Quiz time
(73): What was the name of the Masjid,
The Prophet (pbuh) ordered this masjid to be destroyed in Ramadan?
Ans:
Masjid al-Dirar.
In
the first year after the Hijrah, the Prophet (pbuh) sent Hamza ibn Abdul
Mattalib with thirty Muslim riders to Saif al Bahr to investigate three hundred
riders from Quraish who had camped suspiciously in that area. The Muslims were
about to engage the disbelievers, but they were separated by Majdy ibn Umar
al-Juhany. The Hypocrites of Al-Madinah, hoping to oppose the unity of the
Muslims, built their own masjid (called Masjid al-Dirar). The Prophet (pbuh)
ordered this masjid to be destroyed in Ramadan.
Amir
realized that the Messenger's call was still rising and gaining momentum, so he
went to Heraclius, the emperor of Rome, asking for his aid against the Prophet
. Heraclius gave him promises and Abu `Amir remained with him. He also wrote to
several of his people in Al-Madinah, who embraced hypocrisy, promising and
insinuating to them that he will lead an army to fight the Messenger of Allah
to defeat him and his call. He ordered them to establish a stronghold where he
could send his emissaries and to serve as an outpost when he joins them later
on.
These
hypocrites built a Masjid next to the Masjid in Quba', and they finished
building it before the Messenger went to Tabuk. They went to the Messenger
inviting him to pray in their Masjid so that it would be a proof that the
Messenger approved of their Masjid. They told him that they built the Masjid
for the weak and ill persons on rainy nights. However, Allah prevented His
Messenger from praying in that Masjid. He said to them, “(If we come back from our travel, Allah
willing.)''
When
the Messenger of Allah came back from Tabuk and was approximately one or two
days away from Al-Madinah, Jibril came down to him with the news about Masjid
Ad-Dirar and the disbelief and division between the believers, who were in
Masjid Quba' (which was built on piety from the first day), that Masjid Ad-Dirar
was meant to achieve. Therefore, the Messenger of Allah sent some people to
Masjid Ad-Dirar to bring it down before he reached Al-Madinah. `Ali bin Abi
Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said about this Ayah (9:107), "They are
some people of the Ansar to whom Abu `Amir said, `Build a Masjid and prepare
whatever you can of power and weapons, for I am headed towards Caesar, emperor
of Rome, to bring Roman soldiers with whom I will expel Muhammad and his
companions.' When they built their Masjid, they went to the Prophet and said to
him, "We finished building our Masjid and we would like you pray in it and
invoke Allah for us for His blessings. ‘Allah revealed this verse,
“There
are also those ˹hypocrites˺ who set up a mosque ˹only˺ to cause harm, promote disbelief,
divide the believers, and as a base for those who had previously fought against
Allah and His Messenger.1 They will definitely swear, “We
intended nothing but good,” but Allah bears witness that they are surely liars.
Do
not ˹O Prophet˺ ever pray in it. Certainly, a mosque founded on righteousness
from the first day is more worthy of your prayers. In it are men who love to be
purified. And Allah loves those who purify themselves.”
[Al-Qur’an
ch 9 Verse 107-108]
For
more details:
Link
: http://www.recitequran.com/tafsir/en.ibn-kathir/9:107
Allah
knows the best .
By
Mohammed Asif Ali. #MohammedAsifAli
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