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السيوطي:١٥٠٣١a

"شَرُّ الْمجالِسِ الأَسْواق والطرق, وخَيْرُ الْمجالِسِ الْمساجدُ، فَإِن لَمْ تَجْلِس فِى الْمسْجِد فَبيْتُكَ".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن واثلة

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tabarani:18436al-Walīd b. Ḥammād > Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Bishr b. ʿAwn > Bakkār b. Tamīm > Makḥūl > Wāthilah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The worst gatherings are the markets and the roads, and the best gatherings are the mosques. So if you do not find a seat in the mosque, then stay in your homes."  

الطبراني:١٨٤٣٦حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ ثنا بَكَّارُ بْنُ تَمِيمٍ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «شَرُّ الْمَجَالِسِ الْأَسْوَاقُ وَالطُّرُقُ وَخَيْرُ الْمَجَالِسِ الْمَسَاجِدُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجْلِسْ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَالْزَمْ بَيْتَكَ»  

tabarani:18437Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bakr al-Sirāj > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm al-Tarjumānī > Ayyūb b. Mudrik > Makḥūl > Wāthilah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "The worst gatherings are the markets and roads, and the best gatherings are the mosques. So if you don't sit in the mosque, then stay in your house."  

الطبراني:١٨٤٣٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ السِّرَاجُ قَالَ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّرْجُمَانِيُّ ثنا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ مُدْرِكٍ ثنا مَكْحُولٌ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مِنْ شَرِّ الْمَجَالِسِ الْأَسْوَاقُ وَالطُّرُقُ وَخَيْرُ الْمَجَالِسِ الْمَسَاجِدُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجْلِسْ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَالْزَمْ بَيْتَكَ»