The Book On The Mosques And The Congregations

Book 4 of 38 · Sunan Ibn Majah

68 hadith Hadith 469–536 Sunni
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The Book On The Mosques And The Congregations

Sunan Ibn Majah

68 hadith Hadith 469–536 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 840–887 CE period by Ibn Majah.

The Book On The Mosques And The Congregations is book 4 of 38 in Sunan Ibn Majah, containing 68 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Qazvin, Iran. The narrators in this book are associated with 21 distinct geographic locations.

Cairo Makkah Medina Basra Kufa Wasit Hamadan Damascus Hims Jazira Bulkh Baghdad al-Ray Abyssinia Asbahan Nisapur Sana Khurasan المدينة Yemen al-Yamama

Narrators in This Book

This book features 217 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة, Ali bin Muhammad bin Ishaq al-Tanafasi علي بن محمد بن إسحاق الطنافسي, Waki' bin al-Jarrah وكيع بن الجراح, Abu Hurairah, Abdullah bin Muhammad bin 'Aqil عبد الله بن محمد بن عقيل بن أبي طالب.

Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة (21) Ali bin Muhammad bin Ishaq al-Tanafasi علي بن محمد بن إسحاق الطنافسي (8) Waki' bin al-Jarrah وكيع بن الجراح (8) Abu Hurairah (6) Abdullah bin Muhammad bin 'Aqil عبد الله بن محمد بن عقيل بن أبي طالب (5) ibn Abbas (5) Muhammad bin Yahya bin Hiban محمد بن يحيى بن حبان (5) Hajjaj bin al-Minhal حجاج بن المنهال (4) Abu al-Ahwus, Salam bin Sulaym al-Hanafi أبو الأحوص سلام بن سليم الحنفي (4) Abu Ishaq al-Sabay'ai' أبو إسحاق السبيعي عمرو بن عبد الله (4) al-Walid bin Muslim al-Quraishi الوليد بن مسلم القرشي (4) Urwa ibn al-Zubayr عروة بن الزبير (4) Muhammad bin al-Sabah محمد بن الصباح البزاز الدولابي (4) Jabir ibn 'Abdullah (4) al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم (4) Abdur Rahman bin Abi Layla عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى (4) Abdullah bin Idris bin Yazid al-Audi عبد الله بن إدريس بن يزيد الأودي (3) Yahya bin Zakaria bin Abi Zaida يحيى بن زكريا بن أبي زائدة (3) Aisha bint Abi Bakr (3) Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران (3) Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah سفيان بن عيينة (3) Amr bin Yahya bin 'Ammara عمرو بن يحيى بن عمارة (2) Hrmlh bin Yahya bin حرملة بن يحيى (2) Yahya bin 'Ammara يحيى بن عمارة بن أبي حسن الأنصاري (2) Aabad bin al-Wam bin عباد بن العوام (2)

Hadith in This Book 68 hadith

1 469
"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Whoever builds a mosque in which the Name of Allah is mentioned, Allah will build a house for him in Paradise.'"
2 470
"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Whoever builds a mosque for the sake of Allah, Allah will build something similar for him in Paradise.'"
3 471
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever builds a mosque for the sake of Allah (from his own wealth), Allah will build a house for him in Paradise.'"
4 472
The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever builds a mosque for the sake of Allah, like a sparrow's nest for Allah or even smaller, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise."
5 473
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The Hour will not begin until the people compete in (building) mosques.'"
6 474
The Messenger of Allah said: "I see you building your mosque high after I am gone, just as the Jews built their synagogues high and the Christians built their churches high."
7 475
The Messenger of Allah said: "No people's deeds ever became evil deeds but they started to adorn their places of worship."
8 476
"The location where the Prophet's Mosque was built belonged to Banu Najjar. In it there were date-palm trees and graves of the idolaters. The Prophet said to them: 'Name its…
9 477
The Messenger of Allah commanded him to build the mosque of Ta'if in the place where the Taghuts used to be.
10 478
He said: "If it has been watered several times, then perform prayer there," and he attributed that to the Prophet.
11 479
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'All the earth is a mosque, except for graveyards and Hammam.'"
12 480
"Allah's Messenger prohibited prayer from being performed in seven places: The garbage dump, the slaughtering area, the graveyard, the commonly used road, the bathroom, in the…
13 481
The Messenger of Allah said: "There are seven places where it is not permissible to perform the prayer: The top of the House of Allah; graveyards; garbage dumps; slaughterhouses;…
14 482
The Messenger of Allah said: "There are things which are not befitting for the mosque: it should not be taken as a thoroughfare; weapons should not be unsheathed in it; bows…
15 483
"The Messenger of Allah forbade buying and selling in the mosque, and reciting poetry in the mosque."
16 484
The Prophet said: "Keep your infants, your insane and your evil ones away from your mosques. Avoid engaging in transactions and disputes, raising your voices, carrying out your…
17 485
"We used to sleep in the mosque at the time of the Messenger of Allah."
18 486
"The Messenger of Allah said to us: 'Come with me.' So we went to the house of 'Aishah, where we ate and drank. Then the Messenger of Allah said to us: 'If you want, you can sleep…
19 487
"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Which mosque was built first?' He said: 'Al-Masjid Al-Haram (in Makkah).' I said: 'Then which?' He said: 'then Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa (in Jerusalem).' I…
20 488
'Itban bin Malik As-Salimi who was the chief of his people Banu Salim and had participated in (the battle of) Badr with the Messenger of Allah said: "I came to the Messenger of…
21 489
A man among the Ansar sent word to the Messenger of Allah saying: "Come and designate a place in my house where I can perform prayer,' that was after he had become blind. So he…
22 490
"One of my paternal uncles made some food for the Prophet and said to the Prophet: 'I would like you to eat and perform prayer in my house.' So he went to him, and in his house…
23 491
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever removes something harmful from the mosque, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise.'"
24 492
The Messenger of Allah commanded that mosque to be built in (Ad-Dur) villages, and that they be purified and perfumed.
25 493
The Messenger of Allah commanded that places of prayer be established in villages, and that they be purified and perfumed.
26 494
"The first person who put lamps in the mosque was Tamim Ad-Dari."
27 495
The Messenger of Allah saw some sputum on the wall of the mosque. He picked up a stone and scraped it off, then he said, "If anyone of you needs to spit, he should not spit in fro…
28 496
The Prophet saw some sputum in the prayer direction of the mosque and he became so angry that his face turned red. Then a woman from among the Ansar came and scraped it off, and…
29 497
"The Messenger of Allah saw some sputum in the prayer direction of the mosque, when he was praying in front of the people. He scratched it off, then when the prayer was over, he…
30 498
The Prophet scratched some spittle from the prayer direction of the mosque.
31 499
"The Messenger of Allah performed prayer, then a man said: 'Who was looking for the red camel?' The Prophet said: 'May you not find it! The mosques were built for that for which…
32 500
The Messenger of Allah forbade making lost-and-found announcements in the mosque.
33 501
He heard Abu Hurairah say: "I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Whoever hears a man making a lost-and-found announcement in the mosque, let him say: "May Allah not return it to…
34 502
The Messenger of Allah said: "If you cannot find anywhere (for prayer) except sheep's resting-places and camels' resting-places, then perform prayer in the sheep's resting-places…
35 503
"The Prophet said: 'Perform prayer in the sheep's resting-places and do not perform prayer in the camels' resting-places, for they were created from the devils."
36 504
"My father told me, from his father that the Messenger of Allah said: 'Do not perform prayer in the camels' resting-places, and perform prayer in the sheep's resting-places.'"
37 505
"Whenever the Messenger of Allah entered the mosque he would say: 'Bismillah, was-salamu 'ala Rasulillah, Allahummagh-firli dhunubi waftah li abwaba rahmatika. (In the Name of…
38 506
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'When anyone of you enters the mosque, let him send peace upon the prophet, then let him say: "Allahummaftah li abwaba rahmatika (O Allah, open to me…
39 507
The Mesenger of Allah said: "When anyone of enters the mosque, let him send peace upon the Prophet, then let him say: 'Allahumma aftahli abwaba rahmatik (O Allah, open to me the…
40 508
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'When one of you performs ablution and does it well, then he comes to the mosque with no other motive but prayer and not seeking anything other than…
41 509
The Messenger of Allah said: "When the Iqamah is called for the prayer, do not come running. Come walking with tranquility. Whatever you catch up with, pray, and whatever you…
42 510
He heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Shall I not tell you of something by means of which Allah expiates for sins and increases good deeds?' They said: 'Yes, O Messenger of…
43 511
"Whoever would like to meet Allah tomorrow (i.e. on the Day of Judgment) as a Muslim, let him preserve these five (daily) prayer when the call for them is given, for they are part…
44 512
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever leaves his house for the prayer and says: 'Allahumma inni asa'luka bi-haqqis-sa'ilina 'alaika, wa as'aluka bi-haqqi mamshaya hadha, fa inni…
45 513
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Those who walk to the mosque in the dark are those who are diving into the mercy of Allah.'"
46 514
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Give glad tidings, to those who walk to the mosques in the dark, of perfect light on the Day of Resurrection.'"
47 515
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Give glad tidings to those who walk to the mosques in the dark, of perfect light on the Day of Resurrection.'"
48 516
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The greater the distance from the mosque, the greater the reward.'"
49 517
"There was a man among the Ansar whose house was the furthest house in Al-Madinah, yet he never missed prayer with the Messenger of Allah. I felt sorry for him and said: 'O…
50 518
"Banu Salimah wanted to move from their homes to somewhere near the mosque, but the Prophet did not want the outskirts of Al-madinah to be left vacant, so he said: 'O Banu…
51 519
"The houses of the Ansar were far from the mosque and they wanted to move closer. Then the following Verse was revealed: 'We record that which they send before (them), and their…
52 520
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'A man's prayer in congregation is twenty-some levels higher than his prayer in his house or in the marketplace.'"
53 521
The Messenger of Allah said: "The prayer in congregation is twenty-five times more virtuous than the prayer of anyone of you on his own."
54 522
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'the prayer of a man in congregation is twenty-five levels higher than his prayer in his home.'"
55 523
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The prayer of a man in congregation is twenty-seven levels more virtuous than a man's prayer on his own.'"
56 524
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The prayer of a man in congregation is higher than his prayer on his own by twenty-four or twenty-five levels."
57 525
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'I was thinking of commanding that the call to prayer be given, then I would tell a man to lead the people in prayer, then I would go out with some…
58 526
"I said to the Prophet: 'I am an old man and blind; my house is far away, and I have no one to lead me. Is there any concession (for me not to have to attend the prayer in the…
59 527
The Prophet said: "Whoever hears the call and does not come, his prayer is not valid, except for those who have an excuse."
60 528
They heard the Prophet say on his pulpit: "People should desist from failing to attend the congregations, otherwise Allah will seal their hearts, and they will be among the…
61 529
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Let men desist from failing to attend the congregation, otherwise I will burn their houses down.'"
62 530
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'If the people knew what (reward) there is in the 'Isha' prayer and fajr prayer, they would come even if they had to crawl.'"
63 531
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The most burdensome prayers for the hypocrites are the 'Isha' prayer and the Fajr prayer. If only they knew what (reward) there is in them, they…
64 532
The Prophet used to say: "Whoever performs prayer in congregation at the mosque for forty nights, never missing the first Rak'ah of the 'Isha' prayer, Allah will thereby decree…
65 533
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'When one of you enters the mosque, he is in a state of prayer, so long as the prayer keeps him there, and the angels will send prayer upon anyone of…
66 534
The Prophet said: "A muslim does not regularly attend the mosques to perform prayer and remember Allah, but Allah feels happy with him just as the family of one who is absent…
67 535
"We performed the Maghrib (prayer) with the Messenger of Allah, then those who went back went back, and those who stayed, stayed. Then the Messenger of Allah came back in a hurry,…
68 536
The Messenger of Allah said: "If you see a man frequenting the mosques, then bear witness to his faith. Allah says: 'The mosques of Allah shall be maintained only by those who…