Sunan Ibn Majah
The Book On The Mosques And The Congregations
كتاب المساجد والجماعات
Chapter 8
الْمَسَاجِدِ فِي الدُّورِ
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Yahya ibn al-Fadl al-Muqri' narrated to us: Abu 'Amir narrated to us: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from 'Asim, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, that a man from the Ansar sent word to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): ‘Come and mark out a mosque for me in my house where I can pray.’ This was after he had become blind. The Messenger came and did so.
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Yahya ibn Hakim narrated to us: Ibn Abi 'Adi narrated to us, from Ibn 'Awn, from Anas ibn Sirin, from 'Abd al-Hamid ibn al-Mundhir ibn al-Jarud, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: One of my paternal uncles prepared food for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, ‘I would like you to eat in my house and pray there.’ He went to him. In the house there was a fahal, one of those mats. He ordered a section of it to be swept and sprinkled with water, then he prayed, and we prayed with him. Abu 'Abdullah ibn Majah said: ‘Fahal is a mat that has turned black.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Ibn Majah's compiler gloss identifies fahal as a mat that has darkened; the gloss is translated as part of the source text.
فَحْلٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْفُحُولِ
The noun is uncommon; Ibn Majah's own gloss identifies it as a blackened mat.
Should the object be rendered simply as an old/darkened mat, following the compiler's gloss?
Chapter 9
تَطْهِيرِ الْمَسَاجِدِ وَتَطْيِيبِهَا
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Hisham ibn 'Ammar narrated to us: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Sulayman ibn Abi al-Jawn narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Salih al-Madani narrated to us: Muslim ibn Abi Maryam narrated to us, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Whoever removes something harmful from the mosque, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise.’
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'Abd al-Rahman ibn Bishr ibn al-Hakam and Ahmad ibn al-Azhar narrated to us; they said: Malik ibn Su'ayr narrated to us: Hisham ibn 'Urwah informed us, from his father, from 'A'ishah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that mosques be built in homes, and that they be cleansed and perfumed.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source speaks of prayer spaces/mosques in homes and instructs that they be cleaned and scented.
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Rizq Allah ibn Musa narrated to us: Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Hadrami narrated to us: Za'idah ibn Qudamah narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwah, from his father, from 'A'ishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that mosques be established in homes, and that they be cleansed and perfumed.
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Ahmad ibn Sinan narrated to us: Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, from Khalid ibn Iyas, from Yahya ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Hatib, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The first person to light lamps in mosques was Tamim al-Dari.
Chapter 10
كَرَاهِيَةِ النُّخَامَةِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ
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Muhammad ibn 'Uthman al-'Uthmani, Abu Marwan, narrated to us: Ibrahim ibn Sa'd narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, from Humayd ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, from Abu Hurayrah and Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who informed him that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw spittle on the mosque wall. He picked up a pebble and scraped it off. Then he said: ‘When one of you spits, let him not spit in front of himself or to his right; let him spit to his left or beneath his left foot.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The instruction gives two alternatives: to the left, or beneath the left foot.
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Muhammad ibn Tarif narrated to us: 'A'idh ibn Habib narrated to us, from Humayd, from Anas, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw spittle in the mosque's direction of prayer. He became angry until his face reddened. A woman from the Ansar came and scraped it away, then put khaluq perfume in its place. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘How good this is!’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Khaluq is a saffron-based perfume; the source names it without further description.
وَجَعَلَتْ مَكَانَهَا خَلُوقًا
Khaluq is a named perfume, and the exact action of applying it to the cleaned spot may merit review.
Should the material remain transliterated as khaluq, with a glossary note?
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Muhammad ibn Ramh al-Misri informed us: Al-Layth ibn Sa'd informed us, from Nafi', from 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw spittle in the mosque's direction of prayer while he was praying in front of the people. He scraped it away. After completing the prayer, he said: ‘When one of you is praying, Allah is before him; so let no one spit in front of himself while praying.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source specifies the mosque's qiblah (direction of prayer) and uses a direct statement about Allah being before the worshipper.
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'Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us: Waki' narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwah, from his father, from 'A'ishah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) scraped away spittle from the mosque's direction of prayer.
Chapter 11
النَّهْىِ عَنْ إِنْشَادِ الضَّوَالِّ، فِي الْمَسْجِدِ
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'Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us: Waki' narrated to us, from Abu Sinan Sa'id ibn Sinan, from 'Alqamah ibn Marthad, from Sulayman ibn Buraydah, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed, then a man called out, ‘Who can direct me to the red camel?’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘May you not find it! Mosques were only built for the purpose for which they were built.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The call concerns a lost red camel; the Prophet's response is a supplication against finding it, followed by the stated purpose of mosques.
لاَ وَجَدْتَهُ
This is a terse supplication in response to the announcement of a lost camel; nuance may be better conveyed as a rebuke.
Should the phrase be rendered as a direct supplication (‘May you not find it’) or as a rebuke against making the announcement?
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Muhammad ibn Ramh informed us: Ibn Lahi'ah informed us. (A second route:) Abu Kurayb narrated to us: Hatim ibn Isma'il narrated to us. Both narrated from Ibn 'Ajlan, from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade announcing lost property in the mosque.
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Ya'qub ibn Humayd ibn Kasib narrated to us: 'Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us: Haywah ibn Shurayh informed me, from Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Asadi, Abu al-Aswad, from Abu 'Abdullah, the client of Shaddad ibn al-Had, that he heard Abu Hurayrah say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘Whoever hears a man announcing lost property in the mosque, let him say, “May Allah not return it to you,” for mosques were not built for this.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The chain contains Abu al-Aswad's kunya and the transmitter's client affiliation; the imperative response and its rationale are retained.
فَلْيَقُلْ لاَ رَدَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ
The wording is a formulaic response to an announcement of lost property and may carry a rebuking force.
Should the supplication be rendered literally or with an explicit rebuking tone?
Chapter 12
الصَّلاَةِ فِي أَعْطَانِ الإِبِلِ وَمُرَاحِ الْغَنَمِ
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us. (A second route:) Abu Bishr Bakr ibn Khalaf narrated to us: Yazid ibn Zuray' narrated to us. Both said: Hisham ibn Hassan narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘If you can find no place except sheep pens and camel resting places, then pray in the sheep pens and do not pray in the camel resting places.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source gives a condition (‘if you can find no place except’) and explicitly permits sheep pens while prohibiting camel resting places.
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Hushaym narrated to us, from Yunus, from al-Hasan, from 'Abdullah ibn Mughaffal al-Muzani, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Pray in sheep pens and do not pray in camel resting places, for they were created from devils.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source states this rationale in the plural; it is rendered literally without further theological explanation.
فَإِنَّهَا خُلِقَتْ مِنَ الشَّيَاطِينِ
The pronoun refers to camels, and the source's statement is unusual; translation follows its wording literally.
Should the plural ‘they’ be understood as camels in this statement?
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Zayd ibn al-Hubab narrated to us: 'Abd al-Malik ibn Rabi' ibn Sabrah ibn Ma'bad al-Juhani informed me: My father informed me, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Prayer is not performed in camel resting places, but it is performed in sheep enclosures.’
Chapter 13
الدُّعَاءِ عِنْدَ دُخُولِ الْمَسْجِدِ .
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Isma'il ibn Ibrahim and Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, from Layth, from 'Abdullah ibn al-Hasan, from his mother, from Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: When the Messenger of Allah entered the mosque, he would say: ‘In the name of Allah. Peace be upon the Messenger of Allah. O Allah, forgive me my sins and open for me the gates of Your mercy.’ When he left, he would say: ‘In the name of Allah. Peace be upon the Messenger of Allah. O Allah, forgive me my sins and open for me the gates of Your bounty.’
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'Amr ibn 'Uthman ibn Sa'id ibn Kathir ibn Dinar al-Himsi and 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn al-Dahhak narrated to us; they said: Isma'il ibn 'Ayyash narrated to us, from 'Umarah ibn Ghaziyyah, from Rabi'ah ibn Abi 'Abd al-Rahman, from 'Abd al-Malik ibn Sa'id ibn Suwayd al-Ansari, from Abu Humayd al-Sa'idi, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘When one of you enters the mosque, let him greet the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then say, “O Allah, open for me the gates of Your mercy.” When he leaves, let him say, “O Allah, I ask You from Your bounty.”’
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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Abu Bakr al-Hanafi narrated to us: Al-Dahhak ibn 'Uthman narrated to us: Sa'id al-Maqburi narrated to me, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘When one of you enters the mosque, let him greet the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and say, “O Allah, open for me the gates of Your mercy.” When he leaves, let him greet the Prophet and say, “O Allah, protect me from Satan, the accursed.”’
Chapter 14
الْمَشْىِ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ .
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘When one of you performs ablution and does it well, then comes to the mosque with no motive driving him except the prayer, seeking nothing but the prayer, Allah raises him one degree and removes one sin for every step he takes until he enters the mosque. Once he enters the mosque, he is in prayer for as long as the prayer is what keeps him there.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source repeats the restriction that the person's motive is only the prayer; both clauses are retained.