Is praying in any place in Makkah equivalent to praying in al-Masjid al-Haram?
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Al-Hawini: Is praying in any place in Makkah equivalent to praying in al-Masjid al-Haram?
The Shaykh : I do not think so. It is a matter of scholarly disagreement. I understand from the context of mentioning al-Masjid al-Haram alongside al-Masjid al-Nabawi that the intended meaning is not al-Masjid al-Haram in the general sense, but rather the mosque where prayer is performed, which is the mosque of Makkah, not all of Makkah. Yes.
Al-Hawini: They argue by saying that in the verse:[Al-Isra 17:1]; they say he was taken in a night journey from the house of Umm Hani, which is not a mosque.
The Shaykh : I answered this just now. I said: What I see is that the virtue is specific to the mosque, not to all of Makkah, based on the context of mentioning the mosque alongside the mosque of the Messenger (peace be upon him). Where he said in the well-known hadith:Sunan an-Nasa'i 2897Sahih (Darussalam), so linking al-Masjid al-Haram with the mosques and with the mosque of the Messenger (peace be upon him) serves as an indication that the intended meaning is a part of Makkah, which is the mosque of Makkah. As for the verse, the answer to it is easy, because the house of Umm Hani, for example, may not be part of the Makkah mosque itself, but rather adjacent to it. So, by virtue of adjacency, it was said or came the saying of the Exalted in the verse: [Al-Isra 17:1]; because the Arabic style is to give the ruling of the adjacent thing to the adjacent thing. Do you have anything? Please.
Al-Halabi : O Shaykh, there is a narration in the same hadith that includes "and the mosque of the Ka'bah."
The Shaykh : That is a decisive answer, but recall the narration.
Al-Halabi : I do not recall the narration now, but I have come across it.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. Yes.
The Shaykh : I do not think so. It is a matter of scholarly disagreement. I understand from the context of mentioning al-Masjid al-Haram alongside al-Masjid al-Nabawi that the intended meaning is not al-Masjid al-Haram in the general sense, but rather the mosque where prayer is performed, which is the mosque of Makkah, not all of Makkah. Yes.
Al-Hawini: They argue by saying that in the verse:
Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَىThe Shaykh : I answered this just now. I said: What I see is that the virtue is specific to the mosque, not to all of Makkah, based on the context of mentioning the mosque alongside the mosque of the Messenger (peace be upon him). Where he said in the well-known hadith:
One prayer in my Masjid is better than a thousand prayers anywhere else, except Al-Masjid Al-Haram.
صلاة في مسجدي هذا تفضل ألف صلاة في ما سواه من المساجد إلا المسجد الحرامExalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِAl-Halabi : O Shaykh, there is a narration in the same hadith that includes "and the mosque of the Ka'bah."
The Shaykh : That is a decisive answer, but recall the narration.
Al-Halabi : I do not recall the narration now, but I have come across it.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. Yes.
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