibril replied, "I do not know." The Prophet ﷺ asked again, "Which places are the worst?" Jibril replied, "I do not know." Then the Prophet ﷺ said to Jibril, "Ask your Lord." Jibril asked his Lord, and the Prophet ﷺ sat there almost being overwhelmed. Then Jibril returned and said, "Muhammad, I was asked by your Lord, which places are the best?" So I said, "I do not know." And He asked again, "Which places are the worst?" So I said, "I do not know." Then He informed me that the best of places are the mosques and the worst of places are the markets.  

البيهقي:٤٩٨٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ فِرَاسٍ بِمَكَّةَ أنبأ أَبُو حَفْصٍ عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْجُمَحِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ أنبأ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الطَّالْقَانِيُّ ثنا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ مُحَارِبِ بْنِ دِثَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أِيُّ الْبِقَاعِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي قَالَ فَأِيُّ الْبِقَاعِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا جِبْرِيلُ أِيُّ الْبِقَاعِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي قَالَ أِيُّ الْبِقَاعِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي قَالَ سَلْ رَبَّكَ قَالَ فَانْتَقَضَ جِبْرِيلُ انْتِقَاضَةً كَادَ يُصْعَقُ مِنْهَا مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَقَالَ اللهُ سُبْحَانَهُ لِجِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ سَأَلَكَ مُحَمَّدٌ أِيُّ الْبِقَاعِ خَيْرٌ؟ فَقُلْتَ لَا أَدْرِي وَسَأَلَكَ أِيُّ الْبِقَاعِ شَرٌّ؟ فَقُلْتَ لَا أَدْرِي فَأَخْبِرْهُ أَنَّ خَيْرَ الْبِقَاعِ الْمَسَاجِدُ وَأَنَّ شَرَّ الْبِقَاعِ الْأَسْوَاقُ