The Virtue of Mosques, Their Sanctity and the Reward for Those Who Pray in Them
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 38
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Book 1, Chapter 38
The Virtue of Mosques, Their Sanctity and the Reward for Those Who Pray in Them
وَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ لِأَبِي حَمْزَةَ اَلثُّمَالِيِّ: «اَلْمَسَاجِدُ اَلْأَرْبَعَةُ اَلْمَسْجِدُ اَلْحَرَامُ وَ مَسْجِدُ اَلرَّسُولِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ مَسْجِدُ بَيْتِ اَلْمَقْدِسِ وَ مَسْجِدُ اَلْكُوفَةِ يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ اَلْفَرِيضَةُ فِيهَا تَعْدِلُ حَجَّةً وَ اَلنَّافِلَةُ تَعْدِلُ عُمْرَةً.
Abu Ja'far, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام, said to Abu Hamzah al-Thumali: "The four mosques are: the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram), the Mosque of the Messenger (Masjid al-Nabawi), the Mosque of Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem), and the Mosque of Kufa. O’ Abu Hamzah, performing an obligatory prayer in any of these mosques is equivalent to performing a pilgrimage (Hajj), and a supererogatory (optional) prayer in them is equivalent to performing an ‘Umrah (minor pilgrimage)."
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