سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الصلاةPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب فِي بِنَاءِ الْمَسَاجِدِChapter: On (The Reward) Of Building Masajid.
Hadith 454
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، قَالَ : كَانَ مَوْضِعُ الْمَسْجِدِ حَائِطًا لِبَنِي النَّجَّارِ فِيهِ حَرْثٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَقُبُورُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : ثَامِنُونِي بِهِ ، فَقَالُوا : لَا نَبْغِي بِهِ ثَمَنًا ، فَقُطِعَ النَّخْلُ وَسُوِّيَ الْحَرْثُ وَنُبِشَ قُبُورُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ، وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ ، وَقَالَ : فَاغْفِرْ مَكَانَ فَانْصُرْ ، قَالَ مُوسَى : وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بِنَحْوِهِ ، وَكَانَ عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ ، يَقُولُ : خَرِبٌ ، وَزَعَمَ عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ أَنَّهُ أَفَادَ حَمَّادًا هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ .
Anas bin Malik said: The Mosque (of the Prophet) was built in the land of Banu al-Najjar which contained crops, palm trees and graves of the disbelievers. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Sell it to me for some price. They (Banu al-Najjar) replied: We do not want (any price). The palm-trees were cut off, and the crops removed and the graves of the disbelievers dug opened. He then narrated the rest of the tradition. But this version has the word "forgive" in the verse, instead of the word "help". Musa said: Abd al-Warith also narrated this tradition in a like manner. The version of Abd al-Warith has the word "dung-hill" (instead of crop), and he asserted that he narrated this tradition to Hammad.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
454. Commentary:
➊ Despite the fact that the Ansar were beloved to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), he did not make any use of their land by force or without permission. For this reason, it is a well-known ruling that "it is not permissible to pray on usurped land."
➋ It is not permissible to pray on a grave or in a graveyard; for this reason, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) had the graves dug up.
➊ Despite the fact that the Ansar were beloved to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), he did not make any use of their land by force or without permission. For this reason, it is a well-known ruling that "it is not permissible to pray on usurped land."
➋ It is not permissible to pray on a grave or in a graveyard; for this reason, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) had the graves dug up.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 454
