The Excellence Of Attachment To The Masjid's & Sitting In Them

By Shaykh Husayn al-'Awaayishah
Taken from his book: The Prayer - Its Effect in Increasing Eemaan &
Purifying the Soul

From Abu Hurairah (Radiya ‘Llahu 'anhu) who said that I heard Allah's
Messenger, (Sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) say:

"There are seven whom Allaah will shade in His shade on the Day when there
is no shade except His shade. A just ruler; a youth who grew up in the
worship of Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic; a man whose heart is attached to
the mosques, two men who love each other for Allaah's sake, meeting for that
and parting upon that; a man who is called by a woman of beauty and
position, but he says: 'I fear Allaah'; a man who gives in charity and hides
it, such that his left hand does not know what his right hand gives in
charity; and a man who remembered Allaah in private so his eyes shed tears."
[Reported by al-Bukhaaree (Eng. Trans. 1/356/no. 629), Muslim (Eng. Trans
2/493 no. 2248) and others]

From Abu Hurairah (Radiya ‘Llahu 'anhu), from the Prophet, (Sallallahu
'alaihi wa sallam), that he said:

"A man does not frequent the mosques for the Prayer and the remembrance of
Allaah except that Allaah, the Most High, greets him joyfully, just as the
family of one who is absent greet him with joy when he returns to them."
[Reported by Ibn Abee Shaybah, Ibn Maajah, Ibn Khuzaimah and others and it
is found in Saheehut-targheeb (no. 315)]

From Aboo Dardaa (Radiya ‘Llahu 'anhu), who said that I heard Allaah's
Messenger, (Sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) say:

"The mosque is the house of every pious person, and Allaah has granted
comfort and mercy for everyone for whom the mosque is his house, and that
they will traverse the bridge (as-Siraat) to Allah's Pleasure and Paradise."
[Reported by at-Tabaraanee in al-Kabeer and al-Awsat and al-Bazzaar who
declared it hasan, and it occurs in Saheehut-Targheeb (no. 328)]

From `Abdullaah ibn `Amr (Radiya ‘Llahu 'anhu) from Allaah's Messenger
(Sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) hat he said:

"There are six sittings in which a person is guaranteed the safekeeping of
Allaah, the Most High, as long as he is in one of them: In a congregational
mosque; with a sick person; at a funeral; in his house; with a just ruler
whom he supports and treats with respect; or at a place where people are
fighting jihaad." [eclared hasan by Shaykh al-Albaanee in Saheehut-Targheeb
(no. 326) and is reported by at-Tabaraanee and al-Bazzaar.]

From Abu Hurairah (Radiya ‘Llahu 'anhu) who said:

"Indeed there are those who are pillars for the mosques and there are angels
who sit in their company. o if they are absent they ask after them, and if
they are in need then they assist them." [Saheeh as the saying of Abu
Hurairah (Radiya ‘Llahu 'anhu) as occurs in Saheehut-Targheeb (no. 327),
reported by al-Haakim.]