Abdullah al-Khaulani reported that when Uthman b. 'Affan tried to rebuild the mosque of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) the people began to talk about this. Uthman b. 'Affan said:
You discuss it very much whereas I have heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who builds a mosque-- and the narrator Bukair said: I think he also said: (for) seeking the pleasure of Allah- Allah would build (a similar house for him in Paradise). and in the narration of Harun (the words are):" A house for him in Paradise."
حَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَيْلِيُّ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْحَارِثِ - 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 رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ أَكْثَرْتُمْ وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا - قَالَ بُكَيْرٌ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ - يَبْتَغِي بِهِ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ مِثْلَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ " . وَفِي رِوَايَةِ هَارُونَ " بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا 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 'Umar bin HafsMedina · d. >140 AH
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 55, Hadith 53
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 42, Hadith 7109 (deprecated numbering scheme)