الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الجماعةChapters on Congregational Prayer
بَابُ فَضْلِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَبْعَدِ وَكَثْرَةِ الْخُطَا إِلَى الْمَسَاجِدِChapter on the virtue of the farther mosque and taking many steps to the mosques
Hadith 2514
اُردوEn
(وَعَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بِنَحْوِهِ وَفِيهِ) فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَكَرِهَ أَنْ تُعْرَى الْمَدِينَةُ، فَقَالَ: ((يَا بَنِي سَلِمَةَ! أَلَا تَحْتَسِبُونَ آثَارَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ؟)) قَالُوا: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! فَأَقَامُوا
A similar hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, in which the words are as follows: When this matter reached the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he disliked the outskirts of Madinah becoming deserted, he said to them: O Banu Salamah! Do you not hope for reward from Allah Almighty for the traces of your (footsteps) towards the mosque? They said: O Messenger of Allah! Why not. Then they remained in the same place.
