It was likewise recorded by al-Burqani in his Sahih, on the authority of Salman, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Do not be the first to enter the marketplace, nor the last to leave it, for it is there that Satan lays his eggs and rears his young.”

1843 – ʿAsim al-Aḥwal related from ʿAbd Allah ibn Sarjis, may Allah be pleased with him: He said, “I said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, ‘O Messenger of Allah, may Allah forgive you!’ He replied, ‘And may He forgive you as well.’” ʿAsim continued, “So I asked him, ‘Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ seek forgiveness for you?’ He answered, ‘Yes—and for you too,’ and then he recited: ‘So seek forgiveness for your own sin and for the believing men and believing women’ ⦗Qur’an 47:19⦘.” Recorded by Muslim.

1844 – Abu Masʿud al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Among the words that people have inherited from the earliest prophecy is: ‘If you feel no shame, then do as you wish.’” Recorded by al-Bukhari.

Explanation

These narrations are part of the scattered hadiths that Imam al-Nawawi—may Allah have mercy on him—collected in his work Riyad al-Salihin. Among them is the hadith of Abu Hurayrah in which the Prophet ﷺ said, “The most beloved places to Allah are the mosques, and the most detested places to Allah are the marketplaces,” or, in another wording, “the towns.” Mosques are the mosques of Allah, and for that reason Allah ascribed them to Himself when He said, “And who is more unjust than one who prevents…”