The masjid is a marketplace of the Hereafter

Reference: az-Zuhd li-Abee Daawood – 441

‘Ataa ibn Yasaar saw a man trading in the masjid, so he said to him:

Indeed the masjid is a marketplace of the Hereafter, so if you want to trade, then go out to the marketplace of this world.


Translation originally published on 29 December, 2017.

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.

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