(وَعَنْهُ أَيْضًا) أَنَّ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ زَادَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مِنَ الْأُسْطُوَانَةِ إِلَى الْمَقْصُورَةِ، وَزَادَ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، وَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: لَوْلَا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ”نَبْغِي نَزِيدُ فِي مَسْجِدِنَا“ مَا زِدْتُ فِيهِ
It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) extended the Prophet’s Mosque from the well-known pillar to the enclosure (stone), and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) also extended it. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If I had not heard this from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that we wish to expand our mosque, I would not have expanded it.