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Rh It is related from Abú Hurairah that, 'The Apostle of God said, "The prayers of a man said in an assembly are (worth) double the prayers said in his house, and twenty-five times more than those said in the bazaar. That is because when he performs his ablutions, and does them well, and then goes out to a mosque, nothing sends him out but the prayers. He does not walk a step but what there is raised for him thereby a high position, and his sins are removed from him thereby; and when he prays, the angels continue to pray for him so long as he is in the place of prayer (saying), 'O God, bless him, O God, have mercy upon him.' And one of you will continue in prayer so long as he waits for it."'—Muslim, Al Bukhárí.

It is related from Ibn ʿAbbás that, 'The Apostle of God said, "I was not commanded to build high mosques." Ibn ʿAbbás said, "You may certainly adorn them as the Jews and Christians do theirs."'—Abu Dáud.

It is related from Fáṭimah bintuʾl-Husain from her grandmother Fáṭimahuʾl-Kubra, that she said, 'When the Apostle of God entered a mosque he used to ask for peace and blessings on Muḥammad, and said, "My Lord, forgive me my sins, and open for me the gates of Thy mercy." And when he went out he would ask for peace and blessings on Muḥammad, and would say, "My Lord, forgive me my sins, and open for me the gates of Thy favour."'—Ibn Májah, At Tirmidhí.

It is related from Abú Saʿíd that, 'The Apostle of God said, "The whole earth is a mosque except a graveyard and a bath."'—Abú Dáud, At Tirmidhí.

It is related from Ibn ʿAbbás that, 'The Apostle of God cursed the female visitors to tombs, and the builders of mosques thereon, and the (maker of) places for lamps thereon.'—Abú Dáud, At Tirmidhí.

It is related from Muʿádh bin Jabal that he said, 'The Apostle of God, on a certain day, hindered us from the morning prayers until we were nearly seeing the sun. And he came out quickly, and the call to prayer was made, and the Apostle of God prayed and hastened in his prayers; and when he had made the salutation (at the end of the prayers) he called out and said, to us, "Stay in your ranks as you are." Then he came out to us, and afterwards said, "I will inform you what it was