It is also reported from this same narrator, al-Qasim, that he said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) came, and Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) had built the palace and had made a mosque among Ashab al-Namir, and he would go out to it for the prayers. When Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) was appointed in charge of the treasury (bayt al-mal), the treasury was broken into, and he caught a man. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) about it, and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote in reply: "Do not cut off his hand; move the mosque, and place the treasury on the side facing the qiblah, for whoever is praying will continually be in the mosque." So Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) moved it and marked out its lines there. The palace that Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) had built had a raised platform (shadhirwan) on which the imam would stand; by the order of Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) it was demolished, until the imam stood level with the people.
Al-Tabarani recorded it; the narrator al-Qasim did not hear from his grandfather, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الحدود والديات / 10654
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ منقطع
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (8949)»