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Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Halabi said: "I asked him about the masjid that was founded on piety from the very first day." He said: "The Masjid of Quba."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Do not abandon going to the masjids, whatever masjid it may be, especially the Masjid of Quba, for it was founded on piety from the very first day.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): أُسِّسَ عَلَی التَّقْوی مِنْ أَوَّلِ یَوْمٍ [It was founded on piety from the very first day]; that is, from the very first days of its establishment it has been on this same basis. And it is narrated from Imam Baqir and Imam Sadiq (peace be upon them) that what is meant in this verse is the Masjid of Quba.

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) and Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Zurara, Humran and Muhammad ibn Muslim have narrated from them: As for this statement of Allah, the Blessed and Exalted: أَحَقُّ أَن تَقُومَ فِیهِ [More deserving that you should stand in it], he said: that is, [more deserving] than the masjid of hypocrisy. He (the Prophet) used to go on his way, and when he reached the Masjid of Quba he would stand and sprinkle water and sidr on himself, and lift his clothes off his legs, and walk on a stone at the edge of the road, and quicken his pace, disliking that anything of it should reach his clothes. So I asked him: "Did the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) pray in the Masjid of Quba?" He said: "Yes, his lodging was with Sa'd ibn Khaythama al-Ansari."

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Tabarsi said: It is narrated from the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) that he said to the people of Quba: "What do you do in your purification, for indeed Allah the Mighty and Majestic has praised you well?" They said: "We wash away the traces of excrement." Then he said: "Allah has revealed this verse concerning you: وَ اللهُ یُحِبُّ المُطَّهِّرِینَ [And Allah loves those who purify themselves]."

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): It is narrated from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: "O company of Ansar! Indeed Allah has spoken well of you; what is it that you do?" They said: "We perform istinja (cleansing after relieving oneself) with water."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Ibn Sinan said: I said to Imam Sadiq: "What was this purification?" He said: "Wudu (ablution), when they came out from the lavatory. Allah praised them on account of this purification of theirs."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Halabi said: I asked him about this saying of Allah the Blessed and Exalted: فِیهِ رِجالٌ یُحِبُّونَ أَنْ یَتَطَهَّرُوا [in it are men who love that they should be purified]. He said: "Those who love to purify themselves through their wudu, and that is istinja (cleansing) with water."

Imam Baqir and Imam Sadiq (peace be upon them): رِجالٌ یُحِبُّونَ أَنْ یَتَطَهَّرُوا [men who love that they should be purified] — they are men who pray to their Lord in the utmost state of purity. And it has been said: they love to be purified from sins. And according to another view: they love to be purified with water from the impurity of feces and urine.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): فِیهِ رِجالٌ یُحِبُّونَ أَنْ یَتَطَهَّرُوا [in it are men who love that they should be purified] — they used to purify themselves with water.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): فِیهِ رِجالٌ یُحِبُّونَ أَنْ یَتَطَهَّرُوا وَ اللهُ یُحِبُّ الْمطَّهِّرِینَ [In it are men who love to purify themselves, and Allah loves those who purify themselves]; what is meant by purification is istinja (cleansing after relieving oneself).