LessonsSelf-Reform, Purposeful Action, and Good Company (Hadith 57-62)Quiz

أَحَبُّ الْبِلَادِ إِلَى اللَّهِ مَسَاجِدُهَا، وَأَبْغَضُ الْبِلَادِ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَسْوَاقُهَا (Muslim)
Translation: The places most beloved to Allah in towns are their mosques, and the places most disliked are their marketplaces.

الْبِلَادِ — towns or inhabited places; مَسَاجِدُهَا — their mosques; أَسْوَاقُهَا — their markets; أَحَبُّ / أَبْغَضُ — most beloved / most disliked.

Brief grammar: أَحَبُّ and أَبْغَضُ are elative/comparative forms showing a ranked preference. The suffix هَا in مَسَاجِدُهَا means “their.”

Mosques are associated with prayer, remembrance, and learning. In markets, one must guard against distraction, dishonesty, and violations of others' rights.

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61 — Mosques and marketplaces

Self-Reform, Purposeful Action, and Good Company (Hadith 57-62)

أَحَبُّ الْبِلَادِ إِلَى اللَّهِ مَسَاجِدُهَا، وَأَبْغَضُ الْبِلَادِ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَسْوَاقُهَا (Muslim)
Translation: The places most beloved to Allah in towns are their mosques, and the places most disliked are their marketplaces.

الْبِلَادِ — towns or inhabited places; مَسَاجِدُهَا — their mosques; أَسْوَاقُهَا — their markets; أَحَبُّ / أَبْغَضُ — most beloved / most disliked.

Brief grammar: أَحَبُّ and أَبْغَضُ are elative/comparative forms showing a ranked preference. The suffix هَا in مَسَاجِدُهَا means “their.”

Mosques are associated with prayer, remembrance, and learning. In markets, one must guard against distraction, dishonesty, and violations of others' rights.