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Daily Lesson 167

Virtue 4 – Reward for Salaah in Al Aqsa 

The Masajid are special places placed by Allah Ta’ala on earth for us to visit and connect with Him through His remembrance and worship.

Though all Masajid are special places holding special virtues, there are three Masajid which hold greater virtue and reward.

Abu Darda رضي الله عنه relates that our beloved Nabi ﷺ said, “A prayer in Makkah (Haram) is worth 100,000 times (reward), a prayer in my Masjid (Madinah) is worth 1,000 times and a prayer in Baitul Maqdis (Masjid Al-Aqsa) is worth 500 times more reward than anywhere else”. (Bayhaqi)

From this Hadith, we learn that te Masjid with the greatest virtue and reward is Al Masjid Al Haram in Makkah. Any salah performed here will bring the reward equal to 100,000 salah performed in another Masjid!

The second Masjid with the greatest virtue and reward is Al Masjid An Nabwi ﷺ in Madeenah. Any salaah performed here will bring the reward equal to 1000 salaah performed in another Masjid (except Al Masjid Al Haram).

Finally, the third Masjid with the greatest virtue and reward is Al Masjid Al Aqsa in Jerusalem. Any salaah performed here will bring the reward equal to 500 salaah performed in another Masjid (except Al Masjid Al Haram and Al Masjid An Nabwi ﷺ).

Again this shows the great position of Al Aqsa and its importance to every Muslim.

This Weeks Sunnah

Sunnah of dusting one’s bed before sleeping

When preparing for bed many of us have a set routine of doing things before sleeping. Like brushing our teeth, doing wudhu and wearing our pyjamas. One quick and simple thing we can add to our routine is dusting our bed before getting into it! Simple right?

We do this because it was the habit of our Beloved Nabi ﷺ to do so.

Our Beloved Nabi ﷺ has told us:

“When one of you goes to his bed, let him dust off his bed with the inside of his lower garment, for he does not know what came onto it after he left it. Then let him say: 

بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّی وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ، إِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ

Bismika Rabbee wadha’tu janbi wa bika arfa’uhu in amsakta nafsi farhamhaa wa in arsaltahaa fahfazhaa bimaa tahfazu bihi ‘ibaadaka al-saaliheen 

(In Your name, my Lord, I lie down, and in Your name I rise. If You should take my soul then have mercy on it, and if You should return my soul then protect it as You protect Your righteous slaves).”

(Sahih Al Bukhari and Sahih Muslim)

By following this amazing sunnah:

You may think why should we dust our sheets? There are many benefits to doing so and some are mentioned below:

1) We will acquire rewards and blessings for acting upon this Sunnah of our Beloved Nabi ﷺ.

2) There could be insects which can be harmful to us so by dusting the bed we will remove them Insha’Allah.

3) We could have been advised to dust the bed with our hands but there is a chance to be stung or bit by something so using the edge of one’s garment is then safer.

4) More recent studies show that when we sleep we shed dead cells off our body and whenever one wakes up it is left behind and hence accumulates on our sheets. These dead cells are invisible by the naked eye and so following this sunnah of our beloved Nabi ﷺ will result in removing these.

Imam Al-Nawawi رحمه الله while explaining this sunnah/hadeeth says:

1) (the wording of the hadeeth) “The inside of his lower garment” means its edge.

2) What is meant is that it is mustahab (for a person) to dust down his bed before lying on it.

3) Lest there be a snake or scorpion or other harmful thing in it.

4) And (if he was to use his hand) he should dust it down with his hand covered by the edge of his lower garment.

5) Lest something bad happens to his hand if there is anything there.”

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