The Book of the Masjids

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna reported to us. He said: Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us. He said: Hisham narrated to us. He said: Qatadah narrated to us, from Salim ibn Abi al-Ja'd, from Ma'dan ibn Abi Talhah, that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab said: People, you eat two plants that I consider foul: onions and garlic. I saw the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ), when he detected their smell on a man, order that he be taken out to al-Baqi'. Whoever eats them should cook them thoroughly.

Abu Dawud reported to us. He said: Ya'la narrated to us. He said: Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us, from 'Amrah, from 'A'ishah, who said: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) intended to observe i'tikaf, he would pray Fajr and then enter the place where he intended to seclude himself. He intended to observe i'tikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan, so he ordered that a tent be pitched for him. Hafsah ordered a tent to be pitched for her, and when Zaynab saw her tent, she ordered one to be pitched for her as well. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw this, he said, Is it righteousness that you seek? He did not observe i'tikaf in Ramadan that year, and instead observed it for ten days in Shawwal.

'Ubayd Allah ibn Sa'id reported to us. He said: 'Abd Allah ibn Numayr narrated to us. He said: Hisham ibn 'Urwah narrated to us, from his father, from 'A'ishah, who said: Sa'd was wounded on the day of the Trench when a Qurayshi man shot him in the al-akhal vein. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) set up a tent for him in the mosque so he could visit him nearby.

Qutaybah reported to us. He said: Al-Layth narrated to us, from Sa'id ibn Abi Sa'id, from 'Amr ibn Sulaym al-Zurqi, who heard Abu Qatadah say: While we were sitting in the mosque, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out to us carrying Umamah bint Abi al-'As ibn al-Rabi'. Her mother was Zaynab, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). She was a little girl. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed with her on his shoulder, setting her down when he bowed and lifting her again when he stood, until he completed the prayer.

Qutaybah reported to us. He said: Al-Layth narrated to us, from Sa'id ibn Abi Sa'id, who heard Abu Hurayrah say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent a cavalry unit toward Najd. They returned with a man from Banu Hanifah named Thumamah ibn Uthal, the chief of the people of Yamamah, and he was tied to one of the mosque's pillars. Abridged.

Sulayman ibn Dawud reported to us, from Ibn Wahb, who said: Yunus informed me, from Ibn Shihab, from 'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Abd Allah, from 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abbas, that during the Farewell Pilgrimage the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed circumambulation while riding a camel, touching the Corner with a curved staff.

Ishaq ibn Ibrahim reported to us. He said: Yahya ibn Sa'id informed me, from Ibn 'Ajlan, from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade people from sitting in circles on Friday before the prayer, and from buying and selling in the mosque.

Qutaybah reported to us. He said: Al-Layth ibn Sa'd narrated to us, from Ibn 'Ajlan, from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade reciting poetry in the mosque.

Qutaybah reported to us. He said: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab, who said: 'Umar passed by Hassan ibn Thabit while he was reciting poetry in the mosque and glanced at him. Hassan said, I recited poetry there while someone better than you was present. Then 'Umar turned to Abu Hurayrah and asked, Did you hear the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, Respond on my behalf; O Allah, strengthen him with the Holy Spirit? He replied, Yes.

Muhammad ibn Wahb reported to us. He said: Muhammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Abu 'Abd al-Rahim, who said: Zayd ibn Abi Unaysah narrated to me, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, who said: A man came into the mosque calling out about lost property. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him, May you not find it.

'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Miswar al-Zuhri, a Basran, and Muhammad ibn Mansur reported to us. They said: Sufyan narrated to us. He said: I asked 'Amr, Did you hear Jabir say that a man passed through the mosque carrying arrows, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him, Hold them by their points? He said, Yes.

Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us: Isa ibn Yunus narrated to us, saying: Al-A'mash narrated to us from Ibrahim, from Al-Aswad, who said: Alqamah and I entered upon Abdullah ibn Mas'ud. He asked us, 'Have these people prayed?' We replied, 'No.' He said, 'Get up and pray.' We went to stand behind him, but he placed one of us on his right and the other on his left. He prayed without an adhan or iqamah. When he bowed, he interlaced his fingers and placed them between his knees. He said, 'This is how I saw the Messenger of Allah do it.' (ﷺ)

Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us: An-Nadr narrated to us: Shu'bah narrated to us from Sulayman, who said: I heard Ibrahim narrate from Alqamah and Al-Aswad, from Abdullah, and he mentioned a similar report.

Qutaybah narrated to us from Malik, from Ibn Shihab, from Abbad ibn Tamim, from his paternal uncle, who saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ lying on his back in the mosque with one leg placed over the other.

Ubaydullah ibn Sa‘id narrated to us: Yahya narrated to us from Ubaydullah, who said: Nafi‘ informed me, from Ibn Umar, that when he was young and unmarried, with no family, during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he used to sleep in the Prophet's Mosque.

Qutaybah narrated to us: Abu Awanah narrated to us from Qatadah, from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Spitting in the mosque is a sin, and its expiation is to bury it.'

Qutaybah narrated to us from Malik, from Nafi‘, from Ibn Umar, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw some sputum on the qiblah wall and scraped it away. Then he turned to the people and said, 'When any one of you is praying, let him not spit in front of him, for Allah, Mighty and Sublime, is in front of him when he prays.'

Qutaybah narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us from Az-Zuhri, from Humayd ibn Abdur-Rahman, from Abu Sa‘id Al-Khudri, that the Prophet ﷺ saw some sputum on the qiblah side of the mosque and scraped it away with a pebble. He forbade a man to spit in front of him or to his right, and said, 'Let him spit to his left or beneath his left foot.'

Ubaydullah ibn Sa‘id narrated to us: Yahya narrated to us from Sufyan, who said: Mansur narrated to me from Rib‘i, from Tariq ibn Abdullah Al-Muharibi, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'When you are praying, do not spit in front of you or to your right. Spit behind you or to your left if it is clear; otherwise, do this.' He spat beneath his foot and rubbed it away.

Suwayd ibn Nasr informed us: Abdullah narrated to us from Sa‘id Al-Jurayri, from Abu Al-Ala ibn Ash-Shikhkhir, from his father, who said: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spit and rub it away with his left foot.