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The Virtue of Mosques, Their Sanctity and the Reward for Those Who Pray in Them
710 - وَ سُئِلَ: عَنْ بَيْتٍ قَدْ كَانَ اَلْجِصُّ يُطْبَخُ بِالْعَذِرَةِ أَ يَصْلُحُ أَنْ يُجَصَّصَ بِهِ اَلْمَسْجِدُ فَقَالَ «لاَ بَأْسَ.
Hadith.710 - He was asked about using plaster that had been prepared with dung for plastering a mosque.
Imam (as) said: "There is no harm."
711 - وَ سُئِلَ: عَنْ بَيْتٍ قَدْ كَانَ حَشّاً زَمَاناً هَلْ يَصْلُحُ أَنْ يُجْعَلَ مَسْجِداً فَقَالَ «إِذَا نُظِّفَ وَ أُصْلِحَ فَلاَ بَأْسَ.
Hadith.711 - Abu Al-Hasan al-Awwal, Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as) was asked about a house that had been used as a latrine for a period of time and whether it would be suitable to make it into a mosque.
Imam (as) said: "If it is cleaned and repaired, then there is no harm."
712 - وَ سَأَلَ عُبَيْدُ اَللَّهِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ اَلْحَلَبِيُّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي مَسْجِدٍ يَكُونُ فِي اَلدَّارِ فَيَبْدُو لِأَهْلِهِ أَنْ يَتَوَسَّعُوا بِطَائِفَةٍ مِنْهُ أَوْ يُحَوِّلُوهُ عَنْ مَكَانِهِ فَقَالَ «لاَ بَأْسَ بِذَلِكَ» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ فَيَصْلُحُ اَلْمَكَانُ اَلَّذِي كَانَ حَشّاً زَمَاناً أَنْ يُنَظَّفَ وَ يُتَّخَذَ مَسْجِداً، قَالَ «نَعَمْ إِذَا أُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ اَلتُّرَابِ مَا يُوَارِيهِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُنَظِّفُهُ وَ يُطَهِّرُهُ.
Hadith.712 - Ubaidullah ibn Ali Al-Halabi asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) about a mosque within a house, where the owners might wish to expand part of it or move it from its original location.
Imam (as) said: "There is no harm in that."
Ubaydullah then asked: "Would it be suitable for a place that was previously used as a latrine for a period of time to be cleaned and made into a mosque?"
Imam (as) said: "Yes, if soil is placed over it to cover it, as this cleanses and purifies it."
713 - وَ كَانَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ: «مَنِ اِخْتَلَفَ إِلَى اَلْمَسَاجِدِ أَصَابَ إِحْدَى اَلثَّمَانِ أَخاً مُسْتَفَاداً فِي اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَوْ عِلْماً مُسْتَطْرَفاً أَوْ آيَةً مُحْكَمَةً أَوْ رَحْمَةً مُنْتَظَرَةً أَوْ كَلِمَةً تَرُدُّهُ عَنْ رَدًى أَوْ يَسْمَعُ كَلِمَةً تَدُلُّهُ عَلَى هُدًى أَوْ يَتْرُكُ ذَنْباً خَشْيَةً أَوْ حَيَاءً.
Hadith.713 - The Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) used to say:
"Whoever frequently visits the mosques will attain one of eight benefits: a brother (friend) beneficial in the cause of Allah (swt), newly acquired knowledge, a definitive verse (of guidance), a mercy awaited, a word that turns him away from misguidance, hearing a word that leads him to guidance, abandoning a sin out of fear (of Allah (swt)) or out of shame”.
714 - وَ سَمِعَ اَلنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ رَجُلاً يُنْشِدُ ضَالَّةً فِي اَلْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ «قُولُوا لَهُ لاَ رَدَّ اَللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ ضَالَّتَكَ فَإِنَّهَا لِغَيْرِ هَذَا بُنِيَتْ.
Hadith.714 - The Prophet (sw), heard a man searching for a lost item in the mosque and said:
"Say to him, 'May Allah (swt) not return your lost item to you,' for the mosque was not built for this purpose."
715 - وَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «جَنِّبُوا مَسَاجِدَكُمْ صِبْيَانَكُمْ وَ مَجَانِينَكُمْ وَ رَفْعَ أَصْوَاتِكُمْ وَ شِرَاءَكُمْ وَ بَيْعَكُمْ وَ اَلضَّالَّةَ وَ اَلْحُدُودَ وَ اَلْأَحْكَامَ.
Hadith.715 - Imam (as) said: "Keep your children, the insane, raising of voices, buying and selling, seeking lost items, and administering legal punishments and rulings away from your mosques”.
717 - وَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِذَا أَخْرَجَ أَحَدُكُمُ اَلْحَصَاةَ مِنَ اَلْمَسْجِدِ فَلْيَرُدَّهَا فِي مَكَانِهَا أَوْ فِي مَسْجِدٍ آخَرَ فَإِنَّهَا تُسَبِّحُ.
Hadith.717 - Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) said:
"If any of you takes a pebble from the mosque, let them return it to its place or to another mosque, for it glorifies Allah (swt)”.
718 - وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «خَيْرُ مَسَاجِدِ نِسَائِكُمُ اَلْبُيُوتُ.
Hadith.718 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said:
"The best mosques for your women are their homes."
719 - وَ سُئِلَ: عَنِ اَلْوُقُوفِ عَلَى اَلْمَسَاجِدِ فَقَالَ «لاَ يَجُوزُ فَإِنَّ اَلْمَجُوسَ أَوْقَفُوا عَلَى بُيُوتِ اَلنَّارِ.
Hadith.719 - Imam (as) was asked about endowing property to mosques, and He said:
"It is not permissible, for the Magians endowed property for their fire temples”.
720 - وَ رُوِيَ: «أَنَّ فِي اَلتَّوْرَاةِ مَكْتُوباً أَنَّ بُيُوتِي فِي اَلْأَرْضِ اَلْمَسَاجِدُ فَطُوبَى لِعَبْدٍ تَطَهَّرَ فِي بَيْتِهِ ثُمَّ زَارَنِي فِي بَيْتِي أَلاَ إِنَّ عَلَى اَلْمَزُورِ كَرَامَةَ اَلزَّائِرِ أَلاَ بَشِّرِ اَلْمَشَّاءِينَ فِي اَلظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى اَلْمَسَاجِدِ بِالنُّورِ اَلسَّاطِعِ يَوْمَ اَلْقِيَامَةِ.
Hadith.720 - It is narrated "In the Torah, it is written that 'My houses on earth are the mosques. Glad tidings to the servant who purifies themselves in their home and then visits Me in My house. Surely, it is incumbent upon the host to honor their guest. Give glad tidings to those who walk in the darkness to the mosques of a radiant light on the Day of Judgment.'"