Message for the Mosque All the mosques on this earth belongs to Allah. They are the houses of Allah on this earth prophet Mouhammed (SAWS) stated in hadith “Qudsi” that the Almighty stated.
“The houses of Allah on earth are the mosques, those who pray in the mosques are the ones who maintenance them. “ The Almighty will vewald the one who perform abolution in his house and go to the mosque to pay a visit (Pray) to Allah.
The “Qibla” of all the mosques is the Kaaba in Mecca. It (Kaaba) is the first place that Allah built on this earth for worship. It is stated in sura Al-Intan V.96. “The first house (of worship) appointed for men was that at Bakka; full of blessing and of guidance for all the worlds.”
Allah chose one of his blessed prophets called Abraham and his son Ismail to complete the building of the Kaaba and remove all idols, so that people can worship Allah in there. Sura Hajj V.26. “Behold! We pointed the site to Abraham, of the (sacred) house, (saying). “Associate not anythig (in worship) with me and sanctify my house for those who compass it round, or stand up, or bow, or prostrate themselves (theiein in prayer).”
After showing the prophet (SAWS) the Kaaba, Allah ordered him to face the Kaaba when praying with his people. Sura Baqara V.144. “ we see the twining of they face (for guidance) to the heavens: how shall we turn thee to a Qibla that shall please thee. Tune then thy face in the direction of the sacred mosque wherever ye are, turn your faces in that direction. The people of the book know well that is the truth from their lord, nor is Allah unmindful of what thy do.”
Allah told them; to enter the mosque with clean clothes, clean heart and because of Allah only. Sura Araf V.31 states: “O children of Adam! Weat your beautiful apparel at every time and place of prayer.
Sura Yunus V.87 states. “We inspired moses and his brother with this message; provide dwellings for your people in Egypt, make your divellings into places of worship and establish regular prayers and give glad tidings to those who believe!”
Nowadays, mosques are different from the time of prophet Mouhammed (SAWS). The facilities that is available now in the mosques were not so. They (prophet’s time) used to find a place of worship, covered on top, it was for worshipping the Almighty.
The construction of the prophet’s mosque Narrated by Abdullah bin Umar. In the life time of Allah’s messenger the (Prophet’s) mosque was built of a adobe, its roof of the leaves of date-palms and its pillars of the stems of date-palms and changing the pillars into wooden ones. Uthman changed it by expanding it to a great extent and build its walls with engraved stones and lime and made its pillars of engraved stones and its roof of teak wood.
The prophet (SAWS) advised us to cooperate in building a mosque. He was among the once who brought the sand and bricks in the construction of his (prophet Mouhammed) mosque.
Narrated Abu said Al-khudri that one day he preached and then mentioned about the construction of mosque and said. “We were carrying one above at a time while Ammar was carrying two. The prophet (SAWS) saw him and started removing the dust from his body and started removing the dust from his body and said: “may Allah be merciful to Ammar, a rebellious group will kill him. He will be inviting them (his murderers, the rebellious group) to Paradise, and they will invite him to Hell-fire.
Ammar said “I seek refuge with Allah from Al-fitan.”
The person who build a mosque for worshippers will be highly rewarded by Allah. Narrated Ubaidullah Al-Khaulani: “I heard Uthman bin affan saying, when people argued too much about his intention to reconstruct the mosque of Allah’s messenger, you have talked too much i heard the prophet saying whoever build a mosque, with the intention of seeking Allah’s pleasure Allah will build for him a similar place in Paradise.”