The one who comes to a mosque and his concern is to learn or teach the goodness of the Religion, would earn a reward similar to the reward of performing a complete Hajj (Pilgrimage) and ^Umrah.”

Arabic-English Text By Jun 05, 2018

وَرَدَ في الحديثِ عن النبيِّ عَلَيهِ الصلاةُ والسلام: “من أتى مسجدًا وكان هَمُهُ أن يَتَعَلَمَ أو يُعَلِمَ خيرًا كَانَ لَهُ أجرُ حَجٍ وَعُمرَةٍ تَامين”.

هذا الأمرُ يُعطيهِ اللهُ لمن قصد موضعًا نيتُهُ أن يتعلم الخير أو يُعَلِمَ الخير، والعلمُ، علم الدينِ واسعٌ جدًا إنما أهم الأمورِ تعلمًا وتعليمًا هو الاعتناء بعقيدةِ أهلُ السُنَّةِ والجماعةِ وهو عند الله مهمًا جدًا، لذلك قال العلماءُ يجب على الإنسانِ أن يتعلم الواجبات من علم الدِّينِ ويجب عليه أن يعلمها لغيره.

Thereafter, it was reported in the hadith of the Prophet sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam that he said:

“من أتى مسجدًا وكان هَمُهُ أن يَتَعَلَمَ أو يُعَلِمَ خيرًا كَانَ لَهُ أجرُ حَجٍ وَعُمرَةٍ تَامين”

It means: “The one who comes to a mosque and his concern is to learn or teach the goodness of the Religion, would earn a reward similar to the reward of performing a complete Hajj (Pilgrimage) and ^Umrah.”

This reward is given to the one who goes to a place with the intention to teach or learn the goodness of the Religion. The Knowledge of the Religion is very vast and the most important matter, whether to learn or teach, is to take good care of the Creed of Ahlus-Sunnah wal Jama^ah. This Knowledge is very important to Allah and that is why the scholars said it is obligatory on the person to learn the obligatory matters of the Religion and to teach them to others.

ورد في الحديث المعروف بحديث جبريل أن الرسول كان مع أصحابه فدخل عليهم واحدٌ شَدِيدُ بَياضِ الثِّيَابِ شَدِيدُ سَوادِ الشَّعَرِ ولا يظهر عليه هيئة المسافر. من جملة ما سأل جبريل النبي قال: “فأخْبِرني عَن الإيمَانِ”. قَالَ: “أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ باللهِ وَمَلاَئِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ واليَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَتُؤْمِنَ بالقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ” رواه مسلم.

It was mentioned in the hadith, which is known as the hadith of Jibril, that while the Prophet was with his Companions, a man came and joined their session. His clothes were so white and his hair was extremely black and did not have the appearance of a traveling person.

In fact that was Jibril, who came in the shape of a man to teach the Companions the matters of the Religion. Among the things which Jibril asked the Prophet was: “Tell me about ‘Iman (Belief).”