Narrator: Umar ibn al-Khattāb
حَدَّثَنَا جُبَارَةُ بْنُ الْمُغَلِّسِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" مَا سَاءَ عَمَلُ قَوْمٍ قَطُّ إِلاَّ زَخْرَفُوا مَسَاجِدَهُمْ "
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It was narrated that 'Umar bin Khattab said:
The Messenger of Allah said: "No people's deeds ever became evil deeds but they started to adorn their places of worship."
Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 741 ).
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Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah
قَوْله ( زَخْرِفُوا ) زَيِّنُوا بِتَمْوِيهِهَا بِالزُّخْرُفِ وَهُوَ الذَّهَب وَلَعَلَّ الْمَعْنَى إِذَا سَاءَ عَمَلهمْ بِأَنْ تُعَلَّق هِمَّتهمْ بِعِمَارَةِ الْبُيُوت وَتَزْيِينهَا يُفْضِيهِمْ ذَلِكَ إِلَى تَزْيِين الْمَسَاجِد أَيْضًا لِكَرَاهَتِهِمْ أَنْ تَكُون بُيُوتهمْ مُعَمَّرَة مُنَقَّشَة رَفِيعَة الْبِنَاء وَمَسَاجِدهمْ عَلَى خِلَاف ذَلِكَ وَفِي الزَّوَائِد فِي إِسْنَاده أَبُو إِسْحَاق كَانَ يُدَلِّس وَجُبَارَةُ كَذَّاب.…
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Scholars’ grades
The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.
Scholar Grade Applies to Work
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH
Very weak Very Daif The hadith
No. 741
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH
Weak Daif The hadith
No. 741
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH
Weak Daif The hadith
No. 741
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH
Very weak Very Daif The hadith
No. 741
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التدوين في أخبار قزوين للرافعي (955)مَا سَاءَ عَمَلُ قَوْمٍ قَطُّ إِلا زَخْرَفُوا مَسَاجِدَهُمْ حلية الأولياء لأبي نعيم (5250)مَا سَاءَ عَمَلُ قَوْمٍ إِلا زَخْرَفُوا مَسَاجِدَهُمْ معجم الشيوخ الكبير للذهبي (697)مَا سَاءَ عَمَلُ قَوْمٍ قَطُّ إِلا زَخْرَفُوا مَسَاجِدَهُمْ
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Authentic Bulugh al-Maram 264
Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have not been ordered to build lofty mosques." Ibn ‘Abbās added: "You will surely adorn them as the Jews and Christians did (with their synagogues and churches)."
وَعَنْ اِبْنِ عَبَّاسٍ -رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا- قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -{ مَا أُمِرْتُ بِتَشْيِيدِ اَلْمَسَاجِدِ } أَخْرَجَهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ , وَصَحَّحَهُ اِبْنُ حِبَّانَ . 1 1 -…
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