The Book of Pilgrimage

كتاب الحج

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.

Yahya b. Sa'id (Allah be pleased with him) reported

I said to Abu Salih: Did you hear Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) making a mention of the excellence of prayer in the mosque of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)? He said: No (I did not hear directly from Abu Huraira), but I heard Abdullah b. Ibrahlm b. Qariz; say that' he had heard from Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had said: Prayer in this mosque of mine is better than a thousand prayers. or. is like one thousand prayers observed in other mosques besides It, except that it be in al-Masjid al-Haram.

This hadith has been narrated by Yabya b. Sa'id with the same chain of transmitters.

Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying

Prayer in this mosque of mine is better than a thousand prayers (observed in other mosque.) besides it, except that of Masjid al-Haram.

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

Ibn 'Umar reported

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying like this.

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

Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported that a woman fell ill and she said

In case Allah cures me I will certainly go and observe prayer in Bait al-Maqdis. She recovered and so she made preparations to go out (to that place). She came to Maimuna. the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ). and after greeting her she informed her about it, whereupon she said: Stay here. and eat the provision (which you had made) and observe prayer In the mosque of the Messenger (ﷺ). for I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: Prayer In it is better than a thousand prayers observed in other mosques except the mosque of the Ka'ba.

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

Abu Salama b. Abd al-Rabman reported

'Abd al-Rabman b. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him) happened to pass by me and I said to him. How did you hear your father making mention of the mosque founded on Piety? He said: My father said: I went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as he was in the house of one of his wives, and said: Messenger of Allah, which of the two mosques is founded on piety? Thereupon he took a handful of pebbles and threw them on the ground and then said: This is the very mosque of yours (mosque at Medina). He (the narrator) said: I bear witness that I heard your father making mention of it.

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.

Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to the mosque at Quba' riding and on foot, and he observed two rak'ahs of (Nafl prayer) in it.

Ibn 'Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to Quba' riding as well as on foot.

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

Abdullah b. Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to come to Quba' riding and on foot

Ibn 'Umar had narrated this hadith through another chain of transmitters.

Ibn Umar used to come to Quba' on every Saturday and he said

I saw Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) coming (to this place) on every Saturday.