Another group held that it was the Quba Mosque. This is narrated by Atiyyah from Ibn Abbas, and it is the view of Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, [Said ibn Jubayr] (1), and Qatadah.

Abd al-Wahid al-Mulayhi informed us; Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Nuaymi informed us; Muhammad ibn Yusuf informed us; Muhammad ibn Ismail related to us; Musa ibn Ismail related to us; Abd al-Aziz ibn Muslim related to us, from Abdullah ibn Dinar, from Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would visit the Quba Mosque every Saturday, walking or riding, and Abdullah ibn Umar would do the same.” (2)

Nafi added, on the authority of Ibn Umar from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: “And he would pray two units of prayer there.” (3)

His saying, Exalted is He, “In it are men who love to purify themselves,” means from minor ritual impurity, major ritual impurity, and physical impurities. Ata said: “They would cleanse themselves with water after relieving themselves, and they would not sleep at night while in a state of major ritual impurity.”

Abu Tahir Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Qashani informed us; Abu Umar al-Qasim ibn Jafar ibn Abd al-Wahid al-Hashimi informed us; Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Amr al-Lului informed us; Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ashath al-Sijistani related to us; Muhammad ibn al-Ala informed us; Muawiyah ibn Hisham related to us, from Yunus ibn al-Harith, from Ibrahim ibn Abi Maymunah, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: “This verse was revealed concerning the people of Quba: ‘In it are men who love to purify themselves.’” He said: “They used water to cleanse themselves after relieving themselves, so this verse was revealed concerning them.” (4) “And Allah loves those who purify themselves,” that is, those who cleanse themselves.

“Is one who has founded his building upon piety from Allah and His good pleasure better, or one who has founded his building upon the brink of a crumbling precipice, so that it collapses with him into the Fire of Hell? And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.” (109)

“Is one who has founded his building”: Nafi and Ibn Amir read ussisa (“was founded”), with the initial vowel in the u form and the second vowel in the i form, and bunyānuhu (“his building”) with the final nūn in the nominative case, in both occurrences, in the passive voice. The others read assasa (“he founded”), with the initial and second vowels in the a form, and bunyānahu (“his building”) with the final nūn in the accusative case,