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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 903 — Sayyiduna al-Arqam was a Companion

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنْبَاعِ رَوْحُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، ثنا عَطَّافُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَرْقَمِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْأَرْقَمِ، وَكَانَ بَدْرِيًّا، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ آوَى فِي دَارِهِ عِنْدَ الصَّفَا حَتَّى تَكَامَلُوا أَرْبَعِينَ رَجُلًا مُسْلِمِينَ، وَكَانَ آخِرُهُمِ إِسْلَامًا عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، فَلَمَّا كَانُوا أَرْبَعِينَ خَرَجُوا إِلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ، قَالَ: جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأُوَدِّعَهُ وَأَرَدْتُ الْخُرُوجَ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟» قُلْتُ: أُرِيدُ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ، قَالَ: «وَمَا يُخْرِجُكُ إِلَيْهِ، أَفِي تِجَارَةٍ؟» قُلْتُ: لَا، وَلَكِنِّي أُصَلِّي فِيهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «صَلَاةٌ هَهُنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ صَلَاةٍ ثَمَّ»
Uthman bin Abdullah, the grandson of Sayyiduna al-Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him), narrated that Sayyiduna al-Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) was a Companion who fought at Badr, and that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took refuge in his house near al-Safa until the Muslim men were a full forty, and the last of them to accept Islam was Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). When they had become forty, they came out before the polytheists. Sayyiduna al-Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to take leave of him, as I intended to go to Bayt al-Maqdis. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Where do you intend to go?" I said: To Bayt al-Maqdis. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What is taking you there? Is it for trade?" I said: No, rather I want to pray there. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "One prayer here is better than a thousand prayers there."
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الألف / 903
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 1، صفحہ 306، حدیث 907