The Virtue Of The Scholars, And Encouragement To Seek Knowledge
Darussalam · Volume 1
The Book Of The SunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 227 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 82
Source no. 227 · Volume 1 · Page 299
Sahih
صحيح، صحيح الترغيب والترهيب (٨٣)
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227. It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'Whoever comes to this mosque of mine, and only comes for a good purpose, such as to learn or to teach, his status is like that of one who fights in Jihād in the cause of Allāh. Whoever comes for any other purpose, his status is that of a man who is keeping an eye on other people's property.'"(Hasan)
227 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ صَخْرٍ، عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «مَنْ جَاءَ مَسْجِدِي هَذَا، لَمْ يَأْتِهِ إِلَّا لِخَيْرٍ يَتَعَلَّمُهُ أَوْ يُعَلِّمُهُ، فَهُوَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، وَمَنْ جَاءَ لِغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ، فَهُوَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الرَّجُلِ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى مَتَاعِ غَيْرِهِ»
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The purpose of building a mosque is not only to use it as a place for worshipping the One and Only God, but also to use it as a center for the propagation of Islam, and as a school for imparting and receiving knowledge and education. Engaging in the teaching of religious sciences is also a form of Jihād, since the real purpose of fighting in the cause of Allāh is to extricate the people from the misguided darkness of disbelief into the radiant light of Islam. So, if there were no centers for teaching and learning, it would be a difficult task to educate the new converts to Islam, which would nullify the very purpose of Jihād.