The Book of Pilgrimage

كتاب الحج

Chapter 94: The virtue of praying in the Masajid of Makkah and Al-Madinah

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Ubaidullah with the same chain of transmitters.

Chapter 96: The Masjid whose foundation was founded upon piety is the Masjid of the Prophet saws in Al-Madinah

Abu Sa'id reported from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) a hadlth like this, but in the chain of transmitters no mention was made of Abd al- Rahman b. Abu Sa'id.

Chapter 97: The virtue of the Masjid of Quba', and the virtue of praying therein and visiting it

Ibn Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) visited (the mosque) at Quba' riding and on foot.

This hadlth has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Dinar, but he made no mention of

" Every Saturday."

Chapter 86: Encouragement to live in Al-Madinah and to be patient on bearing its distress and hardships

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) through another chain of transmitters.

Chapter 88: Al-Madinah eliminates its Dross and it is also called Tabah, and Taibah

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

A time will come for the people (of Medina) when a man will invite his cousin and any other near relation: Come (and settle) at (a place) where living is cheap, come to where there is plenty, but Medina will be better for them; would they know it! By Him in Whose Hand is my life, none amongst them would go out (of the city) with a dislike for it, but Allah would make his successor in it someone better than be. Behold. Medina is like furnace which eliminates from it the impurities. And the Last Hour will not come until Medina banishes its evils just as a furnace eliminates the impurities of iron.

Jabir b. Samura (Allah be pleased with him) reported that he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say

Allah named Medina as Tabba.

Chapter 89: The prohibition of wishing ill towards the people of Al-Madinah, and that the one who wishes them ill will be caused to melt by Allah

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Abul-Qasim (Muhammad, may peace be upon him) said

He who intends to do harm to the people of this city (that is, Medina), Allah would efface him as salt is dissolved in water.

This hadith is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira by another chain of transmitters.

Chapter 90: Encouraging people to stay in Al-Madinah when the regions were conquered

Sufyan b. Abd Zuhair reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

Syria will be conquered and some people will go out of Medina along with their families driving their camels. and Medina is better for them if they were to know it. Then Yemen will be conquered and some people will go out of Medina along with their families driving their camels, and Medina is better for them if they were to know it. Then Iraq will be conquered and some people will go out of it along with their families driving their camels, and Medina is better for them if they were to know it.

Sufyan b. Abu Zuhair heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say

Yemen will be conquered and some people will go away (to that country) driving their camels and carrying their families on them and those who are under their authority, while Medina is better for them if they were to know it. Then Syria will be conquered and some people will go away driving their camels along with them and carrying their families with them and those who are under their authority, while Medina is better for theni if they were to know it. Thtn lraq will be conquered and some people will go away (to that country) driving their camels and carrying their families with them and those who are under their authority. while Medina is better for them if they were to know it.

Chapter 92: The virtue of the area between the prophet's grave and his Minbar, and the virtue of the spot where his minbar is

AbduUah b. Zaid al-Mazini (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

That which is between my house" and my pulpit is a garden from the gardens of Paradise.

Abdullah b. Zaid al-Ansari heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

That which exists between my pulpit and my house is a garden from the gardens of Paradise.

Chapter 93: The virtue of Uhud

This hadith is narrated by Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) with another chain of transmitters (and the words are)

" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) cast a glance at Uhud and said: Uhud is a mountain which loves us and we love it."

Chapter 94: The virtue of praying in the Masajid of Makkah and Al-Madinah

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported

Prayer in the mosque of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) is more excellent than a thousand prayers in other mosques except the Masjid al-Haram, for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) is the last of the Apostles, and his mosque is the last of the mosques. Abu Salama and Abu Abdullah (two of the narrators in this chain of narrations said: We had no doubt that what Abu Haraira (Allah be pleased with him) had said was from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and so we did not like to get an attestation from Abu Huraira about this hadith until Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) died. We discussed it (the issue of getting attestation from Abu Huraira) amongst ourselves and blamed one another as to why we did not talk about it to Abu Huraira regarding it so that he could attribute its transmission to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in case he had heard It from him. While we were discussing it as we sat with 'Abdullah b. Ibrahlm b. Qariz; we made a mention of this hadith, and our omission (in getting its attestation) about its direct transmission by Abu Huraira from him (the Holy Proohet) ; thereupon Abdullah b. Ibrahim said to us: I bear witness to the fact that I heard Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) say that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: I am the last of the Apostles and my mosque is the last of the mosques.

Ibn Umar narrated from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) a hadlth like this.

Chapter 95: The virtue of the Three Masajid

Abu Hurairah (Allah be pleased with him) reported it directly from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) that he said

Do not undertake a journey to visit any Mosque, but three: this Mosque of mine, the Mosque of al-Haram and the Mosque of Aqsa (Bait al-Maqdis).

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri (but with this change of words) that he (Allah's Apostle) said

" Undertake journey to three mosques."

Abu Haraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) as saying

One should undertake journey to three mosques: the mosque of the Ka'ba, my mosque, and the mosque of Elia (Bait al-Maqdis).

Chapter 97: The virtue of the Masjid of Quba', and the virtue of praying therein and visiting it

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) with another chain of transmitters.