Coronavirus (Covid-19) has restricted access to our blessed masjids….. Masjid al-Haram (“The Sacred Mosque”) , Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, Masjid Al-Aqsa (al-Ḥaram al-Šarīf – “the Noble Sanctuary”)
May Allah forgive our sins, protect us from harm, have mercy on us, guide us all and grant us the benefit to return to our masjids, Ameen.⠀
“Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al- Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing.” – Quran 17:1 ⠀⠀ ⠀
Abu Dharr reported: I said: Messenger of Allah, which mosque was set up first on the earth? He said: Al-Masjid al-Haram (the sacred). I (again) said: Then which next? He (ﷺ) said: It was the Masjid Aqsa. I (again) said: How long the space of time (between their setting up)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: It was forty years. And whenever the time comes for prayer, pray there, for that is a mosque; and in the hadith transmitted by Abu Kamil (the words are):“ Whenever time comes for prayer, pray, for that is a mosque (for you).”⠀- Sahih Muslim⠀
Narrated Abu Sa’id al-Khudri (RA): The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “No (religious) journey is to be undertaken except to (pray in) the three mosques: The Sacred Mosque (Makkah), the Aqsa Mosque (Jerusalem), and this Mosque of mine (al-Madinah).” [Agreed upon, and the wording is al-Bukhari’s]