Ubaidullah al-Khaulini reported:
'Uthman b. 'Affan listened to the opinion of the people (which was not favourable) when he rebuilt the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Thereupon he said: You have not been fair to me for I have heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: He who built a mosque for Allah, the Exalted, Allah would build for him a house in Paradise. Bukair said: I think he (the Prophet) said: While he seeks the pleasure of Allah (by building the mosque). And in the narration of Ibn 'Isa (the words are):" (a house) like that (mosque) in Paradise."
حَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَيْلِيُّ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو، أَنَّ بُكَيْرًا، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عَاصِمَ بْنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ، سَمِعَ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ الْخَوْلاَنِيَّ، يَذْكُرُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ، عِنْدَ قَوْلِ النَّاسِ فِيهِ حِينَ بَنَى مَسْجِدَ الرَّسُولِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ أَكْثَرْتُمْ وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى - قَالَ بُكَيْرٌ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ - يَبْتَغِي بِهِ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ - بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ " . وَقَالَ ابْنُ عِيسَى فِي رِوَايَتِهِ " مِثْلَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ " .
Isnad
7 transmitters- 1Harun bin Sa'idEgypt · d. 253 AH
- 2Ahmed bin 'Isa bin Hassan - al-TastariEgypt · d. ~243 AH
- 3'Abdullah bin WahbEgypt · d. 197 AH
- 4'Amr bin al-Harith bin Ya'qubMedina/Egypt · d. before 150 AH
- 5Bukayr bin 'Abdullah bin al-AshjMedina,Egypt · d. 120 AH or after
- 6Asim bin 'Umar bin Qatada al-AnsariMedinah/Damascus · d. 120 AH/737 CE
- 7'Ubaidullah bin al-Aswad
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 5, Hadith 29
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 4, Hadith 1084 (deprecated numbering scheme)