Places where praying is mustahab

910. In Islam, great emphasis is laid on offering prayers in a mosque. Masjidul Haraam is superior to all the mosque, and after it, the order of priority is as follows: Masjidun Nabi (ASW); Masjid Kufa; Masjid Baytul Maqdas; then comes the number of Jami’Masjid (central mosque) of every city, followed by the mosques situated in one’s locality, and then that of the bazaar.

911. It is better that women pray in house and their room. But if they can be protected fully from non-Muslim persons, it is better for them to pray in mosques. If the only way to learn rules and issues of Islam is going to mosque, then it is obligatory for them to go to a mosque.

912. Namaz in the shrines of the holy Imams is Mustahab, and is even better than offering prayers in a mosque. Offering prayers in the sacred shrine of Amirul Mu’minin Imam Ali (PBUH) is equal to 200,000 prayers.

913. Frequenting a mosque, and going to a mosque, which is visited by very few people, is Mustahab. And it is Makrooh for a neighbor of the mosque to pray anywhere other than a mosque, unless he has a justifiable excuse.

914. It is Mustahab that one should not be friend with a person who does not attend prayers in a mosque because of carelessness and one should not seek his advice, should not be his neighbor, and should not enter into matrimonial bond with his family.

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