Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to pray towards Bait-ul-Maqdis, that it was revealed (to him): Indeed We see the turning of the face to heaven, wherefore We shall assuredly cause thee to turn towards Qibla which shall please thee. So turn thy face towards the sacred Mosque (Ka'ba) (ii. 144). A person from Banu Salama was going; (he found the people) in ruk'u (while) praying the dawn prayer and they had said one rak'ah. He said in a loud voice: Listen! the Qibla has been changed and they turned towards (the new) Qibla (Ka'ba) in that very state.
Read More..A'isha reported: Umm Habiba and Umm Salama made a mention before the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) of a church which they had seen in Abyssinia and which had pictures in it. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: When a pious person amongst them (among the religious groups) dies they build a place of worship on his grave, and then decorate it with such pictures. They would be the worst of creatures on the Day of judgment in the sight of Allah.
Read More..A'isha reported: They (some Companions of the Holy Prophet) were conversing with one another in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (during his last) illness. Umm Salama and Umm Habiba made a mention of the church and then (the hadith was) narrated.
Read More..A'isha reported: The wives of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be Upon him) made a mention of the church which they had seen in Abyssinia which was called Marya, and the rest of the hadith is the same.
Read More..A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said during his illness from which he never recovered: Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians that they took the graves of their prophets as mosques. She ('A'isha) reported: Had it not been so, his (Prophet's) grave would have been in an open place, but it could not be due to the fear that it may not be taken as a mosque.
Read More..Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Let Allah destroy the Jews for they have taken the graves of their apostles as places of worship.
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