Darussalam · Volume 2
(5) The Chapters OfEstablishing The PrayerAnd The SunnahRegarding ThemSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1404 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 450
Source no. 1404 · Volume 3 · Page 404
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (٩٧١)
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1404. It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "One prayer in this mosque of mine is better than a thousand prayers anywhere else, except The Sacred Mosque (Al-Masjid Al-Harām)." (Sahih) (Another chain) from Abu Hurairah from the Prophet ﷺ with similar wording.
1404 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ الْمَدَنِيُّ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ، وَعُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَغَرِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «صَلَاةٌ فِي مَسْجِدِي هَذَا أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ صَلَاةٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ إِلَّا الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ» ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَهُ
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There are three mosques superior to all the rest in the world, namely (i) Al-Masjid Al-Harām (The Sacred Mosque) that houses the Sacred Ka'bah, (ii) The Prophet's Mosque, and (iii) The Aqsā Mosque (at Jerusalem). It is, therefore, an act of virtue, meriting reward from Allāh, to undertake a journey to visit these mosques, and offer prayer in them. Barring these three, it is not permissible to go to visit any other mosque or grave etc., in the belief that prayer in those places would fetch greater reward. Performing prayer at the Prophet's Mosque is not equal, but better in reward than offering one thousand prayers. Some of the Ahādīth speak of reward of one prayer in the Prophet's Mosque as equivalent to fifty thousands prayer (e. g. H. 1413 of Ibn Mājah). However, the Hadīth is Weak.