Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: Building a Masjid, Items Taken from It, Invalidating Wudu’ and Sleeping in Masjid and So On 11ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَ٠َّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠َا تَقُولُ فِي النَّوْ٠َسَاجِدِ فَقَالَ لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ إِلاَّ فِي الْ٠َسْجِدِ النَّبِيِّ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَالْ٠َسْجِدِ الْحَرَا٠ِ قَالَ وَكَانَ يَأْخُذُ بِيَدِي فِي بَعْضِ اللَّيْلِ فَيَنْتَحِي نَاحِيَةً ثُ٠َّ يَجْلِسُ فَيَتَحَدَّثُ فِي الْ٠َسْجِدِ الْحَرَا٠ْتُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ٠َا يُكْرَهُ أَنْ يَنَا٠َسْجِدِ الْحَرَا٠ِ الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَأَ٠َوْضِعِ فَلَيْسَ بِهِ بَأْسٌ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not an offense, except two Masjids: Masjid of the Holy prophet and Masjid al-Haram.’ He (the narrator) has said that he (the Imam) would in certain parts of the night hold my hand and move to one side where he would sit and speak in Masjid al-Haram and perhaps sleep and I also sleep.

I then spoke to him about it and he (the Imam) said that it is undesirable to sleep in Masjid al-Haram that was in the time of the Messenger of Allah but sleeping in this area is not an offense.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/248))