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muslim:533d – Zuhayr b. Ḥarb And Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > al-Ḍaḥḥāk > Ibn al-Muthanná > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Makhlad > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar from my father > Maḥmūd b. Labīd > ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān Arād Bināʾ al-Masjid Fakarih al-Nās Dhalik Waʾaḥabbūā > Yadaʿah > Hayʾatih

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: He who builds a mosque for Allah, Allah would build for him (a house) in Paradise like it.  

مسلم:٥٣٣d – حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى كِلاَهُمَا عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ أَرَادَ بِنَاءَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَكَرِهَ النَّاسُ ذَلِكَ وَأَحَبُّوا أَنْ يَدَعَهُ عَلَى هَيْئَتِهِ فَقَالَ

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

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nasai:688 – ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Baqiyyah > Baḥīr > Khālid b. Maʿdān > Kathīr b. Murrah > ʿAmr b. ʿAbasah

"Whoever builds a Masjid in which Allah is remembered, Allah, (the Mighty and Sublime) will build for him a house in Paradise."  

النسائي:٦٨٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ عَنْ بَحِيرٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا يُذْكَرُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ بَنَى اللَّهُ ﷻ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ  

ibnmajah:735 – [Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yūnus b. Muḥammad > Layth b. Saʿd [Chain 2] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Dāwud b. ʿAbdullāh al-Jaʿfarī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Usāmah b. al-Hād > al-Walīd b. Abū al-Walīd > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Surāqah al-ʿAdawī > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Whoever builds a mosque in which the Name of Allah is mentioned, Allah will build a house for him in Paradise.'"  

ابن ماجة:٧٣٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْجَعْفَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُرَاقَةَ الْعَدَوِيِّ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا يُذْكَرُ فِيهِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ  

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:506 – al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Makhlad > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar from my father > Maḥmūd b. Labīdʾan ʿUthmān Arād > Yab.ī Masjid al-Madīnah Fakarih al-Nās Dhāk And ʾAḥabbūā > Yadaʿūh > Hayʾatih > ʿUthmān

I heard the Messenger of Allah( ﷺ) say: ʿWhoever builds a mosque for the sake of Allah, Allah will build for him a house like it in Paradise.ʿ  

أحمد:٥٠٦ – حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍأَنَّ عُثْمَانَ أَرَادَ

أَنْ يَبْنِيَ مَسْجِدَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَكَرِهَ النَّاسُ ذَاكَ وَأَحَبُّوا أَنْ يَدَعُوهُ عَلَى هَيْئَتِهِ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا لِلَّهِ بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِثْلَهُ