How accurate is the story about Abu Musa al-Ash'ari and Abdullah ibn Mas'ud's disapproval of communal remembrance (dhikr) in the Prophet's Mosque, and was it mentioned in the Two Sahihs or books of stories of the Companions, and what are the books and authors who mentioned this story?
This story was mentioned by Ibn Waddah and Al-Shatibi, and narrated by Al-Tabarani, Abd Al-Razzaq, Abu Nu'aim, and Ahmad in Al-Zuhd. None of the scholars weakened it, and Al-Shatibi, Ibn Daqiq Al-Eid, and Ibn Al-Jawzi used it as proof. It does not state that it occurred in the Prophet's Mosque.
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