The Complete Pilgrimage Guide · Hadith 70 (#Ḥadīth #16)

16 حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعاً عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ فُضَيْلٍ الْأَعْوَرِ عَنْ لَيْثِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمٍ قَالَ اسْتَقْبَلْتُهُ وَ قَدْ صَلَّى النَّاسُ الْعَصْرَ- فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَمْ أُصَلِّ الظُّهْرَ بَعْدُ فَلَا تَحْبِسْنِي وَ امْضِ رَاشِداً قَالَ قُلْتُ لِمَ أَخَّرْتَهَا إِلَى السَّاعَةِ قَالَ كَانَتْ لِي حَاجَةٌ فِي السُّوقِ فَأَخَّرْتُ الصَّلَاةَ حَتَّى أُصَلِّيَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ- لِلْفَضْلِ الَّذِي بَلَغَنِي فِيهِ قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ فَقُلْتُ أَيَّ شَيْءٍ رُوِّيتَ فِيهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي فُلَانٌ عَنْ فُلَانٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص) يَقُولُ عُرِجَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ إِنِّي هَبَطْتُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَأُهْبِطْتُ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ أَبِي نُوحٍ (ع) وَ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ هُوَ مَسْجِدُ الْكُوفَةِ فَصَلَّيْتُ فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (ص) إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ الْمَفْرُوضَةَ فِيهِ تَعْدِلُ حِجَّةً مَبْرُورَةً وَ النَّافِلَةَ تَعْدِلُ عُمْرَةً مَبْرُورَةً

16. My father and Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdillāh both narrated to me from ‘Abdillāh ibn Ja’far Al-Ḥimyari, from Ibrāhīm ibn Mahziyār, from his brother ‘Ali, from Ḥasan ibn Sa’īd, from ‘Ali ibn Ḥakam, from Fuďayl Al-A’war, who said: I met Layth ibn Abī Sulaym after people had finished Salāt Al-‘Asr. (Layth ibn Abī Sulaym) said, “Do not keep me, for I have not prayed Salāt Al-Ďuhr yet. Continue on your route with success.” “Why have you delayed your prayers until now?” I asked. “I had some business in the market that I had to take care of. I delayed my prayers so I could come to the mosque and pray in it because of the merits that I have heard of this mosque,” Layth said. “What have you heard about this mosque?” I asked. He replied: Some people narrated to me with sources from ‘Āyishah, from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, who said: On the night that I ascended to the heavens, I landed in the mosque of my fathers, Nūḥ and Ibrāhīm, which is the Mosque of Kūfah, and I prayed two Rak’ah there. Verily establishing an obligatory prayer in the Mosque of Kūfah is equal to performing a purified Hajj, and establishing a recommended prayer in it is equal to performing a purified ‘Umrah.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).