What is the ruling on praying in the seven mosques located in Madinah?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. Many people, especially visitors, ask the honorable Shaykh about the ruling on praying in the seven mosques and their origin.
The Shaykh : What are the seven mosques, and where are they?
The questioner : At the Trench.
The Shaykh : Say it, my brother, so the people can hear it, so we can see if there is any good in going to look for them. Yes. What are they, my brother, and what are they? Where is their location?
The questioner : In Madinah.
The Shaykh : The questioner is present now; let him explain them to us. Where is the questioner? Yes. Are you the questioner?
The questioner : The Trench.
The Shaykh : The Trench.
The questioner : ... that these are the mosques of the Companions
The Shaykh : Yes, in the Battle of the Trench. Why seven? Why not seventy? Because the Companions were many, O Shaykh. Inform the people of the brother's words.
The questioner : He says that they are mosques built for the Companions in the Battle of the Trench, and there are seven of them.
The Shaykh : Which Companions were they built for?
The questioner : I thought I heard that the senior Companions used to pray in them.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, this has no basis. And is it possible that the senior Companions would pray in them while the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was with them? Is that possible? It is not possible. Then where is the history? I mentioned to you at the beginning of the talk, at the first meeting, five things that are prescribed in Madinah, and anything other than that has no basis. Who can count them? Please.
The student: The Prophet's Mosque.
The Shaykh : We pray in the Prophet's Mosque.
The student: Yes, second, Mount Uhud, we visit the martyrs of Uhud.
The Shaykh : ... stay close
The student: The Mosque of Quba
The Shaykh : Closer.
The student: Then al-Baqi'.
The Shaykh : No, my brother, the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his two companions. Yes.
The student: The grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Mosque of Quba, al-Baqi', and the martyrs of Uhud.
The Shaykh : Five. Rest now. May Allah bless you. The Prophet's Mosque, where we pray; the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his two companions, where we greet them as you heard at the beginning of the third meeting; the third is al-Baqi'; the fourth is Quba; and the fifth is the martyrs. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : ... and half, you said
The student: Nine, O Shaykh
The Shaykh : No, nine and a half is not reasonable. No, no, no.
The student: Nine
The Shaykh : Fine. There is no objection. Yes.
The Shaykh : What are the seven mosques, and where are they?
The questioner : At the Trench.
The Shaykh : Say it, my brother, so the people can hear it, so we can see if there is any good in going to look for them. Yes. What are they, my brother, and what are they? Where is their location?
The questioner : In Madinah.
The Shaykh : The questioner is present now; let him explain them to us. Where is the questioner? Yes. Are you the questioner?
The questioner : The Trench.
The Shaykh : The Trench.
The questioner : ... that these are the mosques of the Companions
The Shaykh : Yes, in the Battle of the Trench. Why seven? Why not seventy? Because the Companions were many, O Shaykh. Inform the people of the brother's words.
The questioner : He says that they are mosques built for the Companions in the Battle of the Trench, and there are seven of them.
The Shaykh : Which Companions were they built for?
The questioner : I thought I heard that the senior Companions used to pray in them.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, this has no basis. And is it possible that the senior Companions would pray in them while the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was with them? Is that possible? It is not possible. Then where is the history? I mentioned to you at the beginning of the talk, at the first meeting, five things that are prescribed in Madinah, and anything other than that has no basis. Who can count them? Please.
The student: The Prophet's Mosque.
The Shaykh : We pray in the Prophet's Mosque.
The student: Yes, second, Mount Uhud, we visit the martyrs of Uhud.
The Shaykh : ... stay close
The student: The Mosque of Quba
The Shaykh : Closer.
The student: Then al-Baqi'.
The Shaykh : No, my brother, the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his two companions. Yes.
The student: The grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Mosque of Quba, al-Baqi', and the martyrs of Uhud.
The Shaykh : Five. Rest now. May Allah bless you. The Prophet's Mosque, where we pray; the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his two companions, where we greet them as you heard at the beginning of the third meeting; the third is al-Baqi'; the fourth is Quba; and the fifth is the martyrs. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : ... and half, you said
The student: Nine, O Shaykh
The Shaykh : No, nine and a half is not reasonable. No, no, no.
The student: Nine
The Shaykh : Fine. There is no objection. Yes.