Many people print many copies of this had?th and distribute it amongst other muslims to show them the grievous sin of abandoning Sal?t.

Shaikh Ibn B?z then said: ‘Whoever finds a paper on which this had?th was printed should burn it and should defend the prophet’s ( - ) Sunnah from liars, and advice those who distribute such things no to do so.

The Qur’?nic texts and the authentic Sunnah are full of evidences regarding the greatness of doing Sal?t and severe warning against abandoning it and such texts are indeed sufficient’.

50 - ‘Greeting the Bait [Al-Ka‘bah] is by doing circumambulation round it’.

Regarding this had?th, As-Sakh?w? said: ‘I have never heard such a had?th’. Al-Q?r? reported this in his “As-Sughr?” (p. 88) and “Al-Kubr?” (p. 130) and Im?m Muslim in his “At-Tamy?z” (p. 55) and in “Kashful Khaf?’” by Al-‘Ajl?n? (vol. 1 / p. 298).

In “Al-Kubr?” and after mentioning this had?th, Al-Q?r? said: ‘The word “Al-Bait” refers to the Ka‘bah, the Holy Sanctuary. The had?th’s meaning is true for it was reported in the “Sah?h” that ‘Aishah said: ‘The first thing the prophet ( - ) did when he arrived Makkah was doing Wud?’ and then the circumambulation round the Ka‘bah ... ’. (1)

One is truly recommended to begin with the circumambulation around the Ka‘bah when entering Al-Masjidul Har?m -whether this circumambulation is a Fard one or N?filah. And one may not leave Tahiyyatul Masjid even if one does not want to do the circumambulation due to a Shar‘ excuse.

However; this does not entail that doing Tahiyyatul Masjid is not an obligation in this mosque -as some ignorants think due to some Fuqah?’s opinions’.