قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) مَا تَقُولُ فِي النَّوْمِ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ إِلَّا فِي الْمَسْجِدَيْنِ مَسْجِدِ النَّبِيِّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ قَالَ وَ كَانَ يَأْخُذُ بِيَدِي فِي بَعْضِ اللَّيْلِ فَيَنْتَحِي نَاحِيَةً ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ فَيَتَحَدَّثُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ فَرُبَّمَا نَامَ وَ نِمْتُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا يُكْرَهُ أَنْ يَنَامَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَأَمَّا النَّوْمُ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ فَلَيْسَ بِهِ بَأْسٌ .
Translation
From him, from his father, from Hammad, from Hareyz, from Zurara Bin Ayn who said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, ‘What are you<sup>asws</sup> saying regarding the sleeping in the Masjids. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘There is no problem with it except in two Masjids – The Masjid of the Prophet<sup>saww</sup>, and the Sacred Masjid’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And he<sup>asws</sup> used to grab me by my hand in one of the nights, so he<sup>asws</sup> ended up in a corner. Then he<sup>asws</sup> would sit down and narrate in the Sacred Masjid. So sometimes he<sup>asws</sup> slept, and I slept (as well). So I spoke to him<sup>asws</sup> regarding that, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘But rather, it is disliked if one were to sleep in the Sacred Masjid which was upon the era of Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>. But, as for the sleeping in this place, so there is no problem with it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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