20. Virtues of Prayer at Masjid Makkah and Madinah
٢٠۔ كتاب فضل الصلاة فى مسجد مكة والمدينة
I heard Abu Said saying four words. He said, "I heard the Prophet ﷺ (saying the following narrative)." He had participated in twelve holy battles with the Prophet.
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ ؓ أَرْبَعًا قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَكَانَ غَزَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثِنْتَىْ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً ح
The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not set out on a journey except for three Mosques i.e. Al-Masjid-AI-Haram, the Mosque of Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and the Mosque of Al-Aqsa, (Mosque of Jerusalem)."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تُشَدُّ الرِّحَالُ إِلاَّ إِلَى ثَلاَثَةِ مَسَاجِدَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَمَسْجِدِ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ وَمَسْجِدِ الأَقْصَى
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "One prayer in my Mosque is better than one thousand prayers in any other mosque except in al-Masjid aI-Ḥarām."
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ صَلاَةٌ فِي مَسْجِدِي هَذَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ صَلاَةٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ إِلاَّ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ
20.2 The Masjid Quba (the Mosque of Quba)
٢٠۔٢ باب مَسْجِدِ قُبَاءٍ
Ibn ʿUmar never offered the Duha prayer except on two occasions: (1) Whenever he reached Mecca; and he always used to reach Mecca in the forenoon. He would perform Tawaf round the Kaʿba and then offer two rakʿat at the rear of Maqam Ibrahim. (2) Whenever he visited Quba, for he used to visit it every Saturday. When he entered the Mosque, he disliked to leave it without offering a prayer. Ibn ʿUmar narrated that Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to visit the Mosque of Quba (sometime) walking and (sometime) riding. And he (i.e. Ibn ʿUmar) used to say, "I do only what my companions used to do and I don't forbid anybody to pray at any time during the day or night except that one should not intend to pray at sunrise or sunset."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَزُورُهُ رَاكِبًا وَمَاشِيًا قَالَ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّمَا أَصْنَعُ كَمَا رَأَيْتُ أَصْحَابِي يَصْنَعُونَ وَلاَ أَمْنَعُ أَحَدًا أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ فِي أَىِّ سَاعَةٍ شَاءَ مِنْ لَيْلٍ أَوْ نَهَارٍ غَيْرَ أَنْ لاَ تَتَحَرَّوْا طُلُوعَ الشَّمْسِ وَلاَ غُرُوبَهَا
20.3 Whoever visited the mosque of Quba every Saturday
٢٠۔٣ باب مَنْ أَتَى مَسْجِدَ قُبَاءٍ كُلَّ سَبْتٍ
Ibn ʿUmar said, "The Prophet ﷺ used to go to the Mosque of Quba every Saturday (sometimes) walking and (sometimes) riding." ʿAbdullah (Ibn ʿUmar) used to do the same.
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَأْتِي مَسْجِدَ قُبَاءٍ كُلَّ سَبْتٍ مَاشِيًا وَرَاكِبًا وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ؓ يَفْعَلُهُ
20.4 To go to the Mosque of Quba
٢٠۔٤ باب إِتْيَانِ مَسْجِدِ قُبَاءٍ مَاشِيًا وَرَاكِبًا
The Prophet ﷺ used to go to the Mosque of Quba (sometimes) walking and sometimes riding.
Added Nafiʿ (in another narration), "He then would offer two rakʿat (in the Mosque of Quba)."
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَأْتِي قُبَاءً رَاكِبًا وَمَاشِيًا
زَادَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ فَيُصَلِّي فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ
20.5 The superiority of the place between the pulpit and the grave (of the Prophet (pbuh))
٢٠۔٥ باب فَضْلِ مَا بَيْنَ الْقَبْرِ وَالْمِنْبَرِ
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Between my house and the pulpit there is a garden of the gardens of Paradise."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا بَيْنَ بَيْتِي وَمِنْبَرِي رَوْضَةٌ مِنْ رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ
The Prophet ﷺ said, "Between my house and my pulpit there is a garden of the gardens of Paradise, and my pulpit is on my fountain tank (i.e. Al-Kauthar)."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا بَيْنَ بَيْتِي وَمِنْبَرِي رَوْضَةٌ مِنْ رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ وَمِنْبَرِي عَلَى حَوْضِي
20.6 The Mosque of Bait-ul-Maqdis (Jerusalem)
٢٠۔٦ باب مَسْجِدِ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ
(freed slave of) Ziyad: I heard Abu Saʿid Al-khudri narrating four things from the Prophet ﷺ and I appreciated them very much. He said, conveying the words of the Prophet. (1) "A woman should not go on a two day journey except with her husband or a Dhi-Mahram. (2) No fasting is permissible on two days: ʿId-ul-Fitr and ʿId-ul-Adha. (3) No prayer after two prayers, i.e. after the Fajr prayer till the sunrises and after the ʿAsr prayer till the sun sets. (4) Do not prepare yourself for a journey except to three Mosques, i.e. Al-Masjid-AI-Haram, the Mosque of Aqsa (Jerusalem) and my Mosque."
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ ؓ يُحَدِّثُ بِأَرْبَعٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَعْجَبْنَنِي وَآنَقْنَنِي قَالَ: «(١) لاَ تُسَافِرِ الْمَرْأَةُ يَوْمَيْنِ إِلاَّ مَعَهَا زَوْجُهَا أَوْ ذُو مَحْرَمٍ، (٢) وَلاَ صَوْمَ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ الْفِطْرِ وَالأَضْحَى، (٣) وَلاَ صَلاَةَ بَعْدَ صَلاَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ وَبَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ، (٤) وَلاَ تُشَدُّ الرِّحَالُ إِلاَّ إِلَى ثَلاَثَةِ مَسَاجِدَ: مَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ، وَمَسْجِدِ الأَقْصَى، وَمَسْجِدِي۔»