حَدَّثَنَا
حَجَّاجٌ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
لَيْثٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
نَافِعٌ ، عَنْ
إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : إِنَّ امْرَأَةً اشْتَكَتْ شَكْوَى ، فَقَالَتْ : لَئِنْ شَفَانِي اللَّهُ , لَأَخْرُجَنَّ فَلَأُصَلِّيَنَّ فِي بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ ، فَبَرِئَتْ ، فَتَجَهَّزَتْ تُرِيدُ الْخُرُوجَ ، فَجَاءَتْ
مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهَا ، فَأَخْبَرَتْهَا ذَلِكَ ، فَقَالَتْ : اجْلِسِي ، فَكُلِي مَا صَنَعْتُ ، وَصَلِّي فِي مَسْجِدِ الرَّسُولِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ :
" صَلَاةٌ فِيهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ صَلَاةٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ مِنَ الْمَسَاجِدِ ، إِلَّا مَسْجِدَ الْكَعْبَةِ " .
Ibrahim bin Abdullah says that a woman became very ill, and she made a vow that if Allah granted her recovery, she would travel to Bayt al-Maqdis and pray there. By Allah’s will, she was cured. She began preparations for the journey and went to bid farewell to Hazrat Maymunah and informed her of her intention. She (Maymunah) said: Sit down and eat the food I have prepared, and pray in the Prophet’s Mosque, for I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say that one prayer in the Prophet’s Mosque is better than a thousand prayers in any other mosque except the Ka’bah.