“While we were sitting in the mosque, a manenteredriding a camel; he made it kneel in the mosque, then hehobbled itand said to them: ‘Which of you is Muhammad?’ The MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) was reclining among them, so they said: ‘Thisfair-skinned man who is reclining.’ The man said to him: ‘O sonof ‘Abdul-Muttalib!’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘I am listening toyou.’ The mansaid: O Muhammad! I am asking you and will be sternin asking, so donot bear any ill-feelings towards me.’ He said:‘Ask whatever youthink.’ The man said: ‘I adjure you by yourLord and the Lord of thosewho came before you, has Allah sent you toall of mankind?’ TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘By Allah,yes.; He said: ‘I adjure youby Allah, has Allah commanded you topray the five prayers each dayand night?’ The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: ‘By Allah, yes.’ Hesaid: ‘I adjure you by Allah,has Allah commanded you to fast thismonth of each year?’ TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘By Allah,yes.’ He said: ‘Iadjure you by Allah, has Allah commanded you to takethis charityfrom our rich and distribute it among our poor?’ TheMessenger ofAllah (ﷺ) said: ‘By Allah, yes.’ The man said: ‘Ibelieve inwhat you have brought, and I am the envoy of my people whoare behindme. I am Dimam bin Tha’labah, the brother of Banu Sa’d binBakr.’”

“Allah said: ‘I have enjoined onyournation five prayers, and I have made a covenant with Myself thatwhoever maintains them, I will admit them to Paradise, and whoeverdoes not maintain them, has no such covenant with Me.’”

“One prayer in this mosque of mine is better than a thousandprayers anywhere else, except The Sacred Mosque (Al-MasjidAl-Haram).”(Another chain) from Abu Hurairah from the Prophet (ﷺ) with similar wording.

“Oneprayerin this mosque of mine is better than one thousand prayers inanyother mosque except the Sacred Mosque.”

“Oneprayer in my mosque is better than one thousand prayerselsewhere,except the Sacred Mosque, and one prayer in the SacredMosque isbetter than one hundred thousand prayers elsewhere.”

I said: “O Messenger of Allah, tell us about Baitil-Maqdis.”He said: “It is the land of the Resurrection and theGathering. Goand pray there, for one prayer there is like onethousand prayerselsewhere.” I said: “What if I cannot travel and gothere?” Hesaid: “Then send a gift of oil to light its lamps, forwhoever doesthat is like one who goes there.”

“When Sulaiman bin Dawud finished building Baitil-Maqdis, he askedAllah for three things: judgment that was in harmony with Hisjudgment, a dominion that no one after him would have, and that nooneshould come to this mosque, intending only to pray there, but hewouldemerge free of sin as the day his mother bore him.” TheProphet (ﷺ)said: “Two prayers were granted, and I hope that thethird was alsogranted.”

“No one should prepare a mount (travel) to visit any mosqueexceptthree: the Sacred Mosque, this mosque of mine, and AqsaMosque.”

“Do not prepare a mount (travel)tovisit any mosque except three: the Sacred Mosque, Aqsa Mosque, andthis mosque of mine.”

“One prayer in the Quba’Mosqueis like ‘Umrah.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoeverpurifies himself in his house, then comes to the Quba’ Mosque andoffers one prayer therein, will have a reward like that for ‘Umrah.”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said: ‘A man’s prayer in his house is equal (in reward) to oneprayer; his prayer in the mosque of the tribes is equal totwenty-fiveprayers; his prayer in the mosque in which Friday prayeris offered isequal to five-hundred prayers; his prayer in AqsaMosque is equal tofifty thousand prayers; his prayer in my mosque isequal to fiftythousand prayers; and his prayer in the Sacred Mosqueis equal to onehundred thousand prayers.”

“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray facing the trunk of a date-palmtree when the mosque was still a hut, and he used to deliver thesermon leaning on that trunk. A man from among his Companions said:‘Would you like us to make you something upon which you can standonFridays so that the people will be able to see you and hear yoursermon?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ So he made three steps for him, as apulpit.When they put the pulpit in place, they put it in the placewhere itstands now. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wanted tostand on thepulpit, he passed by the tree trunk from which he usedto deliver thesermon, and when he went beyond the trunk, it moanedand split andcracked. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came down when heheard thevoice of the trunk, and rubbed it with his hand until itfell silent.Then he went back to the pulpit and when he prayed, heprayed facingit. When the mosque was knocked down (for renovation)and (thepillars, etc.) were changed, Ubayy bin Ka’b took thattrunk and keptit in his house until it became very old and thetermites consumed itand it became grains of dust.”

“If I had notembraced it, it would have continued to grieve until the Day ofResurrection.”

“The people differed concerningthepulpit of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and what it was made of. Sothey came to Sahl bin Sa’d and asked him. He said: ‘There is nooneleft who knows more about that than I. It is made of tamarisk (atypeof tree) from Ghabah. It was made by so-and-so, the freed slaveof so-and-so (a woman), (who was) a carpenter. He brought it and he(theProphet (ﷺ)) stood on it when it was put in position. He facedtheQiblah and the people stood behind him. He recited Qur’an, thenbowedand raised his head, then he moved backwards until heprostrated onthe ground, then he went back to the pulpit and recitedQur’an, thenbowed and raised his head, then he moved backwardsuntil he prostratedon the ground.”

“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) used to stand by the root of a tree, or by a tree trunk,thenhe started to use a pulpit. The tree trunk made a grievingsound.”Jabir said: “So that the people in the mosque could hear it.Untilthe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to it and rubbed it, and itcalmeddown. Some of them said: ‘If he had not come to it, it wouldhavegrieved until the Day of Resurrection.’”

“I prayed onenight with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he kept standing until Ithought of doing something bad.” I said: “What was that?”Hesaid: “Ithought of sitting down and leaving him.”

“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood (in prayer) until his feet becameswollen. It was said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, Allah has forgiven youyour past and future sins.’ He said: ‘Should I not be a thankfulslave?’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)usedto pray until his feet became swollen. It was said: ‘O MessengerofAllah, Allah has forgiven you your past and future sins.’ He said:‘Should I not be a thankful slave?’”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) wasasked: ‘Which prayer is best?’ He said: ‘That with the longerQunut.’”