Hadith on Mosques: Best prayer for women at home, except sacred mosques

Abu Amr al-Shaybani reported: Ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “No woman performs prayer in a better place than her house, except if it is at the Sacred Mosque or the Mosque of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.”

Source: al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr lil-Ṭabarānī 9472

Grade: Rijal al-Sahih (narrators are reliable) according to Al-Haythami

عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رضي الله عنه قَالَ مَا صَلَّتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي مَكَانٍ خَيْرٌ لَهَا مِنْ بَيْتِهَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ أَوْ مَسْجِدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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