The Book of the Masjids
Sunan an-Nasa'i 701
أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، عَنْ مُلاَزِمٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بَدْرٍ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ طَلْقٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، طَلْقِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا وَفْدًا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَبَايَعْنَاهُ وَصَلَّيْنَا مَعَهُ وَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ أَنَّ بِأَرْضِنَا بِيعَةً لَنَا فَاسْتَوْهَبْنَاهُ مِنْ فَضْلِ طَهُورِهِ فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَتَمَضْمَضَ ثُمَّ صَبَّهُ فِي إِدَاوَةٍ وَأَمَرَنَا فَقَالَ " اخْرُجُوا فَإِذَا أَتَيْتُمْ أَرْضَكُمْ فَاكْسِرُوا بِيعَتَكُمْ وَانْضَحُوا مَكَانَهَا بِهَذَا الْمَاءِ وَاتَّخِذُوهَا مَسْجِدًا " . قُلْنَا إِنَّ الْبَلَدَ بَعِيدٌ وَالْحَرَّ شَدِيدٌ وَالْمَاءَ يَنْشَفُ . فَقَالَ " مُدُّوهُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَزِيدُهُ إِلاَّ طِيبًا " . فَخَرَجْنَا حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا بَلَدَنَا فَكَسَرْنَا بِيعَتَنَا ثُمَّ نَضَحْنَا مَكَانَهَا وَاتَّخَذْنَاهَا مَسْجِدًا فَنَادَيْنَا فِيهِ بِالأَذَانِ . قَالَ وَالرَّاهِبُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ طَيِّئٍ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الأَذَانَ قَالَ دَعْوَةُ حَقٍّ . ثُمَّ اسْتَقْبَلَ تَلْعَةً مِنْ تِلاَعِنَا فَلَمْ نَرَهُ بَعْدُ .
Translation
It was narrated that Talq bin 'Ali said:"We went out as a delegation to the Prophet (ﷺ); we gave him our oath of allegiance and prayed with him. We told him that in our land there was a church that belonged to us. We asked him to give us the leftovers of his purification (Wudu' water). So he called for water, performed Wudu' and rinsed out his mouth, then he poured it into a vessel and said to us: 'Leave, and when you return to your land, demolish your church, and sprinkle this water on that place, and take it as a Masjid.' We said: 'Our land is far away and it is very hot; the water is far away and it is very hot; the water will dry up.' He said: 'Add more water to it, for that will only make it better.' So we left and when we came to our land we demolished our church, then we sprinkled the water on that place and took it as a Masjid, and we called the Adhan in it. The monk was a man from Tayy', and when he heard the Adhan, he said: 'It is a true call.' Then he headed toward one of the hills and we never saw him again
Related hadith
Sunan an-Nasa'i 688
It was narrated from 'Amr bin 'Abasah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:"Whoever builds a Masjid in which Allah is remembered, Allah,…
Sunan an-Nasa'i 689
It was narrated from Anas that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:"One of the portents of the Hour will be that people will show off in building Masjids
Sunan an-Nasa'i 690
It was narrated that Ibrahim said:"I used to recite Qur'an to my father on the road, and if I recited a verse in which prostration was…
Sunan an-Nasa'i 691
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that Maimunah the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) said:"Whoever prays in the Masjid of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)…
Sunan an-Nasa'i 692
It was narrated from Salim that his father said:"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered the House (the Ka'bah), with Usamah bin Zaid, Bilal and…
Sunan an-Nasa'i 693
It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin 'Amr that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:"When Sulaiman bin Dawud finished building Bait Al-Maqdis, he…
Sunan an-Nasa'i 694
It was narrated from Abu Salamah bin 'Abdur-Rahman and Abu 'Abdullah Al-Agharr, the freed slave of the Juhanis - better of whom were…
Sunan an-Nasa'i 695
It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin Zaid said:"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The area between my house and my Minbar is one of the…
Sunan an-Nasa'i 696
It was narrated from Umm Salamah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:"The columns of this Minbar of mine will be in Paradise
Sunan an-Nasa'i 697
It was narrated from Ibn Abi Sa'eed Al-Khudri that his father said:"Two men argued about the Masjid which was founded on piety from the…
Sunan an-Nasa'i 698
It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said:"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to come to Quba' riding and walking." [1] Quba' is about three miles…
Sunan an-Nasa'i 699
Abu Umamah bin Sahl bin Hunaif said:"My father said: 'The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Whoever goes out to his Masjid - the Masjid of…