Virtues of Prayer at Masjid Makkah and Madinah

Offering As-Salat in the Mosques of Makkah and Al-Madina

Hadith # 1188

Narrated Quza'a:

I heard Abu Said saying four words. He said, "I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying the following narrative." He had participated in twelve holy battles with the Prophet.

Hadith # 1189

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said,

"Do not set out on a journey except for three Mosques i.e. Al-Masjid-AI-Haram, the Mosque of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , and the Mosque of Al-Aqsa, (Mosque of Jerusalem)."

Hadith # 1190

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said,

"One prayer in my Mosque is better than one thousand prayers in any other mosque excepting Al-Masjid-AI-Haram."

The Masjid Quba

Hadith # 1191, 1192

Narrated Nafi`:

Ibn `Umar never offered the Duha prayer except on two occasions:

(1) Whenever he reached Mecca; and he always used to reach Mecca in the forenoon. He would perform Tawaf round the Ka`ba and then offer two rak`at at the rear of Maqam Ibrahim.

(2) Whenever he visited Quba, for he used to visit it every Saturday. When he entered the Mosque, he disliked to leave it without offering a prayer.

Ibn `Umar narrated that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to visit the Mosque of Quba (sometime) walking and (sometime) riding.

And he (i.e. Ibn `Umar) used to say, "I do only what my companions used to do and I don't forbid anybody to pray at any time during the day or night except that one should not intend to pray at sunrise or sunset."

Whoever visited the mosque of Quba every Saturday

Hadith # 1193

Narrated `Abdullah bin Dinar:

Ibn `Umar said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) used to go to the Mosque of Quba every Saturday (sometimes) walking and (sometimes) riding."

`Abdullah (Ibn `Umar) used to do the same.

To go to the Mosque of Quba

Hadith # 1194

Narrated Ibn `Umar:

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to go to the Mosque of Quba (sometimes) walking and sometimes riding.

Added Nafi` (in another narration), "He then would offer two rak`at (in the Mosque of Quba)."

Superiority of the place between the pulpit and the grave of the Prophet (pbuh))

Hadith # 1195

Narrated `Abdullah bin Zaid Al-Mazini:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said,

"Between my house and the pulpit there is a garden of the gardens of Paradise."

Hadith # 1196

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said,

"Between my house and my pulpit there is a garden of the gardens of Paradise, and my pulpit is on my fountain tank (i.e. Al-Kauthar)."

The Mosque of Bait-ul-Maqdis (Jerusalem)

Hadith # 1197

Narrated Qaza'a Maula:

I heard Abu Sa`id Al-khudri narrating four things from the Prophet (ﷺ) and I appreciated them very much. He said, conveying the words of the Prophet.

(1) "A woman should not go on a two day journey except with her husband or a Dhi-Mahram.

(2) No fasting is permissible on two days: `Id-ul-Fitr and `Id-ul-Adha.

(3) No prayer after two prayers, i.e. after the Fajr prayer till the sunrises and after the `Asr prayer till the sun sets.

(4) Do not prepare yourself for a journey except to three Mosques, i.e. Al-Masjid-AI-Haram, the Mosque of Aqsa (Jerusalem) and my Mosque."