"مَن سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَنْشُدُ ضَالَّةً (*) في المَسْجِدِ، فَليَقُل: لا رَدَّهَا الله عَلَيكَ، فَإِنَّ المَسَاجِدَ لَمْ تُبْنَ (* *) لِهَذَا".
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Collected by Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, BayhaqīThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If anyone hears a man crying out in the mosque about something he has lost, he should say: May Allah not restore it to you, for the mosques were not built for this.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ سَمِعَ رَجُلاً يَنْشُدُ ضَالَّةً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَلْيَقُلْ لاَ رَدَّهَا اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لَمْ تُبْنَ لِهَذَا
I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying; if anyone hears a man crying out in the mosque about something he has lost, he should say: May Allah not restore it to you, for the mosque were not built for this.
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ سَمِعَ رَجُلاً يَنْشُدُ ضَالَّةً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَلْيَقُلْ لاَ أَدَّاهَا اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ فَإِنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لَمْ تُبْنَ لِهَذَا
He heard Abu Hurairah say: "I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Whoever hears a man making a lost-and-found announcement in the mosque, let him say: "May Allah not return it to you!" For the mosques were not built for that.'"
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ سَمِعَ رَجُلاً يَنْشُدُ ضَالَّةً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَلْيَقُلْ لاَ رَدَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لَمْ تُبْنَ لِهَذَا
I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying; if anyone hears a man crying out in the mosque about something he has lost, he should say: May Allah not restore it to you, for the mosque were not built for this. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 473)
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَنْشُدُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ضَالَّةً فَلْيَقُلْ لَا أَدَّاهَا اللهُ إلَيْكَفَإِنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لَمْ تُبْنَ لِذَلِكَ
I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying; if anyone hears a man crying out in the mosque about something he has lost, he should say: May Allah not restore it to you, for the mosque were not built for this. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 473)
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَنْشُدُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ضَالَّةً فَلْيَقُلْ لَهُ لَا أَدَّاهَا اللهُ إِلَيْكَ فَإِنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لَمْ تُبْنَ لِهَذَا
I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying; if anyone hears a man crying out in the mosque about something he has lost, he should say: May Allah not restore it to you, for the mosque were not built for this. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 473)
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَنْشُدُ ضَالَّةً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَلْيَقُلْ لَا أَدَّاهَا * اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لَمْ تُبْنَ لِهَذَا»
"A man came making announcement of a lost camel in the Masjid, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'May you never find it!'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 717)
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يُنْشِدُ ضَالَّةً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ «لَا وَجَدْتَهَا»
I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying; if anyone hears a man crying out in the mosque about something he has lost, he should say: May Allah not restore it to you, for the mosque were not built for this. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 473)
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَنْشُدُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ضَالَّةً فَلْيَقُلْ لَا أَدَّاهَا اللهُ إِلَيْكَ؛ فَإِنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لَمْ تُبْنَ لِهَذَا
I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying; if anyone hears a man crying out in the mosque about something he has lost, he should say: May Allah not restore it to you, for the mosque were not built for this. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 473)
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَنْشُدُ ضَالَّةً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَلْيَقُلْ لَا أَدَّاهَا اللهُ إِلَيْكَ فَإِنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لَمْ تُبْنَ لِهَذَا