[Machine] "About his grandfather Al-Arqam, who was from the Badriyyun (early Muslims) and was a companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He bestowed his house in the vicinity of As-Safa as a shelter for the Muslims until they reached a count of forty Muslim men, with the last of them to embrace Islam being Umar ibn Al-Khattab.

When they reached forty, they went out to the polytheists, and Al-Arqam said, 'I went to bid farewell to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I intended to go to Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem).' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked me, 'Where do you intend to go?' I replied, 'Bayt al-Maqdis.' He then asked, 'Are you going there for trade?' I replied, 'No, but to pray there.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'A prayer there is equivalent to a thousand prayers elsewhere.'  

عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْأَرْقَمِ وَكَانَ بَدْرِيًّا وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ آوَى فِي دَارِهِ عِنْدَ الصَّفَا حَتَّى تَكَامَلُوا أَرْبَعِينَ رَجُلًا مُسْلِمَيْنِ وَكَانَ آخِرَهُمْ إِسْلَامًا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فَلَمَّا كَانُوا أَرْبَعِينَ خَرَجُوا إِلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَالَ الْأَرْقَمُ فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِأُوَدِّعَهُ وَأَرَدْتُ الْخُرُوجَ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟» قُلْتُ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ قَالَ «وَمَا يُخْرِجُكَ إِلَيْهِ؟ أَفِي تِجَارَةٍ؟» قُلْتُ لَا وَلَكِنْ أُصَلِّي فِيهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «صَلَاةٌ هَا هُنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ صَلَاةٍ ثَمَّ»