Chapter 22

The rejection and censure of someone who looks for lost property in the mosque or sells in it

Remembrance 1
WE RELATE FROM the Ṣaḥīḥ of Muslim that Abū Hurayrah Honorific symbol reported that the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol said: “Whoever hears a man raising his voice looking for his lost property in the mosque should say to him: May Allah not return it to you, because this is not what mosques were built for.” [1].
We also relate from the Ṣaḥīḥ of Muslim that Buraydah Honorific symbol related that a man was raising his voice [searching for a stray animal of his] in the mosque, saying: “Who will call the red camel for me?” The Messenger Honorific symbol said: “May you not find it. Mosques were only built for what they were built for.” [2].
And we relate from the book of at-Tirmidhī, at the end of the chapter on transactions, that Abū Hurayrah Honorific symbol related that the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol said: “If you see someone buying and selling in the mosque then say: May Allah not make your trade profitable. And if you see someone raising his voice searching for his stray [animal] in the mosque then say: May Allah not return it to you.” [3].At-Tirmidhī describ ed this hadith as good.

References

[1] Muslim (568), Abū Dāwūd (473), and at-Tirmidhī (1321).
[2] Muslim (569).
[3] At-Tirmidhī (1321), who states that this hadith is ḥasan gharīb.