Chapter on the Virtue of Mosques and Prayer Within Them, and the Virtue of Congregational Prayer and Its Rulings
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 3
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām
Volume 3, Book 2, Chapter 3
Chapter on the Virtue of Mosques and Prayer Within Them, and the Virtue of Congregational Prayer and Its Rulings
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُذَافِرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« بِالْكُوفَةِ مَسَاجِدُ مَلْعُونَةٌ وَ مَسَاجِدُ مُبَارَكَةٌ فَأَمَّا اَلْمُبَارَكَةُ فَمَسْجِدُ غَنِيٍّ وَ اَللَّهِ إِنَّ قِبْلَتَهُ لَقَاسِطَةٌ وَإِنَّ طِينَتَهُ لَطَيِّبَةٌ وَلَقَدْ وَضَعَهُ رَجُلٌ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلاَ تَذْهَبُ اَلدُّنْيَا حَتَّى تَنْفَجِرَ عِنْدَهُ عَيْنَانِ وَتَكُونَ عَلَيْهِ جَنَّتَانِ وَ أَهْلُهُ مَلْعُونُونَ وَ هُوَ مَسْلُوبٌ مِنْهُمْ وَ مَسْجِدُ بَنِي ظَفَرٍ وَ هُوَ مَسْجِدُ اَلسَّهْلَةِ وَ مَسْجِدُ اَلْحَمْرَاءِ وَ مَسْجِدُ جُعْفِيٍّ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ مَسْجِدَ هُمُ اَلْيَوْمَ» قَالَ« دَرَسَ وَأَمَّا اَلْمَسَاجِدُ اَلْمَلْعُونَةُ فَمَسْجِدُ ثَقِيفٍ وَمَسْجِدُ اَلْأَشْعَثِ وَ مَسْجِدُ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ اَلْبَجَلِيِّ وَ مَسْجِدُ سِمَاكٍ وَ مَسْجِدُ اَلْحَمْرَاءِ بُنِيَ عَلَى قَبْرِ فِرْعَوْنٍ مِنَ اَلْفَرَاعِنَةِ»
Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub from Ibrahim ibn Hashim from Amr ibn Uthman from Muhammad ibn Udhafir from Muhammad ibn Muslim from Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said:
Imam al-Baqir عليه السلام said: “In Kufah, there are cursed mosques and blessed mosques. As for the blessed; the ‘Mosque of Ghani’. By Allah, its qiblah is upright, and its soil is pure, and it was established by a believing man. And the world will not end until two springs burst forth at it, and there will be two gardens upon it. But its people are cursed, and it has been taken away from them. And the mosque of ‘Banu Zafar’, and that is the ‘Mosque of al-Sahlah’, and the ‘Mosque of al-Hamra’, and the ‘Mosque of Ju‘fi’ and it is not their mosque today, (and It has disappeared.)” Imam عليه السلام said: “As for the cursed mosques; the ‘Mosque of Thaqif’, the ‘Mosque of al-Ash‘ath’, the ‘Mosque of Jarir ibn Abdillah al-Bajali’, the ‘Mosque of Simak’, and the ‘Mosque of al-Hamra’, it was built over the grave of a Pharaoh from among the Pharaohs.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 273
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