Is it established that some of the Companions left residing in Makkah out of fear of sins therein?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. I say, Your Eminence, Honorable Shaykh, I learned that the Companions left residing in Makkah out of fear of sins. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:[Al-Hajj 22:25] The Sacred Mosque, the entire Haram, everything within the miles is called the Sacred Mosque
Answer:
and is called the Haram. Allah threatened those who intend to commit disobedience in it, so how much more so if they commit the disobedience? It is more severe.
As for the claim that the Companions left residing in Makkah, this is not correct, this is not correct. The Companions did not leave residing in Makkah; they resided in it with the mindfulness of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, leaving off disobedience and sins. This is only narrated from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), and for this reason he resided in al-Ta'if (may Allah be pleased with him). This is narrated from Ibn Abbas, and it was his independent legal reasoning, but residing in the Haram has a great virtue; because one obligatory prayer in the Sacred Mosque is worth a hundred thousand prayers in other places, and in the Haram of Madinah, specifically in the Prophet's Mosque, one prayer in the Prophet's Mosque is worth a thousand prayers. So for a person to reside in Makkah or in Madinah and pray in the two mosques, the Sacred Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, and obtain this virtue, this is a great good. Yes.
May Allah reward you. I say, Your Eminence, Honorable Shaykh, I learned that the Companions left residing in Makkah out of fear of sins. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:
and [from] al-Masjid al-Haram, which We made for the people - equal are the resident therein and one from outside; and [also] whoever intends [a deed] therein of deviation [in religion] or wrongdoing - We will make him taste of a painful punishment.
وَالْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ الَّذِي جَعَلْنَاهُ لِلنَّاسِ سَوَاءً الْعَاكِفُ فِيهِ وَالْبَادِ وَمَن يُرِدْ فِيهِ بِإِلْحَادٍ بِظُلْمٍ نُّذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍAnswer:
and is called the Haram. Allah threatened those who intend to commit disobedience in it, so how much more so if they commit the disobedience? It is more severe.
As for the claim that the Companions left residing in Makkah, this is not correct, this is not correct. The Companions did not leave residing in Makkah; they resided in it with the mindfulness of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, leaving off disobedience and sins. This is only narrated from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), and for this reason he resided in al-Ta'if (may Allah be pleased with him). This is narrated from Ibn Abbas, and it was his independent legal reasoning, but residing in the Haram has a great virtue; because one obligatory prayer in the Sacred Mosque is worth a hundred thousand prayers in other places, and in the Haram of Madinah, specifically in the Prophet's Mosque, one prayer in the Prophet's Mosque is worth a thousand prayers. So for a person to reside in Makkah or in Madinah and pray in the two mosques, the Sacred Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, and obtain this virtue, this is a great good. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6535- هل ثبت أن بعض الصحابة ترك السكن في مكة خشية من الذنوب فيها ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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