Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts
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The reader: "In this hadith, there is evidence that if one intends to build his mosque in the place where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed, there is no harm in it. Likewise, if one intends to pray in the place where he prayed. However, in this case, the original intention was to build a mosque, so he preferred it to be a place where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray for him, so that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would be the one to designate the mosque. This is different from a place where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) happened to pray by chance, and then a mosque was established there, not out of a need for a mosque, but because of his prayer there. As for the places where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) "
The Shaykh : This is the difference: 'Atban ibn Malik wanted to build a mosque or establish a prayer place in his house, so he asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to pray in it, in the place he considered the best. This is different from a place where the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed without intention, for it is not recommended to specifically intend to pray there.
The reader: "As for the places where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to pray or make supplication, then intending to pray or make supplication there is a recommended practice (sunnah), following the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and emulating him. Just as if one seeks to pray or make supplication at a specific time, then intending to pray or make supplication at that time is a recommended practice (sunnah), like his other acts of worship and other actions he performed for the sake of drawing near to Allah.
And similar to this is what they reported in the two Sahihs from Yazid ibn Abi Ubayd, who said: And in a narration by Muslim ".
The Shaykh : If someone were to ask: How do we know that he was seeking it? Could someone not say that this happened by chance?
The answer is that his consistency in doing it indicates his intention. There is a difference between a person who stops at a wall and prays there, and a person who repeatedly goes to that place and prays there. For this reason, it is forbidden to establish fixed prayer spots like the grazing spots of camels, where a person designates a specific place in the mosque to pray in constantly.
And among such things is reading the surah "If the earth shakes" twice in the prayer, for some people have recommended this, saying that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) read it, so let us read it.
It is said: This happened by chance. As for the thing he intended to make a recommended practice (sunnah), he would be consistent in doing it, like his consistency in reading "The Prostration" in the Fajr prayer, and in the Fajr prayer on Friday, and his consistency in reading "When the sun draws near" in the 'Id prayer, and "Sabbih" and "The Coverer" in the 'Id and Friday prayers, and or [Al-Baqarah 2:136] in the Fajr prayer.
The important point is that the thing the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did consistently indicates what? It indicates that it is a recommended practice (sunnah). As for something that happened by chance and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not specifically seek to read it, this does not indicate that it is a recommended practice (sunnah). And this principle is known through reflection and contemplation, and yet the scholars have explicitly stated it, as the Shaykh al-Islam indicated here, and as Ibn Daqiq al-Eid mentioned in his commentary on al-Umdah, clarifying that there is a difference between something established as a recommended practice (sunnah) and something that happened by chance. Yes.
The Shaykh : This is the difference: 'Atban ibn Malik wanted to build a mosque or establish a prayer place in his house, so he asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to pray in it, in the place he considered the best. This is different from a place where the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed without intention, for it is not recommended to specifically intend to pray there.
The reader: "As for the places where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to pray or make supplication, then intending to pray or make supplication there is a recommended practice (sunnah), following the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and emulating him. Just as if one seeks to pray or make supplication at a specific time, then intending to pray or make supplication at that time is a recommended practice (sunnah), like his other acts of worship and other actions he performed for the sake of drawing near to Allah.
And similar to this is what they reported in the two Sahihs from Yazid ibn Abi Ubayd, who said:
Salman ibn al-Akwa' used to seek to pray at the pillar near the pulpit. So I said to him: 'O Abu Muslim, I see you seeking to pray at this pillar.' He said: 'I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) seeking to pray at it.
كان سلمة بن الأكوع يتحرى الصلاة عند الأسطوانة التي عند المصحف. فقلت له : يا أبا مسلم، أراك تتحرى الصلاة عند هذه الأصطوانة؟ قال : رأيت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يتحرى الصلاة عندهاFrom Salman ibn al-Akwa': that he used to seek to pray at the place of the pulpit, glorifying Allah there, and he mentioned that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to seek that place, and it was between the pulpit and the qiblah the width of a sheep's passage.
عن سلمة بن الأكوع : أنه كان يتحرى الصلاة موضع المصحف، يسبح فيه، وذكر أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يتحرى ذلك المكان، وكان بين المنبر والقبلة قدر ممر الشاةThe Shaykh : If someone were to ask: How do we know that he was seeking it? Could someone not say that this happened by chance?
The answer is that his consistency in doing it indicates his intention. There is a difference between a person who stops at a wall and prays there, and a person who repeatedly goes to that place and prays there. For this reason, it is forbidden to establish fixed prayer spots like the grazing spots of camels, where a person designates a specific place in the mosque to pray in constantly.
And among such things is reading the surah "If the earth shakes" twice in the prayer, for some people have recommended this, saying that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) read it, so let us read it.
It is said: This happened by chance. As for the thing he intended to make a recommended practice (sunnah), he would be consistent in doing it, like his consistency in reading "The Prostration" in the Fajr prayer, and
Has there come
هل أتىSay: O you disbelievers!
قل يا أيها الكافرونSay, [O believers], "We have believed in Allah
قولوا آمنا باللهThe important point is that the thing the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did consistently indicates what? It indicates that it is a recommended practice (sunnah). As for something that happened by chance and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not specifically seek to read it, this does not indicate that it is a recommended practice (sunnah). And this principle is known through reflection and contemplation, and yet the scholars have explicitly stated it, as the Shaykh al-Islam indicated here, and as Ibn Daqiq al-Eid mentioned in his commentary on al-Umdah, clarifying that there is a difference between something established as a recommended practice (sunnah) and something that happened by chance. Yes.