Hadith 108

Sahih Bukhari

Book 8: Prayers (Salat)

Chapter 74

Servants for the mosque

باب الْخَدَمِ لِلْمَسْجِدِ

Ibn 'Abbas referred to the Verse: "... I have vowed to You what (the child that) is in my womb to be dedicated for Your services (free from all wordly work, to serve Your place of worship)..." (V.3:35)
وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: {نَذَرْتُ لَكَ مَا فِي بَطْنِي مُحَرَّرًا} لِلْمَسْجِدِ يَخْدُمُهُ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 460
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً ـ أَوْ رَجُلاً ـ كَانَتْ تَقُمُّ الْمَسْجِدَ ـ وَلاَ أُرَاهُ إِلاَّ امْرَأَةً ـ فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ صَلَّى عَلَى قَبْرِهِ‏.‏
Abu Rafi:

Abu Huraira said, "A man or a woman used to clean the mosque." (A sub-narrator said, 'Most probably a woman..') Then he narrated the Hadith of the Prophet