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286 1704. . GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS. Buraidah relates that a man inquired in the mosque: Who called away the red camel? Whereupon the Holy Prophet said: May you not find it. . Mosques are built for the purpose for which they are built (Muslim). 1705. Amr ibn Shu'aib relates on the authority of his father and grandfather that the Holy Prophet forbade buying and selling and seeking lost property and reciting poetry in the mosque (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). 1706. Saib ibn Yazid relates: I was in the mosque when someone hit me with a pebble. I looked up and saw it was Umar ibn Khattab. He said to me:. Go and fetch those two to me. When I brought them up he asked them:. Where are you from? They said: We are from Taif. He said: Had you belonged to the town I would have punished you for raising your voices in the mosque of the Holy Prophet (Bokhari). 309. . On Prohibition of entering a Mosque after eating Raw Onions, Garlic etc. 1707. Ibn Umar relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who has eaten garlic should not approach our mosque (or our mosques) (Bokhari and. Muslim). 1708. Anas relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who has eaten garlic should not approach us or join us in Prayer (Bokhari and Muslim). 1709. Jabir relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who has eaten garlic or onions should keep away from us (or should keep away from our mosque) (Bokhari and Muslim). Muslim's version is: He who has eaten garlic or onions or any other malodorous herb should not approach our mosque for angels also suffer from that which causes suffering to humans. 1710. Umar ibn Khattab said in his Friday service: Then you eat of two malodorous herbs, garlic and onions. I have known the Holy Prophet direct that a person who smelt of them be expelled from the mosque as far as baqisah. He who must eat of them should rid them of their odour by cooking them (Muslim). 310. . On the Undesirability of Sitting with Legs Drawn up During Sermon 1711. Mu'az ibn Anas Juhni relates that the Holy Prophet forbade a person sitting with his legs drawn up to his belly during the Friday sermon (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi).