Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 741

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Sunan Ibn Majah 741
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا جُبَارَةُ بْنُ الْمُغَلِّسِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ مَا سَاءَ عَمَلُ قَوْمٍ قَطُّ إِلاَّ زَخْرَفُوا مَسَاجِدَهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Jubarah ibn al-Mughallis narrated to us: 'Abd al-Karim ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from 'Amr ibn Maymun, from 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Whenever a people's deeds become bad, they adorn their mosques.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The verb زَخْرَفُوا refers to embellishing or ornamenting the mosques.