The Book of the Masjids

Book 8 of 52 · Sunan al-Nasa'i

54 hadith Hadith 690–743 Sunni
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The Book of the Masjids

Sunan al-Nasa'i

54 hadith Hadith 690–743 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 846–915 CE period by al-Nasa'i.

The Book of the Masjids is book 8 of 52 in Sunan al-Nasa'i, containing 54 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Egypt (primary); portions reviewed in Ramla, Palestine. The narrators in this book are associated with 21 distinct geographic locations.

Basra Basri Kufa Medina Wasit al-Taus Makkah Cairo Asbahan Hims Basrah Bulkh al-Yamama Merv Baghdad Rome Damascus Iraq Hamadan Raha Yemen

Narrators in This Book

This book features 141 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are Qutayba bin Sa'id bin Jamil قتيبة بن سعيد بن جميل, al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان, Imam Maalik مالك بن أنس بن مالك بن أبي عامر, Anas ibn Malik.

Hadith in This Book 54 hadith

1 690
"Whoever builds a Masjid in which Allah is remembered, Allah, (the Mighty and Sublime) will build for him a house in Paradise."
2 691
"One of the portents of the Hour will be that people will show off in building Masjids."
3 692
"I used to recite Qur'an to my father on the road, and if I recited a verse in which prostration was required, he would prostrate. I said: 'O my father, do you prostrate on the…
4 693
"Whoever prays in the Masjid of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (that is good), for I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ' One prayer offered there is better than a thousand prayers…
5 694
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered the House (the Ka'bah), with Usamah bin Zaid, Bilal and 'Uthman bin Talhah, and they locked the door behind them. When the Messenger of Allah…
6 695
"When Sulaiman bin Dawud finished building Bait Al-Maqdis, he asked Allah for three things: Judgement that was in harmony with His judgement, and he was given that. And he asked…
7 696
"One prayer in the Masjid of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is better than one thousand prayers offered in other mosques, except Al-Masjid Al-Haram, for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)…
8 697
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The area between my house and my Minbar is one of the gardens of Paradise.'"
9 698
"The columns of this Minbar of mine will be in Paradise."
10 699
"Two men argued about the Masjid which was founded on piety from the first day. One man said that it was the Masjid of Quba', and the other said that it was the Masjid of the…
11 700
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to come to Quba' riding and walking." Quba' is about three miles to the south of the Prophet's Masjid. This area is named after in that district.
12 701
"My father said: 'The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Whoever goes out to his Masjid - the Masjid of Quba' and prays therein, that will be equivalent to 'Umrah.'"
13 702
"Mounts are not saddled for except to (travel to) three Masjids: Al-Masjid Al-Haram, this Masjid of mine, and Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa."
14 703
"We went out as a delegation to the Prophet (ﷺ); we gave him our oath of allegiance and prayed with him. We told him that in our land there was a church that belonged to us. We…
15 704
"When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to Al-Madinah, he alighted in the upper part of Al-Madinah among the tribe called Banu 'Amr bin 'Awf and he stayed with them for fourteen…
16 705
"When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was on his deathbed, he had a Khamisah over his face. When his temperature rose, he would uncover his face. When his temperature rose, he would…
17 706
"Those people, if there was a righteous man among them, when he died they built a place of worship over his grave and made those images. They will be the most evil of creation…
18 707
"When a man goes out of his house to his Masjid, one foot records a good deed and the other erases a bad deed."
19 708
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'When the wife of any one of you asks for permission to go to the Masjid, do not stop her.'"
20 709
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Whoever eats of this plant' - the first time he said 'garlic' then he said, 'garlic, onions and leeks' - 'let him not approach us in our…
21 710
"O people, you eat of two plants which I do not think are anything but bad, this onion and garlic. I have seen the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ), if he noticed their smell coming from a…
22 711
"When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wanted to observe I'tikaf, he would pray Fajr then enter the place where he wnated to observe I'tikaf. He wanted to observe I'tikaf during the…
23 712
"Sa'd was wounded on the day of Al-Khandaq when a man of Quraish shot him in the medial arm vein. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) pitched a tent (Khaimah) for him in the Masjid so…
24 713
"While we were sitting in the Masjid. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out to us carrying Umamah bint Abi Al-'As bin Ar-Rabi', whose mother was Zainab, the daughter of the…
25 714
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent some horsemen toward Najd, and they brought back a man from Banu Hanifah who was called Thumamah bin Uthal, the chief of the people of Al-Yamamah.…
26 715
It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed Tawaf during the Farewell Pilgrimage atop a camel, touching the Rukn with a stick that was…
27 716
It was narrated from 'Amr bin Shu'aib, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade sitting in circles on Friday before Jumu'ah prayer, and buying and…
28 717
It was narrated from 'Amr bin Shu'aib, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade reciting poetry in the Masjid.
29 718
"Umar passed by Hassan bin Thabit while he was reciting poetry in the Masjid, and glared at him. He said: 'I recited poetry when there was someone better than you in the Masjid.'…
30 719
"A man came making announcement of a lost camel in the Masjid, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'May you never find it!'"
31 720
"I said to 'Amr: 'Did you hear Jabir say: "A man passed through the Masjid carrying arrows, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: 'Hold then by the blades.'? He said: 'Yes.'"
32 721
"Alqamah and I entered upon 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud and he said to us: 'Have these people prayed?' We said: 'No.' He said: 'Get up and pray.' So we went to stand behind him, and he…
33 722
"I heard Ibrahim (narrate) from 'Alqamah and Al-Aswad from 'Abdullah," and he narrated something similar.
34 723
It was narrated from 'Abbad bin Tamim, from his paternal uncle, that he saw the messenger of Allah (ﷺ) lying on his back in the Masjid, placing one leg on top of the other.
35 724
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar, that when he was young and single, with no family, at the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), he used to sleep in the Masjid of the Prophet (ﷺ).
36 725
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Spitting in the Masjid is a sin, and its expiation is to bury it.'"
37 726
"When any one of you is praying, let him not spit in front of him, for Allah is in front of him when he prays."
38 727
"Let him spit to his left or beneath his left foot."
39 728
'When you are praying, do not spit to the front or to your right. Spit behind you or to your left if there is no one there, otherwise do this.' And he spat beneath his foot and…
40 729
"I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spit and then rub it with his left foot."
41 730
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw some sputum in the Qiblah of the Masjid, and he became so angry that his face turned red. Then a woman from the Ansar went and scratched off, and…
42 731
"I heard Abu Humaid and Abu Usaid say: 'The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "When any one of you enters the Masjid, let him say: 'Allahumma aftahli abwaba rahmatik (O Allah, open to…
43 732
"When any one of you enters the Masjid, let him pray two Rak'ahs before he sits down."
44 733
"I heard Ka'b bin Malik telling the story of when he stayed behind from going out on the campaign of Tabuk with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: 'The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)…
45 734
"We used to go to the marketplace in the morning at the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and we would pass through the Masjid and pray there."
46 735
"The angels send Salah upon any one of you so long as he is in the place where he prays, and so long as he does not invalidate his ablution, (saying): 'O Allah, forgive him, O…
47 736
"I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: 'Whoever is in the Masjid waiting for the prayer, he is in a state of prayer.'"
48 737
Kneeling places, or, where they kneel to drink water.
49 738
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The earth has been made for me a place of prostration and a means of purification, so wherever a man of my Ummah is when the time for prayer…
50 739
It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that Umm Sulaim asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to come to her and pray in her house so that she could take (the place where he prayed) as a…
51 740
It was narrated from Maimunah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray on a mat.
52 741
"By Allah, I know what it is made of. I saw it the first day it was set up and the first day the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat on it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent word to…
53 742
"I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) praying on a donkey, when he was heading toward Khaibar."
54 743
We do not know of anyone who reported anything to support what 'Amr bin Yahya said about praying on a donkey. As for the Hadith of Yahya bin Sa'eed from Anas, what is correct is…