CHAPTER 44: A REMINDER ON THE EXCELLENCE OF THIS NOBLE AND EXALTED MOSQUE
A REMINDER ON THE EXCELLENCE OF THIS NOBLE AND EXALTED MOSQUE
Imam Ahmad related that Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri said: “Two men disagreed, one from Banu Khudrah and the other from Banu Amr Ibn ‘Awf, concerning the mosque founded upon Taqwa. The man from Khudrah said: “It is the mosque of the Messenger of Allah” while the man from Banu Amr argued that it is the mosque of Quba. So both of them came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) to ask him concerning that and he said: “It is this mosque.” i.e. the mosque of the Messenger of Allah. He also added: “In that is a lot of good.” i.e. the mosque of Quba.
In Saheeh Muslim, Abu Salamah Ibn Abdur-Rahman reported that Abdur-Rahman Ibn Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri happened to pass by me and I said to him. “How did you hear your father making mention of the mosque founded on Piety?” He said: “My father said: ‘I went to Allah’s Messenger as he was in the house of one of his wives, and said: ‘Messenger of Allah, which of the two mosques is founded on piety? Thereupon he took a handful of pebbles and threw them on the ground and then said: ‘This is the very mosque of yours (mosque at Madinah).’”
Imam Ahmad related that Sahl Ibn Sa’d said: “Two men disagreed concerning the mosque founded upon Taqwa. One said it is the mosque of the Messenger of Allah while the other argued that it is the mosque of Quba. So both of them came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) to ask him concerning that and he said: “It is this mosque.” i.e. the mosque of the Messenger of Allah.
These different paths through which this Hadith is narrated almost reaching the level of absoluteness establish that the mosque in question is the mosque of the Messenger of Allah. This is the opinion of Umar, his son Abdullah, Zaid Ibn Thabit, Sa’eed Ibn Moosayyab and the preferred opinion of Ibn Jareer. Others however argued that there is no contradiction between this Hadith and the fact that the revelation of the verse is concerning the mosque of Quba as explained previously. This is because the mosque of the Prophet is more deserving of this description than the one of Quba for it is one of the three mosques one is permitted to make preparation of journey to visit as established in the two saheehs from the Hadith of Abu Hurairah who narrated that Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said: “Do not set out on a journey except for three Mosques i.e. This mosque of mine, Al-Masjid-AL-Haram and the Mosque of Al-Aqsa, (Mosque of Jerusalem).”
In the Saheehain Abu Hurairah narrated that Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said: “What is between my house and my minbar is one of the meadows of the Garden, and my minbar is on my watering-place (Al-Hawd).”
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) built an apartment for himself and his family around his noble mosque. The rooms were small and with low roofs. Al-Hasan Ibn Abi Al-Hasan Al-Basri who was a young boy living with his mother Khairah, the freed slave of Umm Salamah said: “I used to touch the ceiling of the Prophet’s room with my hand.” I (the author) said: It is necessary to point out that Al-Basri was a huge tall man. Allah’s mercy be upon him.
As-Sauhaili said in ‘Ar-Rawd: His apartments were built of palm fronds mixed with adobe and its entire roof was made of palm fronds. The foregoing has been related from Al-Hasan Al-Basri. In Tareekh Al-Bukhari, it is recorded that his door used to be knocked with nails and that is an indication that his doors never had ring. He said: All the rooms were merged with the mosque after the death of the wives of the Messenger of Allah.
By Ibn Katheer
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