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One who builds a masjid, Allah will build a house for him in Jannah; ʿUthman's rebuilding of the masjid of the Prophet ﷺ

muslim:533c – Hārūn b. Saʿīd al-Aylī And ʾAḥmad b. ʿĪsá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr Wahū Ibn al-Ḥārith > Bukayr > ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah > ʿUbaydullāh al-Khawlānī > ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān

regarding the ˹unfavorable˺ opinion of people during his rebuilding of the masjid of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: You have said much ˹in negativity˺, while I have heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "He who builds a masjid..." and Bukayr said I think he also said: "... seeking the pleasure of Allah, Allah will build for him similar to it in Jannah." And in the narration of Hārūn, "Allah will build a house for him in Jannah."  

مسلم:٥٣٣c – 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 ﷺ إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ أَكْثَرْتُمْ وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ 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۔»  

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bukhari:450 – Yaḥyá b. Sulaymān > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr > Bukayr > ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah > ʿUbaydullāh al-Khawlānī > ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān

I heard ʿUthman bin ʿAffan saying, when people argued too much about his intention to reconstruct the mosque of Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "You have talked too much. I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, 'Whoever built a mosque, (Bukair thought that ʿAsim, another sub-narrator, added, "Intending Allah's Pleasure"), Allah would build for him a similar place in Paradise.' "  

البخاري:٤٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو أَنَّ بُكَيْرًا حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عَاصِمَ بْنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ الْخَوْلاَنِيَّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ يَقُولُ عِنْدَ قَوْلِ النَّاسِ فِيهِ حِينَ بَنَى مَسْجِدَ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ إِنَّكُمْ أَكْثَرْتُمْ وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا قَالَ بُكَيْرٌ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَبْتَغِي بِهِ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ مِثْلَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ  

muslim:533a – Hārūn b. Saʿīd al-Aylī And ʾAḥmad b. ʿĪsá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr > Bukayr > ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah > ʿUbaydullāh al-Khawlānī Yadhkur

'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 Holy 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."  

مسلم:٥٣٣a – 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 ﷺ إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ أَكْثَرْتُمْ وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ 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  

bayhaqi:11931 – Abū al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Nājiyah > Abū Hammām > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr > Bukayr > ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah > ʿUbaydullāh al-Khawlānī Yadhkur

You discuss it very much whereas I have heard Messenger of Allah 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." (Using translation from Muslim 533c)   

البيهقي:١١٩٣١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نَاجِيَةَ ثنا أَبُو هَمَّامٍ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ عَمْرٍو أَنَّ بُكَيْرًا حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عَاصِمَ بْنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُبَيْدَ اللهِ الْخَوْلَانِيَّ يَذْكُرُ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ عِنْدَ قَوْلِ النَّاسِ فِيهِ حِينَ بَنَى مَسْجِدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ أَكْثَرْتُمْ وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ بَنَى لِلَّهِ مَسْجِدًا قَالَ بُكَيْرٌ أَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ يَبْتَغِي بِهِ وَجْهَ اللهِ بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ وَغَيْرِهِ كُلُّهُمْ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ
bayhaqi:4289 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Ayyūb > Aḥmad b. ʿĪsá al-Miṣrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > ʿAmr > Bukayr > ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah > ʿUbaydullāh al-Khawlānī Yadhkur

I heard ʿUthman bin ʿAffan saying, when people argued too much about his intention to reconstruct the mosque of Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "You have talked too much. I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, 'Whoever built a mosque, (Bukair thought that ʿAsim, another sub-narrator, added, "Intending Allah's Pleasure"), Allah would build for him a similar place in Paradise.' " (Using translation from Bukhārī 450)   

البيهقي:٤٢٨٩ – أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو أَنَّ بُكَيْرًا حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عَاصِمَ بْنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُبَيْدَ اللهِ الْخَوْلَانِيَّ يَذْكُرُ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ عِنْدَ قَوْلِ النَّاسِ حِينَ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ أَكْثَرْتُمْ وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا قَالَ بُكَيْرٌ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَبْتَغِي بِهِ وَجْهَ اللهِ بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا مِثْلَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عِيسَى