صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب الصلاةBook of Prayer
باب الإمامة والجماعة - فصل في فضل الجماعة - ذكر البيان بأن الأبعد فالأبعد في إتيان المساجد أعظم أجرا من الأقرب فالأقرب لكتبة الله جل وعلا آثار من أتى المسجد للصلوات
Chapter on Leadership and Congregation - Section on the Virtue of Congregation - Clarification that the farther one is from the mosque, the greater the reward for attending
Hadith 2042
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : أَرَدْنَا النُّقْلَةَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ ، وَالْبِقَاعُ حَوْلَ الْمَسْجِدِ خَالِيَةٌ ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَتَانَا فِي دَارِنَا فَقَالَ : " يَا بَنِي سَلِمَةَ ، بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكُمْ تُرِيدُونَ النُّقْلَةَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ " . فَقَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، بَعُدَ عَلَيْنَا الْمَسْجِدُ وَالْبِقَاعُ حَوْلَهُ خَالِيَةٌ . فَقَالَ : يَا بَنِي سَلِمَةَ ، " دِيَارَكُمْ دِيَارَكُمْ تُكْتَبْ آثَارُكُمْ " . قَالَ : فَمَا وَدِدْنَا أَنَّا بِحَضْرَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ لَمَّا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا قَالَ .
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: We intended to move near the mosque because some space around the mosque had become vacant. When this news reached the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came to our neighborhood and said: O Banu Salamah! It has reached me that you want to move near the mosque. They said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! We are quite far from the mosque and there is vacant space around the mosque. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: O Banu Salamah! Stay in your area, stay in your area, your steps will be recorded. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: After that, we did not wish to live near the mosque because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had said this.
