المَسجِد
THE MOSQUE
المَسجِدُ بَيتُ اللّهِ / The Mosque is the House of Allah
1ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): علَيكُم بِإتيانِ المَساجِدِ؛ فإنّها بُيوتُ اللّهِ في الأرضِ ، ومَن أتاها مُتَطَهِّراً طَهَّرَهُ اللّهُ مِن ذُنوبِهِ وكُتِبَ مِن زُوّارِهِ فَأكثِرُوا فيها مِن الصَّلاةِ والدُّعاءِ.
1– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'It is incumbent upon you to attend the mosques, for verily they are the houses of Allah on earth. And whoever enters them having purified himself, Allah will purify him of his sins and will record him down as one of its frequenters, so perform many prayers and supplications therein.’
[Amali al-Saduq, p. 293, no. 8]
المَسجِد
THE MOSQUE
3ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن بَنى مَسجِداً بَنَى اللّهُ لَهُ بَيتا في الجَنَّةِ.
3– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'He who builds a mosque, Allah will order a house to be built for him in Paradise.’
[al-Kafi, v. 3, p. 378, no. 1]
المَشيُ إلَى المَساجِدِ / Walking to the Mosques
4ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَن مَشى إلى مَسجِدٍ يَطلُبُ فيهِ الجَماعَةَ كانَ لَهُ بكُلِّ خُطوَةٍ سَبعونَ ألفَ حَسَنةٍ ، ويُرفَعُ لَهُ مِن الدَّرَجاتِ مِثلُ ذلكَ ، وإن ماتَ وهُو على ذلكَ وكَّلَ اللّهُ بهِ سَبعينَ ألفَ مَلَكٍ يَعُودُونَهُ في قَبرِهِ ، ويُؤنِسُونَهُ في وَحدَتِهِ ، ويَستَغفِرُونَ لَهُ حتّى يُبعَثَ.
4– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'He who walks to a mosque asking people to join him along the way gets the equivalent of seventy thousand good deeds for every step he takes, and he is raised as many levels, and if he dies on the way, Allah assigns seventy thousand angels to visit him in his grave to keep him company in his loneliness and to seek forgiveness for him until the day he is raised again.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 336, no. 1]
الجُلوسُ فِي المَسجِدِ / Sitting in the Mosque
5ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): يا أبا ذَرٍّ ، إنّ اللّهَ تعالى يُعطِيكَ مادُمتَ جالِساً في المَسجِدِ بِكُلِّ نَفَسٍ تَنَفَّستَ دَرَجةً في الجَنَّةِ ، وتُصَلِّي علَيكَ الملائكةُ ، وتُكتَبُ لَكَ بِكُلِّ نَفَسٍ تَنَفَّستَ فيهِ عَشرُ حَسَناتٍ ، وتُمحى عنكَ عَشرُ سَيّئاتٍ.
5– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'O AbÙ Dharr, verily for as long as you remain seated in the mosque Allah, most High, will grant you an extra level in Paradise for every breath you take, the angels send salutations on you, and ten good deeds are recorded and ten evil deeds wiped away for every breath you take therein.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 85, no. 3]
جِوارُ المَسجِدِ وَالصَّلاةُ فيهِ / Neighbouring the Mosque and Praying Therein
6ـ الإمامِ عليٍّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا صَلاةَ لِجارِ المَسجِدِ إلّا في المَسجدِ، إلّا أنيكونَ لَهُ عُذرٌ أو بهِ عِلَّةٌ، فقيلَ: ومَن جارُ المَسجدِ يا أميرَ المؤمنينَ ؟ قالَ: مَن سَمِعَ النِّداءَ .
6– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The prayer of one who lives neighbouring the mosque
[yet prays at home] is null and void unless he prays inside the mosque, except if he has an excuse or if he is sick.’ When asked who was considered as neighbouring the mosque, he replied, 'Anyone who hears the call to prayer.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 83, p. 379, no. 47]
7ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): حَريمُ المَسجِدِ أربَعونَ ذِراعاً، والجِوارُ أربَعونَ داراً مِن أربعَةِ جَوانِبِها.
7– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The sanctuary of the mosque extends to forty cubits*, and its neighbouring precinct extends to forty houses on all four sides.’
[al-Khisal, p. 544, no. 20]
آدابُ المَساجِدِ / Etiquettes of the Mosque
8ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَن أكَلَ هذهِ البَقلَةَ المُنتِنَةَ
[ يَعني الثُّومَ
[فلا يَقرَبْ مَسجِدَنا ، فأمّا مَن أكَلَهُ ولَم يأتِ المَسجِدَ فلا بَأسَ.
8– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Whoever has eaten this pungent herb
[i.e. garlic] should not approach our mosque. As for one who has eaten it and does not come to the mosque
[as a result], there is no blame on him for it.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 84, p. 9, no. 83]
9ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): لا تَجعَلُوا المَساجِدَ طُرُقاً حتّى تُصَلُّوا فيها رَكعتَينِ.
9– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Do not use the mosques as mere passageways until you have prayed two units of prayer therein.’
[Amali al-Saduq, p. 344, no. 1]
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* dhira`a: cubit – unit of measurement between 0.6 and 0.8 metres (ed.)