Chapter: The virtue of praying in the Masajid of Makkah and Al-Madinah

Abu Hurairah (RA) narrated it directly from Allah's Apostle' (ﷺ) having said this: A prayer in my mosque is a thousand times more excellent than a prayer in any other mosque, except Masjid al-Haram (Mosque of the Ka’bah).

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Prayer in my mosque is more excellent than a thousand prayers observed in other mosques except the Masjid al- Haram.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: Prayer in the mosque of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) is more excellent than a thousand prayers in other mosques except the Masjid al-Haram, for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) is the last of the Apostles, and his mosque is the last of the mosques. Abu Salama and Abu'Abdullah (two of the narrators in this chain of narrations said: We had no doubt that what Abu Haraira (RA) had said was from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , and so we did not like to get an attestation from Abu Hurairah (RA) about this hadith until Abu Hurairah (RA) died. We discussed it (the issue of getting attestation from Abu Hurairah (RA) ) amongst ourselves and blamed one another as to why we did not talk about it to Abu Hurairah (RA) regarding it so that he could attribute its transmission to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in case he had heard it from him. While we were discussing it as we sat with 'Abdullah bin Ibrahlm bin Qariz; we made a mention of this hadith, and our omission (in getting its attestation) about its direct transmission by Abu Hurairah (RA) from him (the Holy Proohet); thereupon'Abdullah bin Ibrahim said to us: I bear witness to the fact that I heard Abu Hurairah (RA) say that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: I am the last of the Apostles and my mosque is the last of the mosques.

Yahya bin Sa'id (RA) reported: I said to Abu Salih: Did you hear Abu Hurairah (RA) making a mention of the excellence of prayer in the mosque of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ? He said: No (I did not hear directly from Abu Hurairah (RA) ), but I heard'Abdullah bin Ibrahlm bin Qariz; say that he had heard from Abu Hurairah (RA) that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had said: Prayer in this mosque of mine is better than a thousand prayers, or is like one thousand prayers observed in other mosques besides it, except that it be in al-Masjid al-Haram.

This hadith has been narrated by Yahya bin Sa'id with the same chain of transmitters.

Ibn 'Umar (RA) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: Prayer in this mosque of mine is better than a thousand prayers observed in other mosques besides it, except that of Masjid al-Haram.

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Ubaidullah with the same chain of transmitters.

Ibn 'Umar reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying like this.

Ibn 'Umar reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying like this.

Ibn Abbas (RA) reported that a woman fell ill and she said: In case Allah cures me I will certainly go and observe prayer in Bait al-Maqdis. She recovered and so she made preparations to go out (to that place). She came to Maimuna. the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) , and after greeting her she informed her about it, whereupon she said: Stay here and eat the provision (which you had made) and observe prayer in the mosque of the Messenger (ﷺ) , for I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: Prayer in it is better than a thousand prayers observed in other mosques except the mosque of the Ka’bah.