This excerpt is taken from Sheikh Hussain bin Mubarak Al-Mawsili's Arabic book Al-Awamer wal-Nawahi, whose Urdu translation has been done by Muhammad Sarwar Gohar Sahib under the title Ahkamat o Mamnoaat.
Instructions Regarding Frequent Visits to Mosques
① It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Saeed Khudri (RA) that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
إذا رأيتم الرجل يعتاد المسجد فاشهدوا له بالإيمان، فإن الله عز وجل يقول:
"When you see a person coming repeatedly to the mosque, testify to his faith, for Allah the Exalted says: The mosques of Allah are only to be maintained by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day."
Reference: (At-Tawbah:18)
Reference: Tirmidhi, Kitab at-Tafsir, Hadith 3093. Sunan Ibn Majah, Kitab al-Masajid, Hadith 802. Its chain is weak. In it, Rushdain bin Saad is weak. See At-Taqreeb 1942.
Instructions Regarding Coming to Bayt al-Maqdis
﴿إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ﴾① The freed slave woman of the Messenger of Allah, Lady Maimunah, may Allah be pleased with her, narrates: I asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Tell us about Al-Quds (Jerusalem)," so the Prophet ﷺ said:
ائتوه وصلوا فيه
"Go there and pray in it."
If there is a battle in that city:
فإن لم تأتوه فابعثوا بزيت يسرج فى قناديله
"If you cannot go there, then send oil so that its lamps may be lit."
Reference: Abu Dawood, Kitab al-Salat, Hadith 457. Its chain of narration is Hasan.
② Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr, may Allah be pleased with them both, narrates from the Noble Prophet ﷺ:
أن سليمان بن داود لما بنى بيت المقدس سأل الله عز وجل خلالا ثلاثة: سأل الله عز وجل حكما يصادف حكمه فأوتيه، وسأل الله عز وجل ملكا لا ينبغي لأحد من بعده فأوتيه، وسأل الله عز وجل حين فرغ من بناء المسجد لا يأتيه أحد لا ينهزه إلا الصلاة فيه أن يخرجه من خطيئته كيوم ولدته أمه
"When Solomon son of David, peace be upon them, built Al-Quds, he asked Allah Almighty for three things. ① He asked for the ability to make decisions that were in accordance with His command, and it was granted to him. ② He asked Allah Almighty for a kingdom such that no one would be given such a kingdom after him, and that too was granted. ③ And when he finished building the mosque, he asked Allah Almighty that whoever comes to pray there should be purified from sins as on the day he was born."
Reference: An-Nasa'i, Kitab al-Masajid, Chapter on the virtue of Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa and prayer therein, 694. Its chain of narration is Sahih.
