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Sunan an-Nasai 694 (Book 8, Hadith 7) #15302
The Superiority of Praying in the Masjid of the Prophet Muhammad

SUMMARY: Praying in the Masjid of the Prophet Muhammad is better than praying in any other mosque, except for Al-Masjid Al-Haram.

It was narrated from Abu Salamah bin 'Abdur-Rahman and Abu 'Abdullah Al-Agharr, the freed slave of the Juhanis - better of whom were companions of Abu Hurairah - that they heard Abu Hurairah say: "One prayer in the Masjid of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is better than one thousand prayers offered in other mosques, except Al-Masjid Al-Haram, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the last of the prophets and his Masjid was the last of the Masjids". Abu Salamah and Abu 'Abdullah said: "We do not doubt that Abu Hurairah was speaking on the basis of the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, but we could not verify that Hadith with Abu Hurairah before he died. Then we remembered that and we blamed one another for not having spoken to Abu Hurairah about that, so that he could attribute it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ if he had indeed heard it from him. While we were arguing, we went and sat down with 'Abdullah bin Ibrahim bin Qariz, and we told him about the Hadith and how we had been negligent in not checking it with Abu Hurairah'.Abdullah bin Ibrahim said to us: 'I bear witness that I heard Abu Hurairah say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I am the last of the prophets and it is the last of the Masjids'."
أَخْبَرَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، وَأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَغَرِّ، مَوْلَى الْجُهَنِيِّينَ وَكَانَا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ صَلاَةٌ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ صَلاَةٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ مِنَ الْمَسَاجِدِ إِلاَّ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ آخِرُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَمَسْجِدُهُ آخِرُ الْمَسَاجِدِ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ وَأَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ لَمْ نَشُكَّ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ يَقُولُ عَنْ حَدِيثِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَمُنِعْنَا أَنْ نَسْتَثْبِتَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْحَدِيثِ حَتَّى إِذَا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ وَتَلاَوَمْنَا أَنْ لاَ نَكُونَ كَلَّمْنَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فِي ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يُسْنِدَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنْ كَانَ سَمِعَهُ مِنْهُ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ جَالَسْنَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ قَارِظٍ فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ الْحَدِيثَ وَالَّذِي فَرَّطْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ نَصِّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ لَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَشْهَدُ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ‏ "‏ فَإِنِّي آخِرُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَإِنَّهُ آخِرُ الْمَسَاجِدِ
TOPICS
prayer  *  mosque  *  prophets  *  muhammad

QUICK LESSONS:
Seek knowledge about religious teachings even after hearing them from others; Respect places associated with religious figures; Place importance on prayer; Show reverence towards holy sites such as masajids or harams; Be humble when speaking about religious figures or teachings; Be accountable for one's actions/words; Place importance on seeking knowledge .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about the superiority of praying in the Masjid of Prophet Muhammad over any other mosque. It was narrated by Abu Salamah bin 'Abdur-Rahman and Abu 'Abdullah Al-Agharr who heard it from their companion, Abu Hurairah. They were discussing how they should have asked him to attribute this hadith to Prophet Muhammad if he had indeed heard it from him before he died. Then they went and sat with Abdullah bin Ibrahim bin Qariz who told them that he heard Abu Hurairah say that Prophet Muhammad said “I am the last of prophets and it is the last of mosques”. This shows us that praying at this particular masjid has a special significance as it was built by our beloved prophet himself and is thus considered superior to all other mosques except for Al-Masjid al Haram which is also a very sacred place for Muslims around the world.

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