Book 20: The Excellence of Prayer in the Mosques of Mecca and Medina
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 1188
Hafs bin Umar narrated to us, (he said:) Shu'bah told us. He said: Abdul Malik narrated from Qaza'ah (bin Yahya) that he said: I heard four things from Hazrat Abu Sa'id (ra). He used to say: I heard them from the Prophet (saw). And he had gone with the Prophet (saw) on twelve campaigns.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1189
Ali (bin Madini) (also) narrated to us. Sufyan told us. He narrated from Zuhri, Zuhri from Sa'id, Sa'id from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) from the Prophet (saw), that he said: “Saddles should not be fastened except (for travelling) to three mosques only: the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram), the Mosque of the Messenger (saw) and Masjid al-Aqsa.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1190
Abdullah bin Yusuf (Tinnisi) narrated to us, he said: Malik told us. He narrated from Zaid bin Rabah and Ubaidullah bin Abi Abdullah Agharr, they from Abu Abdullah (Salman) Agharr, Abu Abdullah from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), that the Prophet (saw) said: “One prayer (Salat) in this mosque of mine is better than a thousand prayers prayed elsewhere, except the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram).”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1191
Ya'qub bin Ibrahim narrated to us, (he said: Isma'il) bin Ulayyah narrated to us. (He said:) Ayyub told us. It is narrated from Nafi that Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) used to pray the forenoon prayer (Duha) on two days only. One was the day he came to Mecca, because he used to arrive in Mecca at forenoon; he would perform the circumambulation (Tawaf) of the House of Allah and then pray two Rak'ahs behind the Station of Abraham (Maqam Ibrahim). The other was the day he came to the Mosque of Quba; he used to come to it every week. When he entered the mosque, he disliked leaving it until he had prayed in it. Nafi said: And Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) used to relate that the Messenger of Allah (saw) used to go to visit the Mosque of Quba, both riding and on foot.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1192
(Nafi also) said: And (Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra)) used to say: I too do just as I saw my companions doing, and I do not forbid anyone to pray at whatever time he wishes, by night or by day, except that he should not deliberately pray at the time of the rising of the sun and of its setting.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1193
Musa bin Isma'il narrated to us, (he said:) Abdul Aziz bin Muslim told us. He narrated from Abdullah bin Dinar, Abdullah bin Dinar from Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra), that he said: The Prophet (saw) used to go to the Mosque of Quba every week (Saturday), on foot and also riding, and Hazrat Abdullah (bin Umar) (ra) also used to do the same.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1194
Musaddad narrated to us, he said: Yahya told us. He narrated from Ubaidullah (Umari) that he said: Nafi told me. It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra). He says that the Prophet (saw) used to come to (the Mosque of) Quba, riding and also walking. (Abdullah) bin Numair added this much. (He said:) Ubaidullah told us that it is narrated from Nafi: Then he would pray two Rak'ahs in it.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1195
Abdullah bin Yusuf narrated to us, (he said:) Malik told us. He narrated from Abdullah bin Abi Bakr, Abdullah from Abbad bin Tamim, he from Hazrat Abdullah bin Zaid Mazini (ra), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Between my house and the pulpit is one of the gardens of Paradise.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1196
Musaddad told us. He narrated from Yahya, Yahya from Ubaidullah. He said: Khubaib bin Abdur Rahman told me. He narrated from Hafs bin Asim, Hafs from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) from the Prophet (saw). He said: “Between my house and the pulpit is one of the gardens of Paradise, and my pulpit is upon my Pool (Hawd).”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1197
Abul Walid narrated to us, (he said:) Shu'bah told us that it is narrated from Abdul Malik (bin Umair). (He said:) I heard Qaza'ah, the freed slave of Ziyad. He said: I heard Hazrat Abu Sa'id Khudri (ra) relating four things from the Prophet (saw) which pleased me and seemed pure to me. He said: “A woman should travel for two days only if her husband or a Mahram relative is with her. And there is no fasting on two days, Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha. And there is no prayer (Salat) after two prayers: after the morning prayer until the sun has risen, and after Asr until (the sun) sets. And saddles should not be fastened except for (travelling to) three mosques: the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram), Masjid al-Aqsa and my mosque.”
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