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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب صلاة التطوع والإمامة
Book of Voluntary Prayer and Leading the Prayer
القرب من المسجد أفضل أم البعد
Is being near the mosque better, or being far from it?
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 6142 — Is being near the mosque better
٦١٤٢ - حدثنا وكيع عن موسى بن عبيدة عن أخيه عن جابر قال: كانت منازلنا قاصية فأردنا أن نتقرب من مسجد رسول اللَّه ﷺ فذكرنا ذلك له فقال: "لا تفعلوها إئتوها كما كنتم، ما من مؤمن يتوضأ فيحسن الوضوء ثم يخرج إلى المسجد إلا كتب اللَّه له بكل خطوة حسنة وحط (عنه) (١) بها سيئة" (٢).
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Our houses were far from the mosque, so we intended to move near the mosque of the Prophet, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When we mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: "Do not do so; come from where you live. Whenever a believer performs ablution well and then goes out intending the mosque, with every step a good deed is written for him and a sin is forgiven."
