Moreover, al-Dhahabī, in al-Mīzān, lists several objectionable narrations for this transmitter, among them his report—conveyed with his own chain from Anas and raised to the Prophet—stating:

“No prophet dies and remains in his grave for more than forty days before Allah returns his spirit to him.”

He then adds: “I passed by Moses on the night I was taken on the Night Journey, and he was standing in prayer between ʿĀliyah and ʿUwayliyah.”

Ibn Ḥibbān recorded the narration, provided its chain, and ruled: “This is false and fabricated.” Ibn al-Jawzī likewise placed it in al-Mawḍūʿāt.

Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about the following:

“Two men have differed concerning prayer in the Umayyad Mosque: is one prayer there worth ninety prayers elsewhere, as some claim, or not? They also assert that three hundred prophets are buried within it— is this true or not? They maintain that someone who sleeps in Syria is like one who spends the night standing in worship in Iraq, that a person who fasts voluntarily in Iraq is like one who breaks his fast in Syria, and that Allah created blessing in seventy-one portions—one portion in Iraq and seventy in Syria. Is any of this authentic or not?”

He answered:

“Praise be to Allah. No hadith traced back to the Prophet ﷺ grants a multiplied reward for prayer in the Mosque of Damascus, although it is one of the mosques where Allah is much remembered. Nor is it established that the stated number of prophets are buried there. As for one who resides in Syria or elsewhere, actions are judged by intentions; so if the resident