The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer-01b
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The reciter: Zuhayr ibn Harb and Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, and the wording is that of Ibn al-Muthanna. They said: Al-Dahhak ibn Makhlad narrated to us, and 'Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja'far informed us, and my father narrated to me from Mahmud ibn Labyd: .
The Shaykh : The discussion of this has already been presented.
Uthman ibn 'Affan intended to build the mosque, but the people disliked that and preferred to leave it as it was. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever builds a mosque for Allah, Allah will build for him in Paradise a [mosque] like it.
أن عثمان بن عفان أراد بناء المسجد فكره الناس ذلك فأحبوا أن يدعه على هيئته فقال سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول : من بنى مسجدا لله بنى الله له في الجنة مثلهThe Shaykh : The discussion of this has already been presented.