LessonsGood Humor, Mindful Prayer, Mosque Etiquette, and the Virtue of Dhikr (Accounts 23–27)Quiz

وَأَمَرَنَا فَقَالَ: «اخْرُجُوا، فَإِذَا أَتَيْتُمْ أَرْضَكُمْ، فَاكْسِرُوا بَيْعَتَكُمْ، وَانْضَحُوا مَكَانَهَا بِهَذَا الْمَاءِ، وَاتَّخِذُوهَا مَسْجِدًا». قُلْنَا: إِنَّ الْبَلَدَ بَعِيدٌ، وَالْحَرَّ شَدِيدٌ، وَالْمَاءَ يَنْشَفُ، فَقَالَ: «مُدُّوهُ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَزِيدُهُ إِلَّا طِيبًا».
Translation: The Prophet ﷺ instructed that delegation to turn their former worship site into a mosque when they returned, sprinkling water there. They asked about the long journey, heat, and loss of water; he permitted them to add more water.

Source: al-Nasa'i, as printed.

The instruction concerns those people and that location. The narrative should not be presented as a blanket permission concerning other communities' places of worship.

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Account 26: The remainder of the instruction

Good Humor, Mindful Prayer, Mosque Etiquette, and the Virtue of Dhikr (Accounts 23–27)

وَأَمَرَنَا فَقَالَ: «اخْرُجُوا، فَإِذَا أَتَيْتُمْ أَرْضَكُمْ، فَاكْسِرُوا بَيْعَتَكُمْ، وَانْضَحُوا مَكَانَهَا بِهَذَا الْمَاءِ، وَاتَّخِذُوهَا مَسْجِدًا». قُلْنَا: إِنَّ الْبَلَدَ بَعِيدٌ، وَالْحَرَّ شَدِيدٌ، وَالْمَاءَ يَنْشَفُ، فَقَالَ: «مُدُّوهُ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَزِيدُهُ إِلَّا طِيبًا».
Translation: The Prophet ﷺ instructed that delegation to turn their former worship site into a mosque when they returned, sprinkling water there. They asked about the long journey, heat, and loss of water; he permitted them to add more water.

Source: al-Nasa'i, as printed.

The instruction concerns those people and that location. The narrative should not be presented as a blanket permission concerning other communities' places of worship.