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ibnmajah:736 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Whoever builds a mosque for the sake of Allah, Allah will build something similar for him in Paradise.'"  

ابن ماجة:٧٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ بَنَى لِلَّهِ مَسْجِدًا بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ مِثْلَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ  

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ibnmajah:737 – al-ʿAbbās b. ʿUthmān al-Dimashqī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Aswad > ʿUrwah > ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever builds a mosque for the sake of Allah (from his own wealth), Allah will build a house for him in Paradise.'"  

ابن ماجة:٧٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ بَنَى لِلَّهِ مَسْجِدًا مِنْ مَالِهِ بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ  

ahmad:7056 – ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > al-Ḥajjāj > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever builds a mosque for Allah, then Allah will build for him a house in Paradise that is wider than it."  

أحمد:٧٠٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ بَنَى لِلَّهِ مَسْجِدًا بُنِيَ لَهُ بَيْتٌ أَوْسَعُ مِنْهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ