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that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: "Mounts are not saddled for except to (travel to) three Masjids: Al-Masjid Al-Haram, this Masjid of mine, and Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa." (Sahih)

"I used to recite Quran to my father on the road, and if I recited a verse in which a prostration was required, he would prostrate. I said: 'O my father, do you prostrate on the street?' He said: 'I heard Abu Dharr say: "I asked the Messenger of Allah (saw): 'Which Masjid was built first?' He said: 'Al-Masjid Al-Haram.'* I said: 'Then which?' He said: 'Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa.'** I said: 'How long was there between them?' He said: 'Forty years. And the earth is a Masjid (or a place of prostration) for you, so wherever you are when the time for prayer comes, pray.'" (Sahih) *In Makkah. **"Furthest Masjid, meaning the Masjid in Jerusalem.

that his father said: "Two men argued about the Masjid which was founded on piety from the first day. [9:108] One man said that it was the Masjid of Quba, and the other said that it was the Masjid of the Messenger of Allah (saw). The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: 'It is this Masjid of mine.'" (Sahih)

"My father said: 'The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: 'Whoever goes out to this Masjid - the Masjid of Quba - and prays therein, that will be equivalent to Umrah.'" (Hasan)

that his father said: "I attended Fajr prayer with the Messenger of Allah (saw) in Masjid Al-Khaif.* When he finished praying, he saw two men at the back of the people who had not prayed with him. He said: 'Bring them here.' So they were brought to him, trembling. He said: 'What kept you from praying with us?' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we had already prayed in our lodgings.' He said: 'Do not do that. If you have already prayed in your lodgings, then you come to a Masjid in which there is a congregation, then pray with them, and it will be a voluntary prayer for you.'" (Sahih) *The main Masjid in Mina, one of stations of pilgrimage in Makkah.

(the freed slave of the Juhanis) better of whom were companions of Abu Hurairah - that they heard Abu Hurairah say: "One prayer in the Masjid of the Messenger of Allah (saw) is better than one thousand prayers offered in other masjid (mosque)s, except Al-Masjid Al-Haram, for the Messenger of Allah (saw) was the last of the prophets and his Masjid was the last of the Masjids." Abu Salamah and Abu Abdullah said: "We do not doubt that Abu Hurairah was speaking on the basis of the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah (saw), but we could not verify that Hadith with Abu Hurairah before he died. Then we remembered that and we blamed one another for not having spoken to Abu Hurairah about that, so that he could attribute it to the Messenger of Allah (saw) if he had indeed heard it from him. While we were arguing, we went and sat down with Abdullah bin Ibrahim bin Qariz, and we told him about the Hadith and how we had been negligent in not checking it with Abu Hurairah. Abdullah bin Ibrahim said to us: 'I bear witness that I heard Abu Hurairah say: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: I am the last of the prophets and it is the last of the Masjids.'" (Sahih)

"Umar passed by Hassan bin Thabit while he was reciting poetry in the Masjid, and glared at him. He said: 'I recited poetry when there was someone better than you in the Masjid.' Then he turned to Abu Hurairah and said: 'Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (saw) when he said: "Answer back on my behalf. O Allah, help him with the Holy Spirit!'" He said: 'Yes, by Allah.'" (Sahih)

that Maimunah the wife of the Prophet (saw) said: "Whoever prays in the Masjid of the Messenger of Allah (saw) (that is good), for I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say: 'One prayer offered there is better than a thousand prayers offered elsewhere, except the Masjid of the Kabah.'" (Sahih)

"A man from the Ansar came when the Iqamah for prayer had been said. He entered the Masjid and prayed behind Muadh, and he (Muadh) made the prayer lengthy. The man went away and prayed in a corner of the Masjid, then he left. When Muadh finished praying, it was said to him that so-and-so had done such and such. Muadh said: 'Tomorrow I will mention that to the Messenger of Allah (saw).' So Muadh came to the Messenger of Allah (saw) and told him about that. The Messenger of Allah (saw) sent for him and asked him: 'What made you do what you did?' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I had been working on my camel to bring water all day, and when I came the Iqamah for prayer had already been said, so I entered the Masjid and joined him in the prayer, then he recited such and such a Surah and made it lengthy, so I went away and prayed in a corner of the Masjid.' The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: 'Do you want to cause hardship to the people, O Muadh; do you want to cause hardship to the people, O Muadh; do you want to cause hardship to the people, O Muadh?'" (Sahih)

that he said: "O Messenger of Allah, the floods keep me from coming to the Masjid of my people. I would like you to come and pray in a place in my house so that I can take it as a Masjid." The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: "We shall do that." "When the Messenger of Allah (saw) entered he said: 'Where do you want (me to pray).' I showed him a corner of the house, and the Messenger of Allah (saw) stood there, and we formed rows behind him, and he led us in praying two Rakahs." (Sahih)