Ibn Majah

Benefits and Issues:

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It is permissible to take and administer an oath for the resolution of mutual disputes and quarrels, provided that the oath is truthful.
The sin lies only in taking a false oath.

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Committing a sin in a place of respect is worse than committing it in an ordinary place, and its punishment will also be more severe.

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The mosque is more deserving of respect than other places.

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Among all mosques, the three most respected mosques are:
Masjid al-Haram, in which is the noble Ka‘bah; Masjid al-Nabawi; and Masjid al-Aqsa.

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The area near the pulpit (minbar) in the mosque holds greater sanctity, especially in Masjid al-Nabawi, where the area near the minbar has been described as “a garden from the gardens of Paradise.”
The Prophetic statement is:
“The space between my house (the chamber of Aisha radi Allahu anha) and my pulpit is one of the gardens of Paradise.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, The Virtue of Prayer in the Mosques of Mecca and Madinah, Chapter: The Virtue of What is Between the Grave and the Pulpit, Hadith: 1192; and Sahih Muslim, The Book of Hajj, Chapter: What is Between the Grave and the Pulpit is a Garden from the Gardens of Paradise, Hadith: 1390)

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To take a false oath in this place is an extremely evil act and a major sin (kabirah), especially when it is done for something trivial, which makes it even worse.