قَالَ لِي يَا هَارُونَ بْنَ خَارِجَةَ كَمْ بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَ مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ يَكُونُ مِيلًا قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَتُصَلِّي فِيهِ الصَّلَوَاتِ كُلَّهَا قُلْتُ لَا فَقَالَ أَمَا لَوْ كُنْتُ بِحَضْرَتِهِ لَرَجَوْتُ أَلَّا تَفُوتَنِي فِيهِ صَلَاةٌ وَ تَدْرِي مَا فَضْلُ ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ صَالِحٍ وَ لَا نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ صَلَّى فِي مَسْجِدِ كُوفَانَ حَتَّى إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) لَمَّا أَسْرَى اللَّهُ بِهِ قَالَ لَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ ( عليه السلام ) تَدْرِي أَيْنَ أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ السَّاعَةَ أَنْتَ مُقَابِلُ مَسْجِدِ كُوفَانَ قَالَ فَاسْتَأْذِنْ لِي رَبِّي حَتَّى آتِيَهُ فَأُصَلِّيَ فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَ إِنَّ مَيْمَنَتَهُ لَرَوْضَةٌ مِنْ رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ إِنَّ وَسَطَهُ لَرَوْضَةٌ مِنْ رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ إِنَّ مُؤَخَّرَهُ لَرَوْضَةٌ مِنْ رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ فِيهِ لَتَعْدِلُ أَلْفَ صَلَاةٍ وَ إِنَّ النَّافِلَةَ فِيهِ لَتَعْدِلُ خَمْسَمِائَةِ صَلَاةٍ وَ إِنَّ الْجُلُوسَ فِيهِ بِغَيْرِ تِلَاوَةٍ وَ لَا ذِكْرٍ لَعِبَادَةٌ وَ لَوْ عَلِمَ النَّاسُ مَا فِيهِ لَأَتَوْهُ وَ لَوْ حَبْواً قَالَ سَهْلٌ وَ رَوَى لِي غَيْرُ عَمْرٍو أَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ فِيهِ لَتَعْدِلُ بِحَجَّةٍ وَ أَنَّ النَّافِلَةَ فِيهِ لَتَعْدِلُ بِعُمْرَةٍ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan, and Ali Bin Muhammad, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Amro Bin Usman, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Al-Khazzaz, from Haroun Bin Kharjat who said, Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘O Haroun Bin Kharjat! How much (distance) is there between you and Masjid Al-Kufa, would it happen to be a mile?’ I said, ‘No’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So you pray all of the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>s in it?’ I said, ‘No’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘But, if I<sup>asws</sup> was in its vicinity, I<sup>asws</sup> would have wished that not a <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> would have been missed out by me<sup>asws</sup> in it, and do you know what is the merit of that place? There is none from a righteous servant, nor a Prophet<sup>as</sup> except that he has prayed <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> in Masjid of Kufa, to the extent that Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>, when Allah<sup>saww</sup> ascended him<sup>saww</sup>, Jibraeel<sup>as</sup> said to him<sup>saww</sup>: ‘Do you<sup>saww</sup> know where you<sup>saww</sup> are at the moment, O Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>? You<sup>saww</sup> are facing Masjid of Kufa’. He<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘So ask my<sup>saww</sup> Lord<sup>azwj</sup> to Permit for me<sup>saww</sup>, until I<sup>saww</sup> go over to it, and prayed two Rak’at therein’. So he<sup>as</sup> sought Permission of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic, and He<sup>azwj</sup> Permitted for him<sup>saww</sup>. And one the right of it is a garden from the Gardens of the Paradise, and in the middle of it is a garden from the Gardens of the Paradise, and at the back of it is a garden from the Gardens of the Paradise; and an <span class="iTxt">Obligatory Salāt</span> performed therein equates to a thousand <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>s, and the optional (<span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>) performed therein equates to five hundred <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>s; and the sitting in it without a recitation or a mention is worship; and had the people known what is therein, they would go to it, even if they had to crawl’. Sahl (the narrator) said, ‘And it was reported to me from someone other than Amro that the (Obligatory) <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> in it equates to one Hajj, and that the optional (<span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>) in it equates to an Umra’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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