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• Reliable sources narrate from Imam Mohammed Baqir (a.s.) that the Prophet (a.s.)
asked Jibraeel about the portion of land that is liked by Allah. Jibraeel said, “ The
Mosque and the people who congregate there. More than that Allah likes the person
who arrives earlier than others at the mosque and is the last to leave it!”
• It is mentioned in the Torah that Allah said,” My home on the land is in the mosques.
Blessed is the person who does ablution at home before coming to My Presence in
the Mosque. It is necessary for him to greet those he meets at the mosque pleasantly.
Tell the persons who reach the Mosque in the darkness of the night that on the Day
of Reckoning their faces will be shining with light. Every place where they offered
their prayers on the earth will bear witness to their piety.
• The Prophet (a.s.) has said,” One who recites the Holy Quran and goes to the
Mosque to offer prayers will be given a palace in the Heaven by Allah.” When Allah
finds a group indulging excessively in sinful acts, and if there are three men of piety
in that formation, He says,” O Sinners! If these three pious persons were not in your
midst, who care for each other and inhabit the Mosque, every morning they
supplicate to me, then I would most certainly have sent stringent Retribution to
you!”
• Fadl Baqiaaq narrates that Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) said, “ O Baqiaaq! Only those
come to the Mosque who are the chiefs of the tribes and the heads of the families.
When they return from the Mosque, they would have got at least one of the
following three things: 1.The acceptance of the Prayer that would take them to the
Heaven. 2. Safety from any worldly calamity for which they might have prayed. 3.
Getting a brother firm in his Faith.
SWEEPING IN THE PRECINCTS OF THE MOSQUE
It is narrated that sweeping in a Mosque is equivalent to the reward for freeing a slave.
When a person removes the garbage from a Mosque, Allah will Grant to him double the
Reward.
• It is mentioned in the traditions that whoever sweeps the mosque on Friday eve and
removes the garbage from there, Allah will forgive all his sins.
• Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) said ,” Don’t do any trading transactions inside the
Mosque. Don’t allow children (small) and mentally ill person inside the Mosque.
Don’t announce about a missing person or also don’t raise a complaint for
punishment to a criminal at the Mosque. A person who abstains from spitting inside
the precincts of a Mosque, his ailments will be cured. “
• The Prophet of Allah (a.s.) has said, “ Whoever lights a lamp in the Mosque, till that
light lasts, the angels and the inhabitants of the Firmament keep praying for him!”
• Imam Al Reza (a.s.) says that once Satan went to Hazrat Yahya (a.s). Hazrat Yahya
(a.s.) asked him,” Will you answer a question of mine?” Satan said,” Why not! I can
certainly oppose you!” Hazrat Yahya (a.s.) said,” Tell me, how you misguide