[Machine] About his grandfather Al-Arqam, who was from the people of Badr, and he was the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ guest at his house near As-Safa until forty Muslim men gathered, and the last among them to embrace Islam was Umar ibn Al-Khattab. When they reached forty, they went out to meet the polytheists, and I came to bid farewell to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him that I wanted to go to Jerusalem. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked me, "Why do you want to go there? Is it for trade?" I replied, "No, I want to pray there." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The prayer here is better than a thousand prayers there."
عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْأَرْقَمِ وَكَانَ بَدْرِيًّا وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آوَى فِي دَارِهِ عِنْدَ الصَّفَا حَتَّى تَكَامَلُوا أَرْبَعِينَ رَجُلًا مُسْلِمِينَ وَكَانَ آخِرُهُمِ إِسْلَامًا عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَلَمَّا كَانُوا أَرْبَعِينَ خَرَجُوا إِلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَالَ جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لِأُوَدِّعَهُ وَأَرَدْتُ الْخُرُوجَ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟» قُلْتُ أُرِيدُ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ قَالَ «وَمَا يُخْرِجُكُ إِلَيْهِ أَفِي تِجَارَةٍ؟» قُلْتُ لَا وَلَكِنِّي أُصَلِّي فِيهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «صَلَاةٌ هَهُنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ صَلَاةٍ ثَمَّ»