صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب المساجد ومواضع الصلاةThe Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer
باب فَضْلِ الْجُلُوسِ فِي مُصَلاَّهُ بَعْدَ الصُّبْحِ وَفَضْلِ الْمَسَاجِدِ:Chapter: The virtue of sitting in one’s prayer place after Subh, and the virtue of the masajid
وحَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ ، وَإِسْحَاق بْنُ مُوسَى الأَنْصَارِيُّ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ فِي رِوَايَةِ هَارُونَ وَفِي حَدِيثِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ ، حَدَّثَنِي الْحَارِثُ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ مَوْلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " أَحَبُّ البِلَادِ إِلَى اللَّهِ ، مَسَاجِدُهَا ، وَأَبْغَضُ البِلَادِ إِلَى اللَّهِ ، أَسْوَاقُهَا " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The parts of land dearest to Allah are its mosques, and the parts most hateful to Allah are markets.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
Allah, the Exalted, loves those places where people are engaged in His remembrance, performing dhikr and supplication, being occupied with tasbih (glorification), tahmid (praise), tahlil (declaration of Allah's oneness), and takbir (magnification of Allah). They are involved in the teaching and learning of the Book and Sunnah, or in reading them. These activities occur most frequently in the mosques; therefore, mosques are the most beloved of all places. In contrast, marketplaces are generally devoid of the remembrance of Allah; there is constant noise and commotion, open lying, false oaths, deception, fraud, mixing of the lawful and unlawful, and illicit business dealings are at their peak. The commands of the Shari‘ah are openly violated; therefore, these places are not beloved to Allah, the Exalted.
Benefits and Issues:
Allah, the Exalted, loves those places where people are engaged in His remembrance, performing dhikr and supplication, being occupied with tasbih (glorification), tahmid (praise), tahlil (declaration of Allah's oneness), and takbir (magnification of Allah). They are involved in the teaching and learning of the Book and Sunnah, or in reading them. These activities occur most frequently in the mosques; therefore, mosques are the most beloved of all places. In contrast, marketplaces are generally devoid of the remembrance of Allah; there is constant noise and commotion, open lying, false oaths, deception, fraud, mixing of the lawful and unlawful, and illicit business dealings are at their peak. The commands of the Shari‘ah are openly violated; therefore, these places are not beloved to Allah, the Exalted.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 1528
