the gift her neighbour offers—even if it is only a sheep’s hoof.” Agreed upon.

Al-Jawharī explains that the faras (hoof) of a camel is like the hoof of any other beast, and that the word may, by extension, be used for a sheep.

[Commentary]
These are the two hadiths the author—may Allah have mercy on him—transmitted from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) on the authority of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

The first states that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever goes to the mosque in the morning or returns in the evening, Allah prepares for him a lodging in Paradise every time he goes in the morning or returns in the evening.”

“ Goes in the morning” (ghadā) means that he sets out at the start of the day, as when one goes to the mosque for the dawn prayer. “Returns in the evening” (rāḥa) is commonly used for the time after the sun has passed its zenith, such as going for the noon or afternoon prayer; yet al-rawāḥ can also denote simply “to go,” as in the Prophet’s words in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah: “Whoever bathes on Friday and then goes out in the first hour….” There, “goes out in the first hour” means he proceeds to the mosque in that earliest hour.

However, when both terms—morning departure (ghudwah) and evening return (rawāḥ)—are mentioned together, ghudwah designates the first part of the day, while rawāḥ refers to its latter part.

The outward sense of the hadith is that whoever goes to the mosque in the morning or in the evening—whether his morning visit be for the prayer