It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d Sa’idi (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was asked:“What was the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) made of?”He replied:“By Allah! I know very well what kind of wood it was made from, who made it, when it was made, and on which day it was placed. And I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) sitting on it on the very first day. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) had sent a message to a woman whose slave was a carpenter. He (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said to her: ‘Tell your carpenter slave to make something of wood for me to sit on at an elevated place when I address the people.’ That woman gave the order to her slave, so he went to the forest, cut wood from the tamarisk tree, and made a pulpit consisting of three steps. The woman then sent that pulpit to the service of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and it was placed exactly where you now see it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) sat on that pulpit on the first day, said ‘Allahu Akbar’ on it, and performed ruku’ (bowing), then stepped down backwards and performed sajdah (prostration) on the ground, and the people also performed sajdah with him. After that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) went back up onto the pulpit until he completed the prayer. When the prayer was finished, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: ‘O people! I have done this deliberately so that you may follow me and learn the way I perform prayer.’ Sayyiduna Sahl (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: ‘Did any incident happen with that trunk which people narrate?’ He replied: ‘Yes, it did happen.’

(Second chain) Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet’s pulpit was made of tamarisk wood.

It is narrated from Umar bin Abdur Rahman bin Harith that on the return of Abu Basrah Ghifari from Tur, he met Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him). He asked: Where are you coming from? He replied: From Tur, I went there to perform prayer. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If you had met me before departing, you would not have gone there. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Do not saddle mounts, that is, do not make special arrangements for travel, except towards three mosques: Masjid al-Haram, the Prophet’s Mosque, and Masjid al-Aqsa.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: One should not undertake a journey specifically to any place except for three mosques: Masjid al-Haram, Masjid al-Nabawi, and Masjid al-Aqsa.

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunaif (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever leaves his house and goes to Masjid Quba and performs prayer there, this act is equal to an ‘Umrah.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to narrate that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would sometimes go riding and sometimes on foot to visit the Quba Mosque.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Qais, he says: I had offered prayer in the mosque of Banu Amr bin Auf located in Quba, and was returning riding my mule. On the way, I met Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) walking on foot. When I saw him, I dismounted from my mule and said: Uncle! Please ride on this. He said: Nephew! If I wanted to ride, I could have done so, but I have seen the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) walking on foot towards this mosque, and he went there and offered prayer. So I prefer to go on foot just as I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) going on foot, and he refused to ride and continued on his way as such.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: We went towards Quba with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a Monday.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, that Nabī Kareem, peace and blessings be upon him, was presented with Fadheekh in the mosque of Fadheekh. He, peace and blessings be upon him, drank it, and due to this, the mosque was named Fadheekh.