Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 750
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ السُّلَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ نَبْهَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا عُتْبَةُ بْنُ يَقْظَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ، عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الأَسْقَعِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " جَنِّبُوا مَسَاجِدَكُمْ صِبْيَانَكُمْ وَمَجَانِينَكُمْ وَشِرَارَكُمْ وَبَيْعَكُمْ وَخُصُومَاتِكُمْ وَرَفْعَ أَصْوَاتِكُمْ وَإِقَامَةَ حُدُودِكُمْ وَسَلَّ سُيُوفِكُمْ وَاتَّخِذُوا عَلَى أَبْوَابِهَا الْمَطَاهِرَ وَجَمِّرُوهَا فِي الْجُمَعِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Sulami narrated to us: Muslim ibn Ibrahim narrated to us: Al-Harith ibn Nabhan narrated to us: 'Utbah ibn Yaqzan narrated to us, from Abu Sa'id, from Makhul, from Wathilah ibn al-Asqa', that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Keep children, the mentally ill, and your wicked people away from your mosques, as well as buying and selling, disputes, raised voices, carrying out legal punishments, and unsheathing swords. Place facilities for purification at their entrances and fumigate them on Fridays.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report lists multiple sources of disruption and then gives directions concerning purification facilities and fumigation of mosques on Fridays.
صِبْيَانَكُمْ وَمَجَانِينَكُمْ وَشِرَارَكُمْ
The text's broad labels may carry a context-specific meaning; ‘mentally ill’ is an interpretive rendering of مجانين.
How narrowly or literally should these categories be rendered in context?