وَعَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ قَالَ: جَاءَ وَاثِلَةُ بْنُ الْأَسْقَعِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَنَحْنُ نَبْنِي مَسْجِدَنَا، قَالَ: فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْنَا فَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((مَنْ بَنَى لِلَّهِ مَسْجِدًا يُصَلَّى فِيهِ بَنَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ)) قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ هَيْثَمِ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ
Bishr bin Hayan says: We were building our mosque when Sayyiduna Wathilah bin Asqa’ (may Allah be pleased with him) came to us, greeted us with salam, and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever builds a mosque for Allah in which prayers are offered, Allah Almighty builds for him a house in Paradise better than it.